Weekly Update 1.8.25
By carrievaughan In News & Updates On January 8, 2025
Welcome back and Happy 2025!
- We have had a wonderful first 3 days back at school. We are setting goals for the new year, working to finish our last reading and math units, and having fun with games to have fun and learn along the way!
- Next week we have our end of 2nd quarter party and Freaky Frog celebration for students. We could use some help to make this happen. Please see the sign up for volunteer opportunities. Thank you!
- Students should be working on an at home Force and Motion project to share on Wednesday, January 15th in the afternoon. Please see the attached slide for more info. All students will turn in WRITTEN explanations using the printed packet in their agenda. Please spend little to no money and have fun! word-gravity
- There is NO SCHOOL Monday, January 20th for the Martin Luther King, Jr holiday.
- There is NO SCHOOL for students Tuesday, January 21st for a Teacher Workday.
This week in Literacy:
In Unit 3 of our Frogs Module, students will focus on becoming good researchers by reading and rereading to find answers to questions. We will work on locating and using a variety of text features, then use new found knowledge to eventually create a research piece and Freaky Frog trading card!
Our class is wrapping up our read aloud of Holes by Louis Sachar this week. Students have loved this realistic fiction classic! We will watch the movie this Friday during indoor recess and Fun Friday.
This week in Math:
Timed multiplication quizzes begin in two short weeks. Your child will have an icecream sundae sheet in their agenda to keep track of their successes with these 1 minute timed quizzes. There are 16 questions on each quiz and students pass with a 15/16 or better. If they do NOT pass, there will be a makeup opportunity each Friday during arrival. All quizzes will come home the day they are taken and will be located inside the plastic X sundae page. Please do what you can to help prepare your child for these fun and important assessments!
Students will be working with geometry vocabulary and concepts over these next 2 weeks. This topic is fun but vocabulary is KEY to understanding. For this reason, students will keep a geometry cheat sheet inside their agendas.
This quarter in Science: In 2nd quarter, students will learn about Force and Motion. Key words: gravity, direction, friction, speed, force.
