Weekly Update

News to Know

• Tomorrow is the 100th day of school! Please send in items you might have signed up for our special snack and five canned food items for our 100 item donation. It should be a fun day!
• Re-enrollment forms are due February 18th to the main office staff with all requested paperwork.
• Tuesday, February 1st there is a PTA sponsored dine-out @ 5 Seasons brewery. Please come out to support the school, check out some of our own Chinese dancers, and taste some yummy brew made by our IB Parent Unit of Inquiry group.
• Congrats to our classroom Spelling Bee winners Kara & Jayla! Good luck on Tuesday in the school Bee!
• Tomorrow I will check reading logs in agendas for Book It! Please be sure that January's reading has been recorded.

Academic Update

• Last week, we completed a Language Arts cumulative test. It was sent home in the clear folders on Friday. Please review it with your little darling, sign it, and return it if you have not done so already.
• Last week we dove into the water portion of weather. We learned the definition of precipitation as well as examples. We also discussed the water cycle and the three states of matter. There were a lot of new words and vocabulary. Also, it was great to do a couple of experiments on our own as well as with the traveling field trip from High Touch, High Tech: Weather or Not?! In math, we worked a lot with place value, comparisons, digits, and had explorations. Did you know that we should always work our ones place first? Reading groups got back on track focusing on fluency, expression, and comprehension. We are still working on reviewing and editing our writing to be sure to include a title, topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a conclusion. IT WAS A BUSY WEEK!!
• This week will discuss weather prediction, meteorology, and weather tools. We will focus on being reflective, fair, and compassionate. In reading groups, we will focus on the main idea, so please discuss that when reading at home. In math, we will continue to add and compare two digit numbers and number stories.