Week of 1/28/19 - 2/1/19

Happy Friday! We are having some crazy winter weather! Stay warm this

weekend.  Congratulations and good luck to Ava and Luke who will both

represent our class in the grade level spelling bee on Wednesday. I am very

proud of all my spellers! As we inch our way to February, please make sure

you are checking your child’s grades online frequently. We are halfway through

the year already; it’s so hard to believe!

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling: Menu homework will be due on or before 2/1.  The test will

also occur on that day.

Reading & Language Arts:  We’ll continue our cross-curricular study

of immigration as we read our Communities book. Our next quiz will

be on Monday (lesson 3.)  Remember, they are open book, open notes!

However, I encourage the students to bring home their textbooks

and reread what has been read at school.

January reading logs will be due on or before February 1.

Social Science: We will continue our Science curriculum, “Amplify.”

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  Unit 4 will continue. We’ll be focusing on

fractions next week.  Also, X6 test will be on Wednesday.  It looks

like our Unit 4 post assessment will be on Tuesday, Feb. 5.

Important Dates:  

1/31 - Early Dismissal

2/12 & 2/13 - Math Conferences (sign up coming soon!)

2/14 - Valentine’s Day parties

2/15 - Conference Day (off)

2/18 - Presidents’ Day (off)

Have a great weekend!

Week of 1/21/19 - 1/25/19

We will be celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday this weekend.

This afternoon we will be watching Our Friend Martin which discusses Martin

Luther King in an understandable, relevant way.  I’m sure the students will

love it.

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the snow!!  Don’t forget to check your

child’s grades online.  We are at the halfway mark of Trimester 2.

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling: New words will be coming home on Tuesday along with a new

homework menu.  It will be due on or before 2/1.

Reading & Language Arts:  We’ll be reading The Matchbox Diary this week.

Also, our classroom spelling bee will be on Wednesday.

January reading logs will be due on or before February 1.

Social Science: We will continue our Science curriculum, “Amplify.”

We will also be starting a new Social Studies unit on immigration. There

will be open book/open note quizzes involved.  The first one will be on

Lesson 1 on Thursday.  This is a cross-curricular unit that lends itself

nicely to our reading block!

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  Unit 4 will continue. We’ll be focusing on

multi-step measurement problems this week.  There will be a checkpoint

quiz on Friday (on measurement.)  Also, X4 test will be on Wednesday.

Important Dates:  

1/21 - Martin Luther King’s Birthday - day off

1/31 - Early Dismissal

2/14 - Valentine’s Day parties

2/15 - Conference Day (off)

2/18 - Presidents’ Day (off)

Have a great, 3-day weekend!

Week of 1/14/19 - 1/18/19

We have hit the ground running and are working hard in 2019.  I hope

you all had a wonderful holiday break.  We will be visiting the Shedd

Aquarium on Thursday!   Please remember to send your child to school

with a sack lunch (throw-away.)  It will be a blast; we are so lucky to

be able to attend this amazing museum for free!

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling: The homework will be due on or before 1/18.  The test will also be

on that day.

Reading & Language Arts:  This week we will focus on choosing the best

animal teeth we could possibly have, researching about those teeth, and

writing/illustrating a story about our new teeth.

January reading logs went home on Monday.  They will be due on or before

February 1.

Social Science: We will continue our new Science curriculum, “Amplify.”

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  Unit 4 will continue.  There will be a checkpoint

Quiz on time on Tuesday.  We’ll also cover measurement.  

There will be a X3 quiz on Wednesday. Practice, practice!!

Important Dates:  

1/21 - Martin Luther King’s Birthday - day off

1/31 - Early Dismissal

2/14 - Valentine’s Day parties

2/15 - Conference Day (off)

2/18 - Presidents’ Day (off)

Have a great weekend!