News & Notes

January 9, 2026

Happy New Year! This week we welcomed a new student to our class. Welcome to TK Lily T and family! We spent a lot of time reviewing classroom rules and expectations as well as diving into new curriculum.

Here's what's coming up in the days/weeks ahead:

upcoming events

Jan. 12- Battle of the Books Kickoff Assembly

Jan. 19- No School for Students (Staff PD)

Feb. 5- Kickstart Deposit Day

Feb. 13-16- No School, Mid-Winter Break

specials

M- P.E.

T- Music

W- Art & Library

Th- P.E.

F- Art

homework

Click here for the homework due January 16.

wax museum updates

Save the date for our Wax Museum presentations on Tuesday, January 27th from 2:15-2:35 PM in the Page Cafeteria.

Click here for the invitation and information letter that was sent home this week with details for costumes, speeches, and guest information.

report cards

Report cards were sent electronically through School Messenger on December 19th. If you haven't reviewed your child's report card yet, please check your email and let me know if you cannot find the message. Our next conferences won't be until early March, so if you would like to set up a meeting to discuss any questions or concerns from your child's report card please let me know.

battle of the books kickoff

It's almost time for Page Elementary's annual Battle of the Books. We will have a kickoff assembly on Monday for students to learn the details of this schoolwide competition. An information letter will be sent home to parents, and I will include information and updates about Battle of the Books in my weekly News & Notes. Stay tuned for more information!

curriculum overview

math

We spent just this one week working through Chapter 6: Factors, Multiples, & Patterns. Click here to see what was taught in this short unit. Due to the short timeline, there was no formal test for this chapter.

A quick refresher for parents:

Factors: Pairs of numbers that can be multiplied to a certain product. Ex: Factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12
Factor Pairs: Ex: The factor pairs of 12 are 1 and 12, 2 and 6, 3 and 4
Multiples: What you get when you multiply a number by any whole number. Ex: Multiples of 4: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32 ...these continue on forever!
Prime Number: A number with only 2 factors, 1 and itself. Examples of prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17 etc.
Composite Number: A number that is NOT prime because it has MORE than 2 factors.

Language Arts

Reading:

Essential Question: How can one person make a difference?

Reading Strategy: Reread

Reading Skills: Author's Perspective, Timelines, and Author's Purpose

Vocabulary Skill: Synonyms and Antonyms

Writing:

The research phase of our Wax Museum project is done. Now we are working on rough drafts of our essays. Students will write a 5 paragraph biography about their assigned person. We will work on this for the next couple weeks. Then, we will write a short summary of our report in first-person point of view to memorize as our speech for Wax Museum day.

science

We got to experiment with speed, motion, and energy with Hot Wheels cars! Students learned how to set up a fair experiment by keeping all of their materials and procedures the same except for the one "variable" they are testing. I

n our first experiment, students tested how the height of the ramp affected the distance the car traveled. We practiced recording data in tables and graphs. We also learned to use a graph to notice trends and make predictions.

Then we experimented with colliding Hot Wheels cars to learn how energy is transferred from one object to another.

look at our "soft start" creations!

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