Week in a Peek Feb. 25-March 1

Popcorn Sale on Friday, February 22nd for $0.75 for Safety Patrol Here is what’s happening in the classroom in the upcoming week. Monday: LMC Tuesday: Phy Ed Wednesday: Phy Ed and Music Thursday: Art Friday: Phy Ed Reading: Our theme will continue to be “What events have shaped America?” Our focus question this week is “Why do people move to new places?” The vocabulary words of the week are: abroad, triumph, poverty. Our writing focus will be procedural essays. We will continue to work on our rough drafts and correcting them. Spelling: These words have the endings “-ed” and “-ing” along with our review and high frequency words. The pretest was given on Thursday. We will have our Unit 5, week 2 spelling test on Thursday, February28th. Math: Students should continue to work on learning multiplication and division facts. They are also working on fractions. We are continuing to work on our math boxes. Students can go on IXL at home to practice their math. Science: We will be working on plate tectonics and landforms in Science. Social Studies: We will be learning about the War of 1812 and the time in history before the Civil War. Notes: Notes regarding Parent Teacher Conferences were sent home on Thursday, February 21st. Please look for them and return to me so we can schedule the conferences. Spring BooK Fair is coming! Volunteers are needed to help setup, staff and break down the spring book fair. Set up will start at 3:15 on Friday, March 8. Sales days are March 12 and March 14 from 2:30 to 6:30. Pack up will start at 3:15 on March 15. Any interested volunteers can call Ms. Koll at 260-2187 or email her at lkoll@spartan.org. Upcoming Dates for you: -3/12 and 3/14 Parent teacher conferences 3:30-6:30 -3/18/13, PTG meeting at 6:30 -3/20/13, Early Dismissal at 1:20 -3/29/13, No School Our PBIS goal is 35 stars. We have18 stars on our new goal. The students have been enjoying a snack time. Here is the snack schedule I have for the month of February and March February 25-March 1st Families with last names beginning with Q-S March 4- 8th Families with last names beginning with T-Z March 11-15th Families with last names beginning with A-G March 18-22nd Families with last names beginning with H-P March 25-31st Families with last names beginning with Q-S Thank you for your cooperation. Have a great day! Let me know if you have any questions. Ms.Hagen

Week in a Peek Feb 11-14th

Here is what’s happening in the classroom in the upcoming week. Monday: ART Tuesday: Phy Ed Wednesday: Music (Students need recorders for music.) Thursday: LMC (Friendship Party in the afternoon) Friday: No School Reading: Our theme will continue to be “What events have shaped America?” Our focus question this week is “Why did America grow geographically?” The vocabulary words of the week are: intimidating, pioneer, emigrate, immigrant. Our writing focus will be to finish descriptive essays. We will continue to work on our final drafts. Spelling: These words have the final schwa + l sound along with our review and high frequency words. The pretest will be given on Monday. We will have our Unit 5, week 1 spelling pretest on Monday, February 11th. The regular test will be on Feb. 18th or 19th. Math: Students should continue to work on learning multiplication and division facts. They are also working on multiplying fractions and multiplying mixed numbers. We are continuing to work on our math boxes. Students can go on www.ixl.com/signin/meadowview or www.mathisfun.com at home to practice their math concepts. Science: We will continue our unit on foods and nutrition. We will also be working on Food Chemistry. Social Studies: We will continue learning about the Constitution and how it works. We will discuss who were the important people involved in writing the Constitution. Notes: The students did a great job on their Reading and Math MAPs assessment. Congratulations to them on a job well done. We will be having a Friendship Party on Thursday, February 14th. We will have a valentine exchange on that day. A class list will be sent home to help with the spelling of names. Upcoming Dates for you: -2/15/13, No School -2/18/13, PTG meeting at 6:30 -2/20/13, Early Dismissal at 1:10 Our PBIS goal is 35 stars. We have 11 stars on our new goal. The students have been enjoying a snack time. Here is the snack schedule I have for the month of February and beginning of March. February 11-14th- Families with last names beginning with A-G February 18-22nd: Families with last names beginning with H-P February 25-March 1st -Families with last names beginning with Q-S March 4th-8th - Families with last names beginning with T-Z Thank you for your cooperation. Have a great day! Let me know if you have any questions. Ms.Hagen

Week in a Peek: Feb. 4-8th

Here is what’s happening in the classroom in the upcoming week. NOTE: OUR CLASS HAS SAFETY PATROL DUTY THIS WEEK. PLEASE HAVE STUDENTS HAVE ALL WINTER GEAR INCLUDING SNOW PANTS AND BOOTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. Monday: Phy Ed Tuesday: Music (Students need recorders for music.) Wednesday: LMC Thursday: Phy Ed Friday: Phy Ed and Music Reading: Our theme will continue to be “Forces of Nature?” Our focus question this week is “How does the changing Earth affect living thing?” The vocabulary words of the week are: dormant, circulate, seep, climate, stable, devastation, diversity, ecologist, and ozone. Our writing focus will be descriptive essays. We will continue to work on our rough drafts and correcting them. Spelling: These words have the pattern VV along with our review and high frequency words. The pretest will be given on Monday. We will have our Unit 4, week 4 spelling test on Friday, February 8th. Math: Students should continue to work on learning multiplication and division facts. They are also working on fractions. We are continuing to work on our math boxes. Students can go on IXL at home to practice their math. Science: We will continue our unit on foods and nutrition. We will be learning about “My Plate”, food labels, and food safety. We had a guest speaker from the school nutrition program speak on Thursday, January 31st. Ask your child about the super foods and serving sizes. We will also be working on Food Chemistry. Social Studies: We will continue learning about the colonies road to self-government, the American Revolution, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Notes: The students did a great job on their Reading and Math MAPs assessment. Congratulations to them on a job well done. We will be having a Friendship Party on Thursday, February 14th. We will have a valentine exchange on that day. A class list will be sent home to help with the spelling of names. Upcoming Dates for you: -2/15/13, No School -2/18/13, PTG meeting at 6:30 -2/20/13, Early Dismissal at 1:10 Our PBIS goal is 35 stars. We have 6 stars on our new goal. The students have been enjoying a snack time. Here is the snack schedule I have for the month of February. February 4-8th: Families with last names beginning with T-Z February 11-14th- Families with last names beginning with A-G February 18-22nd: Families with last names beginning with H-P February 25-March 1st -Families with last names beginning with Q-S Thank you for your cooperation. Have a great day! Let me know if you have any questions. Ms. Hagen