Monday, Feb. 6, 2017

Highlights

We had a special guest (Jennifer) from the Clay for Kids organization, who worked with us this afternoon to make arctic animals.  She will bake the clay animals in her kiln and return them in about 3 weeks.

Students were given some of their previous math and science work to bring home today.  Please remove this from the folders, as it is yours to keep.

Important Information

-Scholastic book orders due tomorrow.

Valentine’s Day

For the past two years, we have allowed time in the classroom at the end of the day for students to hand out Valentine Cards and/or Kindness Cards and Messages to their classmates.  If you are planning to do this as a family, and this is absolutely voluntary, please write a card for every student in the class. Homemade cards are always special, remembering that the virtue of Kindness, Caring, Friendship and Compassion should be the focus of the message.

As stated in our Parent Handbook on page 5:

“Parents please DO NOT SEND any cakes, cupcakes, or other treats to school. We have too many children with severe allergies not only to peanuts but to wheat and dye based products. As a staff we will ensure your child will not receive ‘treats’ or be passed on any treats brought in by parents to your children. THIS INCLUDES: the distribution of all ‘treats’ parents wish to distribute on birthdays or for any holidays.

Here is a list of names of students in our class if you choose to send Valentine cards or notes.

Yagmur

Mekhi

Abhiroop

Avizheh

Ernik

Keldon

Jason

Yasser

Joshua

Daniel

Heidi

Sophina

Brady

Aylah

Elena

Hejran

Japneet

Grace

Kyla

Edgerrin

Katelyn

Important Dates

Thursday, Feb. 9- Healthy Hunger (Quiznos)

Wednesday, Feb. 15- Jump Rope for Heart at 1:15pm

Thursday, Feb. 16- No School for Students (Teachers’ Convention)

Friday, Feb. 17- No School for Students (Teachers’ Convention)

Monday, Feb. 20- No School (Family Day)

Wednesday, Feb. 22- Pink Shirt Day (Anti-Bullying)

Thursday, Feb. 23- Healthy Hunger (Little Caesars), School Council Meeting at 7 pm

Homework

-We will not have word work (spelling) groups for the next 2 weeks.  On Tuesday, Ms. Bain will send home a list of high frequency spelling words for students to practice during this time.

-Reading/Raz-Kids  (Don’t forget to sign the reading log sheet)

-Math- practice subtracting numbers

Here is a math website students can use:

www.coolmath-games.com

Ask Me About: 

Which arctic animal did you make out of clay?  What did you learn about working with clay?