January News Letter

Happy New Year

With the new year will come some new changes, new goals for students, and higher expectations. I hope that you will help encourage your children to read at home. Practice makes perfect as the old saying goes. Remember students should be bringing home their FROG binders every night to be looked at by a parent/ guardian.

Learning Corner

Math: We just finished up with long division in math and with be starting fractions.
Reading: Reading time has been spent on our Literature Circles, reader’s theater, and talking about family traditions.
Science: We are still working on the states of matter and will begin taking a look at the water cycle and how the states of matter apply.
Computers: We were using mapquest.com to plan a vacation and looking at the math involved with the program. Now we will begin working on some typing skills that will be helpful to our future.
English/Writing: We have been working on adjectives and using them in the stories that we have written. Our goal for this quarter is focusing on the quality of our writing and revisions.

Club Zone

What is the Club Zone? It is an opportunity for students to make a goal for themselves. That goal may be to make it in one club or maybe all 5.
AR Club: Meet AR reading goal of 30points by the end of the year.
Math Wiz Club: Complete all problems correctly on Minute Math worksheet in 1 minute or less.
Record Reading Club: Read and record the times that a book was being read. Goal is to read 5 chapter books.
Spelling Bee-utifully Club: 5 spelling tests with 100% or greater by the end of the semester.
Fact Finder Club: A student must know their multiplication facts from 1*1 to 10*10 and prove them verbally to Ms. Gray.
Benefits or Rewards for being in a club:
2 or more Lunch in the classroom with Ms. Gray every Tuesday
3 or more 30 minutes of free time on the computer
4 or more Free book (limits may apply)
5 or more Pizza party at the end of the quarter/ semester in the classroom with Ms. Gray.

Thank You

Thank you to 7 and 21 for the beautiful bulletin board of our class’s Santa is Missing in Action stories.
Also thank you for the gifts and all the wonderful treats that were brought to our Christmas Party.

Upcoming Events

Jan. 5 18'sBirthday
Jan.8-Jan. 12 STAR Testing
Jan8-Jan 12 Year Book Week (dress up is optional)
Mon. Animal
Tues. Barry County
Wed. Hooville (Dr. Seuss)
Thurs. Toga *must have regular school clothes underneath
Fri. Crazy Hair Day
Jan. 11 Book Orders Due
Jan.15Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday
Jan. 28 8’s ½ Birthday
Jan. 31Mid Quarter Reports