Happy 2017!

Important Dates
Friday Jan  6th    Short Day Schedule


I can’t believe we are already to January in our school year, and we only have 5 months left of school.  We have learned so much, and still have so much more to accomplish.  We will be starting many exciting things this week.  In reading we’ll be using Owl Moon and learning about how the author sets a mood.  We will also be woking on fact and opinion as well as starting opinion writing.  In math we will be finishing up our multiplication facts, and learning about area, which will then take us to our STEM challenge for the month.    

Now that it’s snowed, please be aware that the students do go outside unless it’s colder than 20 degrees.  Please send the appropriate outside clothing.  Winter boots are wonderful to keep the kids’ feet dry outside, but I would really appreciate it if you could send an extra pair of shoes for inside the classroom.  Snow boots become hot, sweaty, stinky, and uncomfortable when the students wear them all day long. When you multiply 1 set of sweaty, smelly feet by 27, you can only imagine the odor that accompanies them.

Please note, all grades are up to date in Aspire.  Homework grades are lower than they were last quarter.  Please make sure all homework is turned in and homework minutes are recorded.  

Homework this week is 20 minutes of reading every night.  When recording your reading minutes, please remember to enter them on the google form as well as on the spelling form itself.  The google form is needed for the library challenge, but I cannot access this information.  The minutes entered on the Spelling Homework Form are used for the homework reading grade.  

Math Homework: Review of multiplication facts 3 nights on Prodigy for at least 15 minutes.  Please remember that you need to go into the challenges so you complete math concepts.  You should complete at least 15 problems a night.   

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Have a great week