• Tomorrow is “dress like a book character” 🙂
• It’s hard to believe, but we will be ready for the next math test on Friday.  Here is the study guide:  Unit 7 math study guide
• New spelling words came home today – no individual words this week!  We worked on writing them 5 times each at school.  They should complete 3 more activities at home and return them on Friday.
• I was totally confident that we were scheduled to visit the book fair today and surprise!…I was wrong 😉  We visit tomorrow to make our wish lists and we really do go back on Thursday to make our purchases!!
• Spring pictures have been rescheduled for the 15th.

Spirit week begins tomorrow!!  No need to pick out an outfit – Monday is pajamas and crazy hair 🙂

We will take our spelling test tomorrow and red spelling notebooks are due.

It is not normal for me to send homework home on Fridays, but there was a math page that some students did not finish during class so they should have brought it home to finish.  Please double check their folder to make sure they remember to complete it.

The book fair is this week, too.  Please do not send in money for the book fair yet…when we visit on Monday it is just to look and make a wish list.  We go back on Thursday to buy.

February reading calendars can be sent in tomorrow.  Even though tomorrow is technically still February, your child should begin keeping track of how many minutes they read for our March is Reading Month weekly slips.  This week is really only 4 nights – the slips for week 1 should come back on Friday – so they need to read 30 minutes a night this week to make their goal of 120 minutes.  They CAN do it!!  Remember they can split the minutes up if they want to…maybe 15 minutes before dinner and then 15 minutes before bed???

There were some adjustments made to the lunch menu for this week:

Monday, 02/29,   Bosco Sticks

Tuesday, 03/01,   hummus and pita bread

Wednesday, 03/02,   Galaxy Pizza

Math with our buddies today 🙂

• We got our new spelling words today.  Our test will be on Monday.  Red notebooks are due on Monday also.
• Math homework came home today!  The very last problem is subtraction and they cannot use the traditional method for it because it requires borrowing and we haven’t practiced that enough.  Soooo, they need to use a different strategy.  I posted this a while ago, just so you could see the other options, but I figured I would repost today – just in case they need help with that last problem.  subtraction strategies
• March is Reading Month is coming up!!  Instead of our normal reading calendar, students will be asked to write the minutes they read every day.  This will start on Monday even though it is technically still February.  So, Sunday can be your last day with our February reading calendar.  You can send those in on Monday for the pizza certificates.  More information for March will come home at the end of this week.
• Fundraiser information came home in today’s folder.
• Picture day is Thursday.  There is an order envelope in today’s folder.
• Tomorrow is the last day to send in any box tops you have collected.
• The first meeting for Run Club will be Thursday, February 25th from 3:45-4:30.
• Spirit week is next week!!!  Here is a look at what each day will be:  Spirit week
• The book fair is coming 🙂  We will visit on Monday to preview the items and create our wish list.  Then, we will go back on Thursday to make our purchases.

We were VERY busy with the 100th day of school today!  (So busy, in fact, that I forgot to give them their spelling words…oops!)  We read a 100th day poem, made a 100 second rainstorm, played ‘race to 100’, had a 100 second staredown, wrote about life as a 100 year old (after checking out a photo of ourselves as a 100 year old), raced to see how many times they could write their name in 100 seconds, made 100th day glasses…in science we made predictions about 100 drops of water, 100 jumps, 100 steps, and tried to stack 100 pennies.  All that, AND we each presented our poster and ate our 100th day snack.  Whew!!

(Before I forget, if you have any boxtops, can you please send them in by Wednesday…)

A few shots of our very busy day 🙂

From the sound of the conversations going on in our room, I can tell that everyone is excited about making their 100 day posters this weekend.  I can’t wait to see them all in person on Monday!!

Just a few notes about things coming up…

• The first day of running club has been moved to Thursday, February 25th from 3:45-4:30
• PTA is sending home a fundraiser next week full of MI made products
• Spirit week is coming the week of Feb. 29th-March 4th.  The days will be…PJ/crazy hair on Monday, dress like a book character on Tuesday, ‘around the world’ on Wednesday (wear a shirt or outfit that is from a different state or country), rainbow day on Thursday (wear bright colors), and sports/team day on Friday.  It should be super fun!

I snapped a few shots of us in action today 🙂

• For tomorrow, please remember red spelling notebooks are due, we will take our spelling test, and we will visit the library so everyone needs to have their library books.
• 100’s day is on Monday! Just in case you missed it, here is the note that explains our plan:  100th day   Every student should complete a poster that represents 100 things so they can share with the class!  Students are encouraged to organize their items into equal groups or an array and write a repeated addition sentence to go with it.  We are also planning on having a 100 day snack.  So far we have had cheerios, chocolate chips, animal crackers, chex, and swedish fish donated to help us make our snack.  If you are able to send in something, please do so by tomorrow.  If you are planning to send in something for us to use, but need to send it in Monday, please comment on this post or email me so that I know for sure!!  Otherwise, I may need to go Target shopping this weekend 🙂

Another couple pics for examples…

• Math test tomorrow!  I posted the study guide last week and we went through the questions today (I changed the numbers for the practice in class).  The subtraction problem is tricky.  I am not allowing them to do the traditional method for this question.  We haven’t practiced borrowing enough to rely on for a test grade.  We have been using a few other strategies.  Here is a description of the most popular ones:  subtraction strategies
• A big thanks to Trent’s Mom and Bilal’s Mom for coming through with gallon size Ziploc bags 🙂
• I posted last week about the 100th day of school coming up on Monday, February 22nd.  A paper copy of the note came home today!  We ask students to make a poster of 100 things.  It can be any size!! They are encouraged to sort their items in to equal groups or an array so that they can write a repeated addition sentence or multiplication sentence on their poster. Students will present their poster to the group and then we will hang them in the hallway.  Here are a few pictures of past projects:  

We had a pretty successful day – the evidence is in your child’s STUFFED valentine carrier or bag 🙂 My bag is stuffed as well – Thank You for thinking of me…AND thanks to everyone who helped with donations and/or their time!!

Just a few points of business…

• We have a math test on Wednesday.  The study guide is here: Unit 6 Study Guide – Math  Please take a little time over this long weekend to go over it with your child.
• The 100th day of school is coming up soon.  Please read the attached note.  I meant to send it home today and forgot.  100th day
• We are in desperate need of gallon size Ziploc bags.  Any donations would be greatly appreciated!

Enjoy your long weekend!!

• Tomorrow is late start!
• Our valentine’s party is on Thursday afternoon.
• Library check-out is Thursday this week, so please help your child remember to bring their books back.
• Boots and snow pants are super helpful with the weather like this.  We DID go outside today.  The kids LOVE it 🙂
• No school 2/12/16 and 2/15/16