I would like to have a small Valentine’s Day party on Wednesday, February 14th. Students can bring in Valentine’s Day friendship cards and candy to pass out. Please NO CUPCAKES UNLESS ASKING AHEAD OF TIME. I wouldn’t want so many students bringing in cupcakes. I suggest buying the cards and candy this weekend before stores run out. If your child chooses to pass out cards, every student must get one so no one feels left out. Here is a list of our class names:

1. Tasnim
2. Mohamed
3. Rahf
4. Hussein Awada
5. Deema
6. Ali
7. Hussein Elchami
8. Laila
9. Nasser
10. Sadan
11. Ahmad
12. Mohsin
13. Mutaz
14. Suhail
15. Mustafa
16. Amina
17. Youssra
18. Essam
19. Feras
20. Mona
21. Aiyat Saleh
22. Hassan
23. Shahd
24. Ayat Younes

The third card marking has begun! Report cards went home last week. Students have made progress from the beginning of the year!

Test Folders: When students bring home tests to sign, please take your time to review the problems with them and redo math problems on another sheet of paper.. Do not erase work on the quiz. We want to avoid students making the same mistake and to master all content.

Math: Students must master all multiplication. Most students should have mastered 0-5 and are currently working on their 6’s-12. A note will go home this week letting you know if your child is behind or on track.

We are working on area and perimeter in math. Please keep up with homework and ensure student understanding.

Science: We are wrapping up our unit on Weather and Climate and will be moving on soon to Animals and Heredity.

Social Studies: A Michigan History project will be coming home Monday. Please sign and return the Project Sheet by Tuesday.

Honors Assembly: Our Honors Assembly will be held this Thursday, February 8th at 2:00 to honor students from the 1st and 2nd card marking.

Spelling for this week: Homophones
-Students will not have cold words this week and instead will be given all 20 words.

aunt, ant, blew, blue, eight, ate, waste, waist, made, maid, weight, wait, past, passed, some, sum, you’re, your, their, there, they’re

Week 16: /scr/ /shr/ /spr/ & /thr/

1. scroll

2. throw

3. shrank

4. spring

5. sprain

6. scream

7. thread

8. shrimp

9. sprint

10. throat

11. quarter

12. index

13. glossary

14. caption

15. diagram

Spelling: /gr/ /br/ & /cr/

1. crowd
2.bring
3.cried
4. grow
5. brain
6.crow
7. grace
8. gray
9. grain
10. brown
11. opinion
12. measure
13. inch
14. half
15. beaver

1. annoy

2. royal

3. joint

4. appoint

5. coin

6. point

7. spoil

8. destroy

9. employ

10.boy

condensation, precipitation, evaporation, trade, idea

Spelling:

1. snow
2. blow
3. throw
4. glow
5. willow
6. pillow
7. grow
8. flow
9. crow
10. know
11. December
12. meteorologist
13. title
14. season
15. native

Here is what is happening in our classroom:

Math: We began our Multiplication and Division Unit. Students should begin studying their multiplication facts. We will begin taking weekly quizzes and they cannot move on to the next factor until they pass. For example, this week is x 0 and x 1.

They must understand how to show multiplication using equal groups, an array and repeated addition.

They must also be able to decide if a story problem is multiplication or division and show their work to solve.

Science: We are learning all about Weather and Climate this card marking. Students will be learning about the water cycle and should be able to explain how clouds are formed, they will collect weather data and graph it. We will also learn the different climate types of the world: polar, temperate, dry, and tropical.

Social Studies: We are now learning about the History of Michigan. We begin by exploring how the Native Americans were the first inhabitants of Michigan, followed by the French and then the British. We will then explore how Michigan gained statehood.

Writer’s Workshop: Students are working on publishing their informational writing. They are creating 5 paragraph essays about Michigan’s geography. We will begin Opinion writing this week or early next. Students must write a 5 paragraph essay giving reasons why a certain season is their favorite.

Daily 5: Please work on these strategies with your children:
-Finding nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns and adverbs in writing and reading.
-Determine the main idea of a paragraph, page, chapter, or book
-Summarizing a story
-Making an inference

1.music

2. basic

3. honor

4. tiger

5. olive

6. cabin

7. habit

8. behind

9. rewind

10. alive

11. friction

12. multiply

13. eliminate

14. solve

15. answer

/r/ syllables

brother, purple, whisper, father, teacher, grandmother, Thursday, summer, mother, purse

Halloween, November, region, mood, climate

chop
ship
three
chin
fish
think
shell
bath
then
there
subtraction
addition
magnet
repel
attract