Thursday, February 09, 2006
February, 2006
Miss White
Mark Your Calendars:
February 8th: Early Release @ 1:40
February 10th: Book Orders Due
February 13th: Circle Time @ 10:15
February 16th: Open House/Family Night 5:30 – 7:30
February 20th: No School
I Love to Read Month
February is I love to Read month. I have given the students a challenge this month. As you know, each child is required to read 25 books each year. As of right now, 5 students have completed this task. If every student in the class meets their 25-book goal by February 28th, I will treat the
class to a pizza party. Please encourage your child to fill out their book sheets and get
them turned in my February 28th.
Homework! Homework!
As you know, your child started receiving new homework packets at the beginning after winter break. All homework is due on Friday’s or the last day of the week. Homework includes their packet, planners with summaries, and their flashcards. Also, please be sure your child is practicing his/her flashcards every night. It is extremely important that your child memorizes their basic facts if they have not done so already. Thank you for your cooperation with this.
Happy February!
I hope to see all of you for our Open House/Family Night coming up on February 16th. We will be showcasing some technology projects and have our memoirs on display alongside the block prints the students made in art class. If you have any questions, please call me at 778-3200 or email me at rachel.white@spps.org.
Math
We have finished our unit on multi-digit multiplication. We just started our unit on division. Some students are struggling with this because they have not memorized their multiplication tables. Please continue to work on their flashcards. We will also be studying rotations, flips, and turns.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to the following students for reaching their 25- Book goal.
Lindsey
Giang
Mary
Ben
Sarena
Reading
We have been working on test preparation in reading along with our continued genre study. On Friday’s, we do a shared reading lesson that is on grade level and then answer questions about the reading. These readings are similar to what the students will see on the standardized testing they will take in April and May.
Writing
We have started our unit on poetry. The students have done lessons on taking ordinary objects into extraordinary poems, taking big ideas and turning them into small moments, and how to put in line breaks to make poems sound more like music. When we finish poetry, will be working on our procedure writing and persuasive writing unit.
Box Tops/Milk Caps/Pop Tops
We are continuing to collect Box Tops, Milk Caps, and Pop tops for our school and the Ronald McDonald House. If you have been saving these, please have your child bring them in.
Getting Home
If your child is getting home in a different way than normal, please call the office and let them know. You can also send notes to school with your child to let us know if they are going home by a different means. Please do not leave voice mail messages for me about this because I don’t always get to my messages before the school day ends.
Mark Your Calendars:
February 8th: Early Release @ 1:40
February 10th: Book Orders Due
February 13th: Circle Time @ 10:15
February 16th: Open House/Family Night 5:30 – 7:30
February 20th: No School
I Love to Read Month
February is I love to Read month. I have given the students a challenge this month. As you know, each child is required to read 25 books each year. As of right now, 5 students have completed this task. If every student in the class meets their 25-book goal by February 28th, I will treat the
class to a pizza party. Please encourage your child to fill out their book sheets and get
them turned in my February 28th.
Homework! Homework!
As you know, your child started receiving new homework packets at the beginning after winter break. All homework is due on Friday’s or the last day of the week. Homework includes their packet, planners with summaries, and their flashcards. Also, please be sure your child is practicing his/her flashcards every night. It is extremely important that your child memorizes their basic facts if they have not done so already. Thank you for your cooperation with this.
Happy February!
I hope to see all of you for our Open House/Family Night coming up on February 16th. We will be showcasing some technology projects and have our memoirs on display alongside the block prints the students made in art class. If you have any questions, please call me at 778-3200 or email me at rachel.white@spps.org.
Math
We have finished our unit on multi-digit multiplication. We just started our unit on division. Some students are struggling with this because they have not memorized their multiplication tables. Please continue to work on their flashcards. We will also be studying rotations, flips, and turns.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to the following students for reaching their 25- Book goal.
Lindsey
Giang
Mary
Ben
Sarena
Reading
We have been working on test preparation in reading along with our continued genre study. On Friday’s, we do a shared reading lesson that is on grade level and then answer questions about the reading. These readings are similar to what the students will see on the standardized testing they will take in April and May.
Writing
We have started our unit on poetry. The students have done lessons on taking ordinary objects into extraordinary poems, taking big ideas and turning them into small moments, and how to put in line breaks to make poems sound more like music. When we finish poetry, will be working on our procedure writing and persuasive writing unit.
Box Tops/Milk Caps/Pop Tops
We are continuing to collect Box Tops, Milk Caps, and Pop tops for our school and the Ronald McDonald House. If you have been saving these, please have your child bring them in.
Getting Home
If your child is getting home in a different way than normal, please call the office and let them know. You can also send notes to school with your child to let us know if they are going home by a different means. Please do not leave voice mail messages for me about this because I don’t always get to my messages before the school day ends.
