February 15, 2015 Weekly Newsletter

Spelling

contractions

she’s

it’s

you’re

weren’t

won’t

didn’t

you’ve

they’ve

we’ve

Math

Students will be finishing work on double digit subtraction.   Next week, we will work on adding money values and estimating sums.

Reading

Your child should be bringing home a book about every night.  Please encourage your child to keep reading! 

I Love to Read Month is starting at MLE.   We are really thinking about reading!  Our theme is: Experiment with Reading!

·         A "I Love to Read Month" calendar was sent home in the Wednesday Envelope.  This can be used to record your child’s minutes that they read each day starting February 16^th. These calendars could be kept in the book bag.

·         Week of Feb. 16^th – Unplugged week-encourage your child to unplug that electronic device and read!

·         Feb. 20^th Book Swap- bring in a used book to trade for another book. 

·         Feb. 20^th PJ Day

·         Feb. 27^th Dress up as a Mad Scientist and/or with wacky hair

·         There will NOT be a Reading Fun Night this year, however there will be a “Be Creative-Be an Engineer” Family Event March 17^th, from 6:15-7:45.

 

Weekly Newsletter-February 6, 2015

Spelling

softball                 

someone

nighttime             

cherry pie            

fire drill                         

high school                     

good-bye               

part-time

ice-skater            

Math

Students will be working on double-digit subtraction with regrouping.

Reading

Your child should be bringing home a book about every night.  Please encourage your child to keep reading! 

Social Studies

We will begin researching a president that each child will choose.  Everyone will be using the information they collect to create a Power Point document to display their findings.

Reminders

*Late Start- February 10^th

*We are in need of sharpened pencils and Clorox wipes.  Any donated items can be sent to school with your child!  Thanks!

 

 

Valentines Exchange

We will be having a brief Valentines exchange on Friday, February 13^th.  Our class list is below!

1. Logan
2. Jersey
3. Aubrey
4. Allie
5. Dayzie
6. Ashley
7. Nora
8. Sam
9. Isaak
10. Alex
11. Hailey
12. Avery
13. Sven
14. Kaydi
15. Mathew
16. Madilynn
17. Ethan
18. Hayden
19. Ella
20. Amara
21. Ben

 

January 30, 2015 Weekly Newsletter

Spelling

puddle

saddle

bottle

table

noble

bridle

nickel

label

global

Math

Students’ are starting to work with double-digit subtraction strategies. 

 

Reading

Each student should be bringing home his or her book bag about every night!  Feel free to discuss your child’s book.  A good book discussion helps foster deeper thinking about the text!

Science

We started thinking about motion.  Each student is constructing a monorail that can move using some type of force.

 

Reminders

• Winter Conferences –

           February 2^nd.

• We are in need of Clorox Wipes and pencils if anyone is willing to donate some to our classroom! Thanks!!!!
• Late Start- February 10^th