Parent volunteers can meet in the lobby by 9:00 a.m tomorrow for the field trip!

Thank you!

We worked on Math Journal pg.  122.

Home Link 5.8.

Cursive letter a was completed in class.

As always, 20  minutes of reading and practice spelling.

The Math Packet is due Friday.

Study Social Studies vocabulary.

Students know to finish any unfinished work at home and return it the next day.

Have a great day!

Sincerely,

Gina Parana

Welcome back to a new week!  We have many things going on this week:

Field trip to the Marquis Theater and lunch at Genetti’s:  This Thursday, January 16 from around 9-1:30.

Parent volunteers so far are welcome.  A few parents have expressed interest in joining us.  That would be great.  Please give me your money by Wednesday!

Social Studies flashcards:  Flashcards are being sent home so kids can begin practicing landforms and their definitions.  Our test will be at the end of the week.

Math Homework is 5.6 for those that print the Home Links at home.  Otherwise, students will be coming home with the paper.

Have a great week!

Looking ahead next week:  No school on Monday, January 20th in honor of Martin Luther King.

Thursday, January 23, 1/2 day in the morning for students.

Friday, January 24:  No school for students, teachers have a meeting.

Sincerely,

Gina Parana

It’s been such a short week here in Room 34!

Just a couple of reminders:

Due to the snow days we will have homework for Math on Friday’s until we catch up!  Today’s homework is titled Quadrangles:  Home Link 5.6.  We also worked on Math Journal pages 114 and 119 in our Math Journal station.

Next week Thursday:  We are going on our field trip on Thursday, January 16th to the Marquis Theater.  Thank you to all who have turned in their permission slips already!  Let me know if you would like to volunteer as well!

Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Gina Parana

Hi Families,

Wow, what a winter we are having!  I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break with family and friends! 

Wednesday, January 8th is a late start day.  School will begin at 9:40.  We also have library check out so please have library books returned to school tomorrow.  Students will keep their nonfiction books as we are using them to take notes on the Very Important Points. 

Spelling:  We will review old spelling words due to the short week. 

Math:  This week we will take a look at polygons.  Polygons are shapes that are made up of straight sides, sides meet at their endpoints.  The endpoints are called a vertex.  Any two sides that meet form an angle.  We will also examine quadrangles and symmetry this week. 

We will also play games to build math fluency for addition and subtraction.

Reading and Daily 5:  This week we will take a look at fables and folktales.  Fables are stories that have a central message where a lesson can be learned from the story.  Fables and folktales are stories that were told orally long ago.  We will also take a look at our comprehension, stopping as we are reading to answer questions such as who, what, when, where, why, etc. 

Keep up the great work with reading at home.  Parents are doing a great job listening to their child read as well as asking their child comprehension questions as they read. 

Science:  We continue to learn about landforms; mountains, valleys, rivers, lakes, etc. 

Social Studies:  We will be looking at the natural and human characteristics of our community and learning about positive and negative consequences of these characteristics:  such as what are the positive consequences of building more businesses on open land and what are the negative consequences of these actions. 

We will see everyone tomorrow!  Enjoy your last day of break and stay safe and warm!

Sincerely,

Gina Parana

Hi Families,

I would like to wish everyone a wonderful holiday break.  I would also like to thank everyone for all of the wonderful thoughts, gifts, and cards.  Your children mean so much to me.  They are my school family and I think of them all of the time.

I have sent a letter with some things you can do over the holidays to keep education going throughout the 2 week break.

Some additional ideas are:

Read books from the library and write a summary of what the book was about, think of questions they may have before they go on, write a letter pretending to be the character and give details about what is happening.

Math:  In addition to the ideas in the note sent home you can play addition top it with your children.  Take a deck of cards.  Player 1 takes 2 cards and adds them.  Player 2 takes 2 cards and says the answer.  Whoever has the greater answer gets to keep all the cards.  Play until all the cards are gone.  The person with the most cards wins.

Practice 2 digit addition with regrouping/trading.

Writing:

Write a thank you note to Santa and anyone else that gave a gift.

Write about your favorite things to do in the winter.

Complete the snowman writing project due on January 6th.

Have a great break!  Thank you for everything!

Sincerely,

Gina Parana

Hi Families,

Students received 5.2 today.

They are also bringing home their math journal pgs. 110, 116 and 117.

Thank you, have a great day!

Sincerely,

Gina Parana

Our holiday party is on Wednesday, December 18th, from 1:00-2:00.

Sincerely,

Gina Parana

Hi Families,

I received a few calls after school regarding items to be donated and volunteers who will be in attendance.  Here is the final update (hopefully)!

Volunteers:

Mrs.  Evanko

Mrs.  Bortea

Mrs.  Dowgiallo

Mrs.  Linenkugel

Mrs.  Cayton (maybe)

Items to be donated:

Mrs.  Linenkugel:  Graham crackers (2 boxes)

Mrs.  Beams, Ms.  Carcassden, Mrs.  Hazimeh:  Marshmallows

Mrs.  Szotek:  24 juice boxes

Mrs.  Dowgiallo:  1 bag of cinnamon red candies

We are still in need of red, small gumdrops.

Thank you for all of your help!

Sincerely,

Gina Parana

Our holiday party is this Wednesday from 1-2.

We have everything we need except cinnamon red candies and small red gumdrops.

Volunteers are :  Mrs Evanko, Mrs.  Dowgiallo, and Mrs.  Linenkugel.

Spelling Words are:

ornament, Santa, elf, elves, ant, plant, and party.  A list will not be sent home.  These will be the words for this week.

Math tonight:  Home Link 5.1.

Have a great week!

Sincerely,

Gina Parana