{"id":2226,"date":"2018-05-04T14:37:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T18:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dimitriou\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2018-05-04T14:07:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T18:07:58","slug":"2226","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dimitriou\/2018\/05\/04\/2226\/","title":{"rendered":"News From the Jungle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday is the fla-vor-ice pop sale for field day which will be the following Monday.\u00a0 Children may only purchase one ice pop and it costs 50 cents.<\/p>\n<p>A note about this came home today. If you lose the note, no problem! Simply, place 50 cents in a bag or envelope, labeled with your child&#8217;s name and &#8220;ice pop&#8221; on the front! Thank you for your help in keeping all of this money organized!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During the weekend and throughout next week, please make sure to put your child on <strong>prepdog.org<\/strong> . This will help them prepare for the NWEA test that we will be taking the following week. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I hope you all enjoy the weekend!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Upcoming Events<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/11\u00a0<\/strong>-6 Math Facts Quiz<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/11\u00a0<\/strong>Spelling Test: jump, down, her, eat, tag, wag, bag, rag, flag, brag<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/14\u00a0<\/strong>Field Day! Send children to school in active wear and gym shoes, with a water bottle!<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/16<\/strong> Scholastic Book order due (last one for the year)<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/18\u00a0<\/strong>-7 Math Facts Quiz<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/18\u00a0<\/strong>Spelling Test: first, next, last, will, grin, crab, clip, shark, twig, flat<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/24\u00a0<\/strong>-8 Math Facts Quiz\u00a0<i>(This is the last\u00a0Math Quiz!)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/24\u00a0<\/strong>Spelling Test: king, sing, wing, ring, ding, sting, thing, bring, swing, spring\u00a0<em>(This is the last spelling test!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Agenda for the Week<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spelling Words for our next spelling test on 4\/27: jump, down, her, eat, tag, wag, bag, rag, flag<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plus a bonus word which will be one of the following words: brag, sag<\/p>\n<p>These words will be in the homework which will come home on Monday!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Reading and Writing:<\/b>\u00a0We continue to learn about informational text and text features. We figured out which children were going to do which ocean animal reports and a note with this information will be coming home on Monday!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Math:<\/b>\u00a0The children took their \u2013 5 math test today!\u00a0Next week, we will focus on learning -6 math facts. Our test will be on Friday, May 11th.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>6 \u2013 0 = __ \u00a0 \u00a0 6 \u2013 5= __ \u00a0 10 \u2013 6 =__<\/p>\n<p>6 \u2013 1 = __\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a06 \u2013 6 = __<\/p>\n<p>6 \u2013 2 = __\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a07 \u2013 6 = __<\/p>\n<p>6 \u2013 3 = __\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a08 \u2013 6 = __<\/p>\n<p>6 \u2013 4 = __\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a09 \u2013 6 = __<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Science:\u00a0<\/b>We continued our ocean unit. We are learning about parts of ocean animals such as flukes, pectoral fins, and dorsal fins. We have also been talking about what would happen to the ocean if sharks became extinct. Big concept for these little ones, but we had very interesting conversations about it and the children learned words such as disappear, extinct, apex predator, food chain, and more!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Social Studies:\u00a0<\/b>We continue to discuss democracy, practice voting, and learning about the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Housekeeping Items:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Money: Please make sure to send money in an envelope or baggie labeled with your child\u2019s name and what the money will be used for. Thank you for your help!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spelling booklets:\u00a0<\/strong>Please be sure to return these promptly on Tuesday!<\/p>\n<p><b>Snack Time<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>**** Due to a peanut allergy in our room, please do not send in any snacks that contain nuts.*****<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Folders<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Please make sure to\u00a0<b>empty\u00a0<\/b>the green folders each night! It is very difficult and time consuming to locate homework or important notes when the folder is full of papers from the day before. Remember to initial the communication log and feel free to add any notes to me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday is the fla-vor-ice pop sale for field day which will be the following Monday.\u00a0 Children may only purchase one ice pop and it costs 50 cents. A note about this came home today. If you lose the note, no problem! 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