Dates to Remember

Monday, January 16 – No school. Martin Luther King day.

Wednesday, January 18 – Late start. School begins one hour later. Library book return/check-out.

Friday, January 20 – Social Studies timeline project is due.

Friday, January 27 – Students report to school in morning only. Half day for all students.

Friday, February 10 – One Hundred’s Day party. We will celebrate 100 days of learning in February. I will need volunteers for this event. Time and details will be posted soon.

Tuesday, February 14 – Valentine’s Day party. We will celebrate Valentine’s with a small party. Students will pass out Valentine’s to friends. We have 19 students in our class. I will need a few volunteers to help with this event. Time and details will be posted soon.

This week students will take the NWEA Winter assessment in math and reading. Kindergarten students are scheduled to take the test on Tuesday, January 17th from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. and on Friday, January 20th from 9:30-10:30 a.m. In addition, students will prepare and take the District Writing – Opinion writing assessment this week. I have also been assessing students in reading and math for the upcoming report card period.

Since we have a short week with Monday off and a late start day this week we will have a spelling practice week along with a practice spelling test on the “at” family.This will get students ready for test taking and beginning  spelling unit assignments.

I will start our spelling unit the week of January 23rd. Students will be given a spelling notebook and will be responsible for studying their spelling words/sight words along with completing assignments for the week. A new list of spelling words will go home on Mondays and students will turn in their notebooks and take a spelling test on Friday.

I will be discontinuing the homework packets. We will be focusing on our spelling units, nightly reading and math assignments for the remainder of the year.

Enjoy your day off!

Mrs. Polgar