Weekly Update - February 1st

Happy first day of February! I can't believe it is already the 95th day of school! 
 
Next week we will be working on the following topics: 
ELA: We will continue Journeys working on Lesson 15. In lesson 15 we will review cause and effect, abbreviations, and dictionary entries. Our spelling focus will be on compound words and the schwa vowel sound (When words have two or more syllables and we say one syllable with more stress, the vowel in the quieter syllable sometimes has neither its long nor its short vowel sound). We will continue reading Roald Dahl's The Giraffe and The Pelly and Me.       

Math: We will continue spiraling through Saxon working on drawing a number line, drawing line segments to the nearest inch, locating points on a number line, making polygons on a geoboard, identifying angles of a polygon, adding three or more single-digit numbers, and identifying the associative property of addition. Friday we will celebrate the 100th DAY OF SCHOOL!!             

Social Studies: We will continue our unit on economics, focusing specifically on goods/services and producers/consumers. This week students will define goods/services, make a double bubble comparing goods and services, have pairs of students act out services while the class guesses, bring in their HOMEWORK for our lesson on producers/consumers, define producer/consumer, and sort homework items into products that can be produced, grown, or manufactured.   

Friend of the Week: Asia Greene

Click on this link to see the F.O.W. schedule for the entire year: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai_iR7kLmmMpdGw0RC1hZmlIeWtPWDd3NTE0QmV4SVE#gid=0

Reminders/F.Y.I:  

• P.E. days next week are Tuesday and Thursday!
• MAP Testing is next week on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. PLEASE make sure your child is here! 
• Report cards go home today, February 1st. Please sign and return them to school Monday. 
• PLEASE take a few minutes to fill out my survey for 2nd quarter. It is a quick 10 questions -  comments are appreciated! My goal is 100% participation...so far we have had 17/24 responses. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WMVCJ75  
• Homework - Wednesday students should bring in ANY item from home that fits in his/her backpack. The goal of this lesson is to sort the items between what can be produced, grown, or manufactured. Therefore, if everyone brings in the same sort of item (a toy, a can of food, etc) it won't be too exciting. Please try to convince your child to bring in something that no one else will think of! This goes along with our lesson on producers and consumers. 
• Reflection Folders come home today - please go over the work with your child. As always, sign your name and send the assessments (in the back/right pocket) back to school on Monday. 
• We filled our marble jar...AGAIN!! Students have voted to bring their favorite toy to school...again! They may bring their favorite toy (that easily fits in their backpack) on Tuesday February 5th. 
• $5 Fee is due to Mrs. Lamm for her Creative Dramatics class starting on Tuesday, January 29th. If you have any questions you can contact her at lammd@ciscomets.com

Notes from the Principal: 

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