Week Ending January 18


                                        

in room 15, we strive to be
FOCUSED AND RELAXED
Weekly Update
for the Week Ending
Friday, January 18 
                                                                                                                        
Dear Room 15 Families,
                 
This week’s homework is all about our upcoming Ellis Island Day.  Your child will be bringing home his/her Immigrant Profile and some information about how to plan his/her costume, including a bundle.  If you have any questions about this after reading it, please ask me as soon as you can.

We will continue to work on our grandparent biographies as well.    

If you haven’t yet shared a photo of the grandparent that your child interviewed, we would LOVE to have that  as your child is writing about him/her.  Don’t worry about the quality (it can be a photo of the photo), size or age of the photo.  It would be best if this could be emailed to me or added to your child’s Google Drive.


•REVISION INQUIRY: We would really love to have you come in and share your experience about how you use mistakes in your life.       More info here

•Please consider checking out these ways to help our school community:  Car Line/Lunch Line Volunteer Sign Up
Our CENTERS schedule has been updated:  Check it out here!

OREO’S travel schedule has been updated:  Check it out here!

Please visit our blog here:  http://focusedandrelaxed.blogspot.com
What We Did:
Reading
•We focused on nonfiction features in the books, articles and websites we are using to learn about Ellis Island.

•We are thinking more deeply about the story of a book vs the message of that book.
Writing
•We continued writing our grandparent biographies.
•We are learning about how to craft a paragraph with a topic sentence, the body sentences and a conclusion sentence.
Math
•We completed the math module.
•We took an end-of-module math assessment.
Science/Social Studies
•We learned a lot about Ellis Island through a webquest.
•We created an Immigrant Profile.
Other stuff
•We decided to host a charity bake sale on two consecutive Wednesday afternoons (2/6 and 2/13).
•We each made a Valentine card to be delivered to a local elderly person.
•We scheduled filming appointments for teachers to share about a role model.

What’s Coming Up:

•We will continue to work on drafting our grandparent biographies.

•We will practice our Immigrant Profiles.

•We will plan our immigrant bundles and costumes. 

•We will start filming teachers talking about a role model they have in their life.



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CONGRATULATIONS
These students scored as well or better on the
Weekly Math Review
(made up of mixed computation problems) as compared with the previous week.
We did not have a Math Reivew on Friday.  Instead, we took an end-of-module math assessment.            
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These students completed the optional
HOMEWORK PLUS
last week.
Yikes!  Unfortunately, I left the list of completed Homework Plus at school.  I will update this on the blog this week.
[ X2 = both Homework Plus options were completed]
        
ALL homework, including Homework Plus, should be returned inside the yellow homework folder and should be completed in PENCIL.

in room 15, we strive to be
FOCUSED AND RELAXED







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