Family Literacy Night
* Save the Date *
Monday, March 23, 2014
5:00-6:00 p.m.
Dear Families,
You are invited to family literacy night! Children can choose from many activities such as: Story Telling, HeadBandz Game, Readers Theater, Make and Take Book, Bookmarks, and Site Word Bingo! Prizes will be awarded! There will also be a parent information presentation. Hope you can make it!
-Snow Elementary Staff
Spelling words (/are/ sound): care, stare, fare, spare, aware
Academic words: nonfiction, angle, degree, citizen, soil
The Unit 6 Math Tests on geometry and multiplication have been checked and are coming home today. You should go over the test with your child and discuss what they answered incorrectly. These tests do NOT need to be signed or returned. You may keep them at home.
Thank you to all of the wonderful families that donated food/supplies for our class Valentine’s day party. The students really enjoyed passing out their cards and treats to each other.
Pennies for Pasta collections will continue throughout this week. Our class has donated $78.95 so far! Thank you to everyone who donated money already. The final collection will be counted this Friday, so you may continue to send in coins and/or dollars for the fundraiser for leukemia.
There is a S.S. quiz on the 3 branches of Michigan’s government tomorrow. Students completed a cut and paste activity in class to help study for the quiz.
Here are two websites that help children improve their NWEA scores. The first one is for reading and the second one is for math. Reports for your child’s NWEA scores from February should come home in the next few weeks.
https://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/pages/studentlinks/map/reading.htm
https://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/Pages/studentlinks/map/
Spelling words (homophones): there, their, they’re, plane, plain
Academic words: polygon, line, ray, line segment, flower
Reminder that Wednesday, February 11th is a Late Start Day. The first bell will ring at 9:35 a.m. Breakfast will NOT be served in the classroom. If your child would like breakfast, they can go to the cafeteria at 9:00 a.m.
Reading Bags are coming home today. Since we have no school this week, I am requiring the Reading Bags to be turned in this Friday before vacation. The assignment is a short informational passage to read and answer comprehension questions based on the main idea of the passage.
We are having our Valentine’s Day party this Friday, February 13th. Students may bring in Valentine cards to pass out to the class. We are still looking for the following food donations for the party: cupcakes, brownies, vegetables, fruit, plates, and napkins. If you can donate any of these items, please stop by and sign up on the sheet outside of our classroom.
There will be a Science quiz in Mrs. Grizzell’s class this Thursday. She has sent home a study guide to help your child.
Our Unit 6 Math Test will be this Friday. I am sending home the Study Guide tonight. Please help your child with the study guide and make sure they bring it back to school on Thursday so we can go over any questions they might have. The only thing we haven’t learned yet is symmetry, which we will focus on tomorrow and Wednesday.
Our last NWEA test will be Tuesday (tomorrow) morning on Reading. Please make sure your child eats a healthy breakfast and encourage your child to read carefully and take their time on the test.
Book Bingo is tonight, February 6th in the cafeteria. Doors open at 6:15 p.m.
Friday, February 6th is the PBIS party for January. Every student had to have no more than 4 card changes in order to be invited to this party. If your child chose yoga or movie, they need to bring a blanket or towel to sit on. If they chose Valentine’s crafts they will need to bring their crayon box. Students who have stayed on all green the entire year are invited to have free time in the computer lab. Congratulations to all of the students who made it to this month’s party!!!
Valentine’s Day Class Party
On Friday, February 13th our class will have a Valentine’s Day party in the afternoon. There is a sign-up sheet posted outside our classroom for food items to be donated. Students may also bring in Valentine’s cards to pass out to students in the class. We have 26 students in our classroom.
Abdelwahab Silvia Sebastian Kyle
Brayden Cortez Juliana Molly
Jaxson Hannah Jacob D. Lara
Ben Joaquin Alex Jewelvia
Grace Erika Yousef Ryan
Jacob M. AbdulJabar Preston Alyissa
Aaron Emily
Thank you,
Ms. Shene
I hope everyone enjoyed their 2 Snow Days!!!
Spelling words (homophones): aunt, ant, blew, blue, eight, ate
There will NOT be any academic words due to the shortened week. There will be 4 “Mystery Words” on Friday’s Spelling test.
Due to the Snow Days, there will NOT be a new Reading Bag assignment this week. Students should continue to read 15-20 minutes every night and visit www.myon.com to read books at home.
Students will have a specific spelling assignment today and tomorrow since we did not have school on Monday or Tuesday. Make sure each assignment is completed and turned in on time. Today’s assignment will be writing each spelling word in a complete sentence.
Report cards will be coming home today. They will NOT show a new NWEA score for the 2nd card marking because we are currently starting NWEA testing over the next three weeks.
Go over your child’s report card with them and give positive feedback for what they are doing well in, and encourage them to show growth in areas that need improvement.