Happy February! I hope you are ready to kick of February with some extra kindness and love! Our Mid-Year assessments are finally wrapped up and we are excited to share with you our progress. Over the next week, you will receive your child’s data for their NWEA and your child will be creating new lead measures to help them work towards their next goal.
Due to many students being sick last week, we actually postponed our spelling test last week. This week we will continue spelling with last weeks words. This Friday, students will take their spelling test to assess their knowledge of the words. I have begun setting up spelling lists on Spellingcity. Feel free to use this resource to practice spelling:
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/Robeym
Along with testing, I just wanted to give out a quick thank you for those parents who helped donate items for our Michigan Birthday Breakfast. The students had such a fun time celebrating Michigan’s big day.
This month is relatively short, but is also filled with many activities. Please make sure to keep up to date with the blog with all of the events that we have planned.
Listed below you will find the content we will be addressing this week and upcoming events for the next two weeks.
Math- Developing strategies to solve multiplication facts for their 6s-7s, solving multiplication and division sentences with an unknown, and using parenthesis within a multiplication/division sentences.
Reading- Analyzing a text structure: compare and contrast (discussing how author’s use this text structure to guide readers to understand content deeper), nonfiction text features, and asking/answer questions about a text.
Writing- Publishing our fables and beginning a text-dependent analysis writing
Science- This week in science we will explore the mystery, “Why are some places always hot?” We will learn about the idea of ‘climate’–that in every place on earth, the weather tends to act a certain way over the year. Your child will learn how there are five basic climate zones: polar, temperate, mild, desert, and tropical. You can continue to support your child’s curiosity by talking about a friend or family member who lives in a different climate, and discussing how that climate affects their life. Or look for aspects of our local environment which show what kind of climate we live in.
Social Studies- Beginning our Growth of Michigan Unit. Discussing how farming and mining becomes a key reason why people decide to move to Michigan.
Leader in Me- Recapping Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, then to Be Understood. First class lesson and assembly.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday- Book Fair begins, Lansing Field Trip and Valentine’s Day notes go home, PBIS Reward, and ELG Tutoring (Ms. Robey’s tutoring students)
Wednesday- Late Start and First Class/Assembly
Thursday- Last day for Book Fair, Ukulele Club, and ELG Tutoring (Ms. Robey’s tutoring students)
Friday- Candy Grams Due
Next Week-(02/10-02/14)
Blue Ribbon Spirit Week
Monday (02/10)- Wear Blue Day and Blue Ribbon Award Ceremony
Tuesday (02/11)- Crazy Sock Day
Wednesday (02/12)- Blue Snack Day
Thursday (02/13)- Blue Hat or Blue Hair Day, and Lansing Field Trip Slips Due
Friday (02/14)- “We Love Lindbergh”- Wear Valentine’s Day apparel or Lindbergh Pride attire, Lansing Chaperone Lottery, and Valentine’s Exchange at 2:15 pm.