Upcoming
Events
· Friday, Jan. 17th – Jan. Book
Orders Due (coming home today)
· Monday, Jan. 20th – Delayed
start
· Monday, Jan. 20th – Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Day
· Monday, Jan. 20th – Jump Rope
for Heart Kickoff day (JRFH packets coming home)
· Thursday, Jan. 23rd – Math NWEA
testing
· Friday, Jan. 24th – Homecoming (wear
Green & Gold that day)
·
Monday,
Jan. 27th – Dibels testing
· Tuesday, Jan. 28th – Reading
NWEA testing
·
Wednesday,
Jan. 29th – National Honor Society’s Blood Drive in the Middle
School
·
Thursday,
Jan. 30th – 100th Day of School (as long as we have no
more snow days)
This
week in class!
Language
Arts: - Essential Question –How can people help
make your community better?
Letter of the week – Review letters &
cvc words
Sight words of the week – do, up, and, my,
is, at, play
Vocabulary words – community, improve,
confused, harvest, quarrel
Category words – position words
Reading
–CAFÉ reader friend – Digger
Dog & Questioning Owl
Reader’s
workshop –
Partner reading – taking turns listening & speaking. Picking good fit
books. Fluency practice and introducing
RAZ kids (online reading program)
Grammar
– Sentences (parts of a
sentence) and adjectives.
Writing
– Journal entries, pattern
books (I like books complete) Handwriting practice.
Math:
-
4.10 Explore capacity --solving pattern (homelink)
4.11 Counting by 10’s/making rope shapes (homelink)
4.12 top it with number cards
(homelink)
4.13 Number grid exploration/comparing
capacities
Social
Studies: - School wide expectations PBIS
Science:
- Focus Q. - How are things moving on the playground?
Instructional Q. - How can our
pushes or pulls move an object?
Phenomena: Video of children using
pushes and pulls in their play on the playground
Technology:
- RAZ kids, Splash Math, Success Maker
Show-n-Tell this
Friday any new Christmas gifts
Reading Folders
Reading Folders will be coming home with your child 2-3
times a week. Please have your child
read the little reader to you 2-3 times for fluency practice.
Please notice how they are stretching out their
words, pointing to the words, finding their sight words, and reading as if they
are talking not robot reading. Please
log the books they read to you and initial it.
Please return the readers the very next day as these
books are shared with all students and they are the school’s property. They cannot get another reader unless they
return their readers.
Online RAZ kids
We have started our
reading online RAZ kids program this past week.
If you wish to receive progress reports on how they are doing please
email or text me and I can add your email to receive notifications.
Testing Week
Next
week, is our testing week to see the progress the kiddos have made so far in
reading, math, and pre-literacy skills.
I posted above the dates we will be having our test days. Please be aware of those dates, and make
sure your little one has had a nutritious dinner and adequate sleep the night
before. I will share all testing
results with you as soon they become available to me.
McBain Homecoming
Friday, Jan. 24th
McBain vs. Manton
Wear Green & Gold Day!
100th Day of School
As of today, our 100th
day would fall on this Thursday, Jan. 30th. That is always subject to change if we get
any more snow days. We usually have a
very fun day on the 100th day.
I ask that the kiddos try and dress up as if they are 100 years old and
bring in 100 items of something in a zip lock bag or Tupperware container. Ideas are Legos, buttons, cereal,
marshmallows, etc. They can bring in
their 100 items on that day too.
I also could use 2-3
parent helpers on that day, but please be aware of our snow days and how that
could change. It would be in the morning
from 8:30-11:30. Please text or email me if you are interested in helping out
that day.
