Week Ending February 1


                                         
in room 15, we strive to be
FOCUSED AND RELAXED
Weekly Update
for the Week Ending
Friday, February 1 
                                                                                                                        
Dear Room 15 Families,
                 
We had so much fun on Ellis Island Day!  I just want to thank you ALL again for your support and help.  I know it took quite a bit of work at home to help prepare your child.  Of course, the day itself RELIED on your help to make it happen.

This Wednesday, we will have our first (of two) Bake Sale to benefit RAICES.  Please visit this Sign Up Genius if you would like to join us at the sale.  You can just send in baked goods (following the guidelines included in the Sign Up Genius) with your child on Wednesday morning if you can’t make it to the sale.

Edna’s amazing Young Authors’ Fair is scheduled for March 29.  This is such a special annual event.  Information will be sent home this week.
All information is on the library website as well.  Please visit the link below for details.  There is also a link to print another entry slip.
https://www.mvschools.org/Page/2492


•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 chose realistic reading goals for our independent reading.

•We compared multiple titles of migration stories.
Writing
•We wrote a structured paragraph about Ellis Island Day.
•We wrote structured paragraphs about things we learned about our grandparent through our interview.
Math
•We learned a new strategy (the arrow way) of adding and subtracting any two numbers.
Science/Social Studies
•We participated in Ellis Island Day simulation.
Other stuff
•We discussed lunch time expectations and possible solutions to lunch problems—more on this to come.
•We finished our work on a hand-sewing Valentine’s craft.
•We continued to film teachers talking about their role models.

What’s Coming Up:

•We will complete our Grandparent Biographies.

•We will begin our Scrapbook to collect our experiences from our immigration  and family study.

•We will be introduced to more complex multi-step word problems.

•We will begin reading and discussing books about grandparents as we start to synthesize what we’ve learned about our grandparent.   
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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.
•Abby     •Alena    •Anastasia              •Connor          •Eito                  •Harper           •Max                •Mia                 •Nico                •Noah
•Tatum             •Tommy
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These students completed the optional
HOMEWORK PLUS
last week.
We did not have Homework Plus last week.
[ X2 = both Homework Plus options were completed]
         Noah (X2)                  Eito (X2)           Tatum (X2)               Ella (X2)           Jackson (X2)    Max (X2)            Connor (X2)  Harper (X2)      William (X2)
Alena         Abby         Tammy    
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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