Thank you, Thank you!

Once again, thank you to all of the parents who donated to or who came in to help with the Valentine's day party. Also thanks for making sure that Valentines and boxes got made and came in. Without the help and support of our parents, our classroom would not run as smoothly. Thanks!!

Book Club

Book Club is this Friday. Please have your children here at the school by 7:25 if they are participating.

Progress Reports

Progress reports are being emailed home today. If you cannot access this report, please send me a message and I will get a copy to you.

PJ's for PJ

Children may wear their pj's to school this Friday. They need to bring $1 to donate to the PJ Fox scholarship fund.

What we are studying (week of 2/18)

Math:

Monday - no school
Tuesday - lesson 11.6
Wednesday - lesson 11.7
Thursday - lesson 11.8

Reading Homework:
Monday - no school
Tuesday - none
Wednesday - reading skills ws
Thursday - 2 reading skills ws's

Spelling:
put, cook, stood, full, wood, July, shook,
push, pull, brook, book, hood, took, a lot

Reading:

Life Cycle of a Pumpkin
Please read the story nightly.

This week your child will be reading and learning the meanings of the
following words:

adapt, annual, nutrients, blazing, drought, ancient, massive, sprout, bumpy, fruit, harvest, root, smooth, soil, vine

Upcoming dates:

February 14th - school IS in session, Valentine's party at 2:00
February 17th - NO SCHOOL
February 19th - progress reports are emailed home
February 21st - elementary book club
February 21st - PJ day (bring $1 and wear pj's for the day)
February 24th - Field Trip to Merrillville High School (9:15-12:00)
February 27th - Read to Succeed due(Six Flags Ticket)

Valentine's Party

Notes for the party went out today. If you are not able to bring in what I assigned to you, please let me know as soon as possible. You can send in these items any time this week.

The children need to bring in a Valentine for every person in the class (23) and they also need to bring in a box to collect their Valentine's in. These can also be sent in any time this week.

Also, if you want to come in to help with the party, you are free to do so, you just need to have a background check on file in the office.

What we are studying (week of 2/10)

Math:

Monday - lesson 11.1
Tuesday - lesson 11.2
Wednesday - lesson 11.3
Thursday - lesson 11.4

Reading Homework:
Monday - none
Tuesday - reading skills ws
Wednesday - reading skills ws
Thursday - reading skills ws

Spelling:
ankle, title, apple, cable, purple, able, bugle,
bundle, bubble, giggle, sparkle, tickle, people, little

Reading:

A Froggy Fable
Please read the story nightly.

This week your child will be reading and learning the meanings of the
following words:

preserve, valuable, concentration, homeland, represent, tough, frown, patient, clearing, crashed, perfect, pond, spilling, splashing, traveled

Valentine's Day Party

With our snow days, we will now be in school on Friday, February 14th. I am assuming that we will be having the valentine's party on this day. I am waiting on official word from Mr. Martin. I am hoping to have party notes sent out this week. Be on the look-out for that!

Friday Fun Night

Friday Fun Night was a lot of fun! Big thanks to the Middle School teachers and students who organized and conducted the activities in all of the rooms.

Thanks to parents in our class for helping us get from room to room: Mrs. Hoeckelberg, Mrs. Panagiotidis, Mrs. Trivette, and Mrs. Ware.

Assignment catch-up

I've been absent from updating the assignment section of this blog because with all of the delays and snow days, I was taking it on a day by day basis. Here is my plan as of right now, hopefully Mother Nature will be nice and cooperate! This will cover the remaining part of this week and next week:

Math:
Thursday - lesson 10-6
Friday - no homework
Monday - lesson 10.8
Tuesday - lesson 10.9
Wednesday - fact sheet
Thursday - lesson 11.1

Reading Homework:
Thursday - 2 reading skills ws
Friday - no homework
Monday - no homework
Tuesday - reading skills ws
Wednesday - reading skills ws
Thursday - reading skills ws

Spelling:
These words will be tested on Friday, February 7th.
sooner, soonest, hotter, hottest, busier, busiest, happier, happiest, smaller, smallest, fatter, fattest, there, their

Reading:

A Weed is a Flower
Please read the story nightly. This story is a more difficult story, it's perfectly alright to share the reading with your child!

**We will start this story this week, and test on it next Monday(2/3) or Tuesday(2/4). Once we are finished with this story, we will use the rest of the week to do a unit review and test.

This week your child will be reading and learning the meanings of the
following words:

clothes, neighbor, taught, hours, only, money, questions, greenhouse, agriculture, college, laboratory

What we are studying (Week of 1/13)

Math:

Monday - lesson 9.7
Tuesday - lesson 9.8
Wednesday - lesson 9.9, topic 9 review
Thursday - fact sheet

Reading Homework:
Monday - none
Tuesday - reading skills ws
Wednesday - reading skills ws
Thursday - reading skills ws

Spelling:
basketball, someone, weekend, something, birthday, riverbank, bathtub, backyard,
driveway, bedtime, raindrop, mailbox, outside, everybody, sometimes, baseball

Reading:

Anansi Goes Fishing
Please read the story nightly.

This week your child will be reading and learning the meanings of the
following words:

been, believe, caught, finally, today, tomorrow, whatever, weave, lazy, delicious, justice

Report Cards

Report cards will be sent home with students this Wednesday (January 15th).

Snow Make Up Day

We got notice today that the state waived 2 of the 3 snow days that we had last week. This means that we have 1 day to make up. We will be making this up on Friday, January 24th. School will be in session on this day.

Thank you!

Thank you to all the parents who helped with the Christmas Party! I think all the children had a really good time. In just a few weeks, I will be sending out information for the Valentine's Day party!! It will be here before we know it. Be on the lookout for that!

Friday Fun Science Night

Friday Fun Science Night is this Friday, January 17th. I have all but a few permission slips for this. If your child would like to attend, and I don't have a permission slip yet, please turn this in as soon as possible!

This is not a required night, but the children really enjoy it. I will be here to meet the children and I will keep track of them throughout the night.

I am in need of a few parents to help get the children from room to room. If you can help with that, please email me, or call me, or send a note in with your child.

Last thing: if possible, please dress your child in a white or light colored shirt for this night.

Book-It

If your child read for Book-it in December, please have those forms turned in by this Friday, January 17th.