Archive for January 31st, 2016

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Jan

Week 21

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Hello!

We had a pretty uninterrupted week.  This coming week we will have a few extra things going on.  February is going to be busy.

I posted the Winter Parent Teacher Conference sign up sheet on Friday afternoon.  Please look at the post below this one and sign up!  I look forward to meeting with all you again!

Past Week:

Group Lessons:

Level 1s: Writing sentences and language practice, fractions

Level 2s: Protractor intro and protractor measuring

Level 3s: Fractions, area and perimeter

In Cultural lessons: Botany

Level 1s: Roots, roots parts, and foods that are roots

Level 2s: Leaf mosaic activities

Level 3s: Filament and Androecium of a flower (reviewing parts of a flower that holds the pollen)

 

Upcoming Week:

Monday we have the cart of computers.  I will be working with Level 3s on typing/formatting paragraph responses through the MyOn program.  Level 2s will also be working on a MyOn assignment Monday morning.  We have the computers until 10:00am and then students will switch to works off their works charts as I do cultural lessons.

Wednesday morning we have our monthly health lesson.

We started a new artist, Henri Matisse.  We talked about him this past Friday and are preparing to do a 3D paper vase project to display for the mini art show that will be going on during PTC.  While you are visiting the Book Fair, please take a moment to look at the art going on in Upper and Lower studio classes.  Ms. Trudy (Mr. John’s assistant) is putting on this mini art show.

The Junior High is selling carnations as part of a fundraiser for their 9th grade field trip.  Here is what I know:

February 1st, 2nd, 3rd 4th, and 5th both before and after school they will be on sale near the front office. Carnations will be delivered to the recipient’s classroom on February  8th, after 11:30 am. 

Single carnation flower – 3$
Vase – 2$
Card – .50 cents
Valentine’s Party is scheduled for the morning of February 10th (an early out day).  Our room mother will not be able to help out with this party and I am in need of some of you wonderful parents to help me out.  If anyone wants to take over the planning or can help me find activities and help out that morning, please please email me and let me know what you would like to do.
Mr. Will is scheduled to come in and do February’s art project on February 11th in the morning (an early out day)
Scales and Tales is coming with their reptile show on February 24th in the afternoon.  That is considered an in-house field trip.  They will coming back the following month with their bird show.
FIELD TRIP! We are going to the Planetarium via the Frontrunner and Tracks on February 25th (Thursday).  We will be seeing one of their movies and Jalee and I are waiting to hear how to have those parents who are coming and want to see the film pay for it.  The Planetarium wants those ticket payments ahead of time, so we are working that out.  The Frontrunner and Tracks will be a free ride for students.  I may end up with some extra bands, so those parents who are coming with us as chaperones, I will let you know what I end up with.  If you want to be a chaperone for this field trip, email me and let me know!  We are also looking to go to the children’s museum that is across from the Planetarium as an up coming field trip too this year.
I will be talking about our next home project in February, our Science Fair.  Dates and details on when our class does this project (very much like how the International Festival was presented) coming later this month.
Have a great rest of your weekend, or Monday (when this automatically posts!)
Cheers!
Ms. K