Monday Memo
January 25, 2016
Dear Parents,
I hope everyone had a great
weekend! I think everyone was thrilled when they finally got to have outside
recess on Thursday!! They were ready for the cold to go away!! I thought they
did a nice job of handling their indoor recess! They used inside voices and got
along with each other very well! This week we have Mrs. Streigel, our library
lady to look forward to on Tuesday. We also have Counselor Johnson on
Wednesday! Hopefully the weather will stay cooperative this week!!
Our story this week for
our problem solvers unit is entitled “Sing to the Stars”. It is the story of
how a little boy overcame his shyness when in front of a crowd of people. We will be talking about the following skills
throughout this story: Vocabulary,
Comprehension,structural analogies, and working on some concepts associated
with good health. Our grammar skill this week is using adjectives and comparing
with them (using er, est, more and most). Our spelling list is attached to this
memo. Each of the students has a library book for their RC book this week. A
few chose to read Skylark as their
next book and it is one of my books. I love the fact that many have read more
than one book for this two week period. They need to have one book tested on by
January 29th. Again, thank-you for having them read 15 to 20 minutes
each night and signing their planners to verify that!!
We finally got our Social
Studies test taken on Friday. I sent it home with the kids. We are starting on
our new Science unit on Volcanoes and Earthquakes. It is always one of the
kid’s favorite units! We will be reading a variety of books over this topic.
For Math, we are
continuing on our multiplication problem solving with area and perimeter. Have
your children keep working on their facts so that they are memorized. That will
help them enormously with this problem solving unit. We keep working on our
daily reviews and our daily multiplication practice.
As always, please feel
free to call me with any questions/concerns!
Have a great week!
Chris Mallen
Phone: Home:
444-3093 School: 444-4300 Ext. 336
Email: chris.mallen@bkcsd.org
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