Archive for February 2020

Please attend the PTA meeting this Friday at 9:00 am. If we have the most parent participation, we could win a pizza party!!

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  1. Spelling – ABC Order 
  2. Pack a lunch!!
  3. iReady 
  4. Zearn
  5. Read 20 minutes

We will be eating lunch in the cafeteria at 10:20. Since this is an unusually early lunch for us, students will be able to eat another small lunch in the classroom when we return from the field trip. Please pack a LIGHT lunch for your child. A sandwich and small snack would be great.

  1. Spelling – 3 times each
  2. Math – lesson 18 homework
  3. Read 20 minutes
  4. iReady
  5. Zearn
  1. there
  2. their
  3. they’re
  4. where
  5. wear
  6. bored
  7. board
  8. plane
  9. plain
  10. flour
  11. flower
  12. some
  13. sum
  14. message
  15. history

Hello families! I hope everyone had a restful break and you are enjoying the sunshine today! 🙂 This week we will be visiting the Detroit Orchestra. If you did not turn in the green permission slip please send it to school on Monday or ask the office for another one. WIDA testing will also begin this week. Please remind students to take their time and show what they know. Here is our focus for the week:

Reading: We will be practicing how to recount stories and determine the central message.

Writing: We will continue to create our drafts for our informational books.

Math: We are learning to solve two-step word problems using the four operations.

Science: We will identify the impact of weather related hazards by listing causes and effects of wildfires.

Social Studies: We will begin our next unit on the History of Michigan and examine how Native Americans and settlers adapted their environments.

We will be taking our economy test tomorrow. We went over the correct answers for the study guide today in class. I have attached them here.

Unfortunately our field trip to Lansing was cancelled due to a power outage. Mr. Awada and Mrs. Abdulla worked their magic and we were still able to go on a field trip. Instead of Lansing, we went to the Michigan Science Center in Detroit. The students had so much fun.

General Reminders –

  1. Field trip permission slips for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra went home today. They are due on Friday, February 14.
  2. Friday, February 14 is Valentine’s Day! We will be having a small celebration in the afternoon. Students may bring cards or treats to share with the class. There are 26 of us! Please make sure there is enough to give each child one.
  3. PTA Family Game Night is tomorrow, Thursday, February 13 from 4:45 – 5:45.
  4. PTA announced that Friday, February 14 is PAJAMA DAY! Wear your comfy PJs to school on Friday.
  5. NO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK – Mid Winter Break is from February 17-21.
  6. We will be taking a social studies test on Friday, February 14.
  1. Math Lesson 14
  2. Spelling 3 Times Each
  3. Social Studies Test on Friday!!
  4. iReady 
  5. Zearn
  6. Read 20 minutes