Weekly Newsletter

What a busy, busy week!  Thank you to all of the parents who shared your careers with us- we loved getting to learn about what you do!

Writing

We are finally done taking notes on our cities in Missouri.   This week we learned about thesis statements and topic sentences.  Students have been given a graphic organizer to help them organize their researched information.  This week we started planning our final piece and next week we will plan on writing, editing and publishing our pieces. 

Social Studies

This week we discussed the purpose of our government.  We talked about what types of departments a government has and how they are all connected.

Next week we will be starting our new Science unit on waves.  We will learn what waves are, where we see them, what the amplitude of waves is and what effect frequency has on wavelength.         

Math

I am beyond impressed with the effort your kids put into learning division.  They asked for practice, worked at school and home to understand it.  I am blown away!  There are many students that need to keep practicing those flash cards each night! 

Next week we will be reviewing and testing over our unit on division.  Be watching for that review guide to come home on Monday night.  We will test Tuesday and spend the remainder of the week practicing division facts and going over the test before starting our new unit on fractions!! 

Daily 5

This week we have continued with our read aloud book, The Mighty Miss Malone.  I am very impressed with the conversations and questions they are having about the Great Depression.  We have begun discussing what a good summary is and the purpose of a summary.  Next week students will get a graphic organizer that will help them organize information about what we are reading so we can easily write a summary.        

Here are some fun pictures from today's MakerSpace!  We had a blast creating circuits!

Important Dates

·        January 31^st- Beulah Ralph’s 90^th Birthday!

·        February 3^rd- Neon & Bright Day

·        February 6th- NO SCHOOL (teacher work day)

    February 10^th- Yearbook Orders & Six Flag Reading Minutes Due

·        February 13th- Parent Teacher Conferences

·        February 14th- Spring Class Party

·        February 16th- Parent Teacher Conferences

·        February 17th- NO SCHOOL

·        February 20th- NO SCHOOL (President’s Day)

·        March 7^th- Early Out

·        March 14^th- Beulah Math Night (more info to come)

·        March 22^nd- Jefferson City Field trip

·        March 27^th - 31^st - SPRING BREAK