Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Welcome Back - Week April 1 - 5

Welcome back!  I hope you all had a great Spring Break!  This week we will review our classroom rules and welcome a new student to our class.  We all can't wait to meet Brianna!

Whole school is going on Thursday, April 4th!
All students and staff will be going to the Westonka Performing Arts Center for the 101 Dalmatian Kids! Operetta dress rehearsal.  We will be gone from 1:30pm to approximately 3:00pm. The school office will be closed during that time.
**********************IMPORTANT! Please call the school office before 1:00pm if you have end of day plan changes for your child.  If your end of day plans involve early pickup, please arrange to get your child before 1:30pm or after 3:15pm.


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On Friday, it's bring your stuffed animal day! The class earned a fun day and they voted to bring a stuffed animal to school!
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Morning Meeting Schedule: Each student will have a time where they can share.  We will start with a greeting and then students will have two minutes to tell a story, show or talk about something they would like to bring to share with the class.  They will ask for three questions or comments.  If they are bringing in an item to share, it must fit in their backpack.
Here is our schedule:

Mondays: Davis, Nolan, Audrey, Connor
Tuesdays: Lizzie, Brayden, Josiah, Elias
Wednesdays: Emmy D., Owen, Julia, North, Brianna
Thursdays: Genevieve, Alonso, Emily O., Caden, Rory

Fridays: Jackson, Kaia, Rein, Amelia, Barbara 

Our lesson from SecondStep (Social and Emotional Learning): We will be talking about Playing Fairly on the Playground.

Ms. Rasicot's Spelling Words - Unit 23 short a at beginning and end of a word
Basic List: alone ago again away alike agree above awake idea comma

Challenge: appear another alone afraid around pizza American adorable asleep about

Mrs. Spanjers' Spelling Words - Unit 23 w and y words
win wax wet will week wit weep wig way weed web wed well yes yet yam yip yen yap yell


           Practice spelling words on: spellingcity.com


Unit 8 - Skill: Determine Text Importance & Compare/Contrast:
The final week of our unit 8 study will be spent focusing on our Reader’s Theater play titled, The Star-Spangled Banner Story.  This story is about the origin of our national anthem.  By the end of the week, kids will understand why the song is an important symbol to Americans.  Students will also develop fluency and expression while understanding characters’ motives, actions and feelings.

Compare ----- show how things are alike.
Contrast ------ show how things are different

The Daily Five in Reading:
*Read to Self:  Read! Read! Read!
*Read to Someone: Reading to someone
*Listen to Reading: Working on RazKids, Tumblebooks
*Work on Writing: Spelling City, write spelling words in sentences, write a story using our spelling
                             words
*Word Work - working on fluency with reading passages and work on Sight Words

In Math:
Starting Unit 10 - We will be working on a geometry unit about congruent figures (figures that are the same size and shape.  The unit also covers similar figures (figures that are the same shape but not necessarily the same size).  We will also find the area of figures in square centimeters by using grid paper.

This Weeks Specialist Schedule:
Monday:       Day 6
Tuesday:      Day 1
Wednesday: Day 2
Thursday:     Day 3
Friday:          Day 4

On Day 1 we go to: Gym and Media
On Day 2 we go to: Music
On Day 3 we go to: Media and Gym
On Day 4 we go to: Art (Please have your child bring back their library book so they can 
                                      check out a new one on Day 5)
On Day 5 we go to: Gym and Media (Check out day)
On Day 6 we go to: Art and Music

Help your child remember to bring back their Friday Folders on Monday and bring a healthy snack every day!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
5/27 No School - Memorial Day

Operetta information:
April Rehearsal Schedule
4/1/19: All Cast Tech Rehearsal . 3:30-5:30PM @ The PAC
4/2/19: All Cast Tech Rehearsal . 3:30-5:30PM @ The PAC
4/3/19: All Cast Tech Rehearsal . 3:30-5:30PM @ The PAC
4/4/19: Dress Rehearsal for Shirley Hills Students. 2:00-3:30PM @ The PAC.
            ****PERFORMANCE 7:00PM @ The PAC.****
4/5/19: ****PERFORMANCE 7:00PM @ The PAC.****

Saturday, March 16, 2019

Week: March 18 - 22

Morning Meeting Schedule: Each student will have a time where they can share.  We will start with a greeting and then students will have two minutes to tell a story, show or talk about something they would like to bring to share with the class.  They will ask for three questions or comments.  If they are bringing in an item to share, it must fit in their backpack.
Here is our schedule:

Mondays: Davis, Nolan, Audrey, Connor, Jackson, Barbara
Tuesdays: Lizzie, Brayden, Josiah and Elias, Kaia
Wednesdays: Emmy D., Owen, Julia and North, Rein
Thursdays: Genevieve, Alonso, Emily O., Caden and Rory, Amelia

Fridays: Jackson, Kaia, Rein, Amelia and Barbara - NO School on Friday so check the days above to see when you child shares

Our lesson from SecondStep (Social and Emotional Learning): We will be talking about Playing Fairly on the Playground.

