February 14th - February 17th

This week we will be focusing on Cheering on Others Success. We want to invite your student to wear maize & blue on Mondays to celebrate the Positivity Project. To check this out at home, you can access the P2 for Families at https://posproject.org/p2-for-families/  The password is P2. 

Nuts & Bolts

• We will celebrate Valentines Day on MONDAY, February 14th. We are all set on volunteers!

• Your student is welcome to bring Valentine's for their class. If they choose to do this, they need to bring one for EVERYONE. 

• NO SCHOOL Friday, February 18th and Monday, February 21st.

• Please make sure to send your child with coats and cold weather gear for outside recess when needed.

• Kids should bring a full water bottle to school everyday as well as a healthy snack.

What to Work on at Home

To keep your student practicing the skills we are working hard on at school, please consider having them work on:

Reading- 20-30 minutes/day.

Spelling- Students will receive spelling words on Monday and take their test on Friday. Please make sure they study their words every night.

IXL Math Practice- Please have your child work on IXL H  at home for 10 mins a day. 

Class this Week

Math- We are going to be starting Unit 4: Relating Multiplication to Division. In this unit, students learn about and use the relationship between multiplication and division, place value understanding, and the properties of operations to multiply and divide whole numbers within 100. They also represent and solve two-step word problems using the four operations.

Reading- This week we will focus on Unit 7: Inferencing and Making Predictions. We will work on making inferences during our read aloud, in small groups and independently. 

Writing- Students will use their biography and notes to create a draft essay to use for their final essay or their slideshow project. Eventually, students will present their biographies to the class.

Science- We will start our new unit, Invisible Forces. In this unit, students explore the forces all around them. They investigate the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces, the pushes and pulls of bridge structures, and the effects of friction on the motion of objects. Students also explore the power of magnetic forces and investigate firsthand how these forces can be used to help us in our everyday lives.

Upcoming Dates to Know: 

February 14: Valentines Party in PM.

February 16: Late Start. School begins at 9:20.

February 18: NO SCHOOL.

February 21: NO SCHOOL.

February 23: Late Start. School begins at 9:20.

March 2: Late Start. School begins at 9:20.

March 4: Half Day- Dismissal at 12:09 + Variety Show.