Week 25 Recap
Posted on Sunday, February 25th, 2018 at 5:57 pmHello Everyone!
I’m going to start with the Upcoming Week because there are a lot of things to bring up!
Spelling Bee! This past week I tested the students who wanted to participate. Our annual Spelling Bee is Tuesday February 27th at 9am for the Lower Elementary Bee. It lasts about an hour, so on Tuesday we will go to the Bee and then head to PE which will be outside. PLEASE make sure your child has outside attire for PE and also for recess this coming week!
Our Spelling Bee’ers will be:
Ella
Makiah
Jax
*If any of our 3 Bee’ers are absent, Joseph is our alternate
Congrats to our students! Parents of these students are especially welcome to come see the Bee!
Upcoming Week:
This week is going to be Literacy Week! It is a busy week filled with activities! The theme this year is “Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are.”
Book Swap: If you have any kid books you no longer want or your child(ren) are growing out of bring them in to donate for our book swap! In each kiva there will be a table where students who bring in books to donate get to leave them to other children to take. Your child can pick out a new book or two too while at the book swap!
Writing Contest: Does your child enjoy writing songs, comics, short story, memoir, or book review? If so, they may submit one of these genres for a writing contest! Writing pieces must be submitted to the office by Thursday at noon!
Monday: This year’s school wide read and activity is the book Ishi by Akiko Yabuki. Each student in the whole school will get to an activity based on the book and make their own classroom Ishi book. We will also begin our door decorating for a contest.
Tuesday: Recess in the morning, Spelling Bee at 9am, specials, work cycle in the afternoon
Wednesday: We have the COW back in the afternoon. Reading volunteers will be in this day to read with classes.
Thursday: Literacy Night! Join us from 6-8 and dress up as your favorite book character! I will be with Ms. Kirsten running Harry Potter Trivia! I hope to see all young wizards and witches attend! Lots of games and activities will be at Literacy Night. This is a great event and one of our most attended after school events. Join in on the fun!
Friday: Your child may bring some of their favorite books to read for our afternoon read-a-thon! I told the kids they may bring 1 pillow (no blankets or stuffed animals). Bring a few good books and they will be reading from 2:15- until around 3:00 dismissal. It is also Dr. Seuss’ birthday! Wear your Dr. Seuss hats if you have them! Dress in red, white, black, and blue (school clothes)! I would love a great class pic of those who do! We will be doing a few Dr. Seuss reads and activities too!
Projects are DUE by the end of the week at the very latest for full credit!
Past Week:
This past week we focused on beginning our February writing prompt and also worked on The Problem of the Month in the language and math groups. In cultural we had Geography this week and in leveled math groups we worked on fractions and measurement
In math:
Level 1s: writing the fraction represented
Level 2s: measuring rectangles at different points on a ruler
Level 3s: fractions on a number line and finding equivalent fractions between the two number lines
In cultural: Geography
Level 1s: Landform unit has begun! Island/Lake and Bay/Cape
Level 2s: What is a geyser and how it works. The Rock Cycle unit has begun! Igneous rocks and types of igneous rocks
Level 3s: Water cycle review and funny Readers Theater, how to read and tell the temperature on a thermometer
I think that is everything for now! Enjoy the rest of your weekend and hope to see you Thursday night!
Ms. Kaley