Ms. Rasicot's Spelling Words - Unit 22 oi oy
Basic List: soil broil moist point boil oil toy joy soy royal

Challenge: voice avoid destroy choice enjoy noise poison oyster voyage loyal

Mrs. Spanjers' Spelling Words - Unit 22
keep gas box fig six cut ram dug seed hub day tub gum kid lug rob lot

           Practice spelling words on: spellingcity.com


Unit 8 - Skill: Determine Text Importance & Compare/Contrast:
The big book we’ll be focusing on throughout the week is called Transportation.  Students will determine text importance and use graphic organizers like Venn Diagrams and Charts to compare and contrast concepts related to transportation.  We will talk about nonfiction text features including the table of contents and photographs with labels.

Compare ----- show how things are alike.
Contrast ------ show how things are different

The Daily Five in Reading:
*Read to Self:  Read! Read! Read!
*Read to Someone: Reading to someone
*Listen to Reading: Working on RazKids, Tumblebooks and our St. Patrick's Day Read and 
                               Respond activity
*Work on Writing: Spelling City, write spelling words in sentences, write a story using our spelling
                             words, using commas and pronouns (myself, ourselves)
*Word Work - working on fluency with reading passages and work on Sight Words

In Math:
We are finishing up Chapter 9 and will be taking the unit test on subtraction and adding 2-digit numbers.

Science: 
We will be finishing are our "Pebbles, Sand and Silt" unit.


This Weeks Specialist Schedule:
Monday:       Day 2
Tuesday:      Day 3
Wednesday: Day 4
Thursday:     Day 5 (Bring books back so you can check out some new books for Spring Break)
Friday:          No School

On Day 1 we go to: Gym and Media
On Day 2 we go to: Music
On Day 3 we go to: Media and Gym
On Day 4 we go to: Art (Please have your child bring back their library book so they can check out a new one on Day 5)
On Day 5 we go to: Gym and Media (Check out day)
On Day 6 we go to: Art and Music

Help your child remember to bring back their Friday Folders on Monday and bring a healthy snack every day!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
3/22 No School - End of Quarter
3/25-29 No School - Spring Break
5/27 No School - Memorial Day

Operetta information:
March Rehearsal Schedule
Starting on the 18th- ALL REHEARSALS will be at the Performing Arts Center (PAC). Students will report to the Music Room at the end of the day and be bussed over to the PAC. We hope to honor the 5:30PM end time as much as possible, but we may run over depending on how the rehearsal goes. ALL STUDENTS MUST BE PICKED UP FROM THE PAC.
3/18/19: Blue Group Tech Rehearsal.  3:30-5:30PM @ The PAC
3/19/19: Dalmatian Chorus, Cruella, Horace, Jasper Tech Rehearsal .  3:30-5:30PM @ The PAC
3/20/19: Boxers, Scotties, Chihuahua, Poodles Tech Rehearsal . 3:30-5:30PM @ The PAC
3/21/19: All Cast Tech Rehearsal . 3:30-5:30PM @ The PAC
3/25/19: Spring Break.
3/26/19: Spring Break.
3/28/19: Spring Break.
April Rehearsal Schedule
4/1/19: All Cast Tech Rehearsal . 3:30-5:30PM @ The PAC
4/2/19: All Cast Tech Rehearsal . 3:30-5:30PM @ The PAC
4/3/19: All Cast Tech Rehearsal . 3:30-5:30PM @ The PAC
4/4/19: Dress Rehearsal for Shirley Hills Students. 2:00-3:30PM @ The PAC. ****PERFORMANCE 7:00PM @ The PAC.****

4/5/19: ****PERFORMANCE 7:00PM @ The PAC.****

Sunday, March 10, 2019

Week of March 11 - 15

Morning Meeting Schedule: Each student will have a time where they can share.  We will start with a greeting and then students will have two minutes to tell a story, show or talk about something they would like to bring to share with the class.  They will ask for three questions or comments.  If they are bringing in an item to share, it must fit in their backpack.
Here is our schedule:

Mondays: Davis, Nolan, Audrey, Connor
Tuesdays: Lizzie, Brayden, Josiah and Elias
Wednesdays: Emmy D., Owen, Julia and North 
Thursdays: Genevieve, Alonso, Emily O., Caden and Rory 

Fridays: Jackson, Kaia, Rein, Amelia and Barbara

Our lesson from SecondStep (Social and Emotional Learning): We will be talking about Lesson 20: Responding to playground Exclusion.

Ms. Rasicot's Spelling Words - Unit 21 - ow ou
Basic List: clown growl howl brown crown round loud cloud house sound

Challenge: towel mouth couch around without crowd proud frown shower hound

Mrs. Spanjers' Spelling Words - Unit 21 
jam it jay sum beef jot zap hip mud pin feel if cup bog peel bat hay

           Practice spelling words on: spellingcity.com

Reading and Writing: Unit 8 - Skill: Determine Text Importance & Compare/Contrast:
Throughout the week, students will identify comparisons and contrasts in pictures and texts. They will learn that when authors compare, they show how things are alike. When they contrast, they show how things are different. Authors also use signal words such as also, both, and too to help readers identify comparisons; and but, however, and while to identify contrasts.  Identifying comparisons and contrasts will help our young readers recognize how things are alike and different.

Compare ----- show how things are alike.
Contrast ------ show how things are different

The Daily Five in Reading:
*Read to Self:  Read! Read! Read!
*Read to Someone: Reading to someone
*Listen to Reading: Working on RazKids, Tumblebooks and our St. Patrick's Day Read and 
                               Respond activity
*Work on Writing: Spelling City, write spelling words in sentences, write a story using our spelling
                             words, using commas and pronouns (myself, ourselves)
*Word Work - working on fluency with reading passages and work on Sight Words

In Math:
We are working on subtraction and adding and now subtracting money with decimals!

Science: 
We started our "Pebbles, Sand and Silt" unit.


This Weeks Specialist Schedule:
Monday:       Day 3
Tuesday:      Day 4
Wednesday: Day 5
Thursday:     Day 6
Friday:          Day 1 - Skiing if weather permits

On Day 1 we go to: Gym and Media
On Day 2 we go to: Music
On Day 3 we go to: Media and Gym
On Day 4 we go to: Art (Please have your child bring back their library book so they can check out a new one on Day 5)
On Day 5 we go to: Gym and Media (Check out day)
On Day 6 we go to: Art and Music

Help your child remember to bring back their Friday Folders on Monday and bring a healthy snack every day!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
3/22 No School - End of Quarter
3/25-29 No School - Spring Break
5/27 No School - Memorial Day

Operetta information:
March Rehearsal Schedule
3/11/19: Boxers, Scotties, Chihuahua, Poodles. 3:30-4:30PM @ Shirley Hills
3/12/19: Dalmatian Chorus, Cruella, Horace, Jasper. 3:30-4:30PM @ Shirley Hills
3/14/19: Blue Group. 3:30-4:30PM @ Shirley Hills
Starting on the 18th- ALL REHEARSALS will be at the Performing Arts Center (PAC). Students will report to the Music Room at the end of the day and be bussed over to the PAC. We hope to honor the 5:30PM end time as much as possible, but we may run over depending on how the rehearsal goes. ALL STUDENTS MUST BE PICKED UP FROM THE PAC.
3/18/19: Blue Group Tech Rehearsal.  3:30-5:30PM @ The PAC
3/19/19: Dalmatian Chorus, Cruella, Horace, Jasper Tech Rehearsal .  3:30-5:30PM @ The PAC
3/20/19: Boxers, Scotties, Chihuahua, Poodles Tech Rehearsal . 3:30-5:30PM @ The PAC
3/21/19: All Cast Tech Rehearsal . 3:30-5:30PM @ The PAC
3/25/19: Spring Break.
3/26/19: Spring Break.
3/28/19: Spring Break.
April Rehearsal Schedule
4/1/19: All Cast Tech Rehearsal . 3:30-5:30PM @ The PAC
4/2/19: All Cast Tech Rehearsal . 3:30-5:30PM @ The PAC
4/3/19: All Cast Tech Rehearsal . 3:30-5:30PM @ The PAC
4/4/19: Dress Rehearsal for Shirley Hills Students. 2:00-3:30PM @ The PAC. ****PERFORMANCE 7:00PM @ The PAC.****

4/5/19: ****PERFORMANCE 7:00PM @ The PAC.****