🌟 Week 17 Overview: Week of January 6- January 9🌟

Positivity Project: Optimism ⭐

Hello Everyone,

Here’s a look at what’s happening in Room 10 this week!

🔢 Math

• 🔢 We are finishing Lessons 12 and 13 this week, which focus on three-digit numbers.

• ➕ Since Lessons 12 and 13 are very similar, we have been combining some of the questions as we wrap them up.

• 🎯 Our goal this week is to start Lesson 14, which focuses on comparing three-digit numbers. (Lesson 14 test TBA)

• 💻 Students will only need to complete one iReady math lesson this week.

✏️ Spelling

• We are starting Unit 5, Week 1 for spelling this week. Packets will be passed out tomorrow, and students will have time in class to work on them.

• This week’s spelling words: 

  • • apple • baseball • hope • inside • little • mistake • purple • shape • table • useful

📚 ELA

• ✍️ Students will be writing about their Winter Break experiences.

• 🎯 We will continue discussing New Year’s goals and resolutions.

• 📄 Students will create a one-pager with at least four goals/resolutions they hope to accomplish by the end of the year.

• 📝 Since this is a short week, the ELA warm-up quiz will be on Friday instead of Thursday.

📖 Reading

• 📘 We are back in our Benchmark curriculum!

• 💡 Unit 5 focuses on Solving Problems Through Technology.

• ⏳ Because it is a short week, the Week 1 test will be at the beginning of next week.

•  🐘🦍 We are finishing The One and Only Ivan this week—we only have 28 pages left!

• 👀 Sight words for this week are:

  • • answer• brown• country• start• then• there• wash• went• who• your

• 💻 Students will only need to complete one iReady reading lesson this week.

💚 Positivity Project — Optimism

• 🌞 Students will learn what optimism means and how it can help them face challenges.

• 💬 We will discuss how having a positive mindset can impact learning and relationships, and have a bright future.

• 🗳️ At the end of the week, students will vote for a classmate who demonstrated optimism.

⭐ PBIS Behavior Reminders (please read)

• 🏫 Today (1/6), we spent time reviewing classroom and schoolwide expectations.

• 📋 We went over the school’s PBIS matrix and discussed what can qualify as a minor inside and outside of the classroom.

• 📲 If your student receives a minor, I will communicate via ParentSquare or by phone if needed.

• 📝 When a minor is issued, the pink PBIS matrix sheet will be sent home and will require a parent's initial.

• 🔄 Minors reset each quarter. After 5 minors in a quarter, students lose the privilege of attending quarterly PBIS and classroom incentives.

• ☑️ Minors are used as a way to fix mistakes and start fresh the next day.

• ⚠️ Students receive one warning before a minor is issued in the classroom.

📅 Looking Ahead & Reminders

• 🌍 Boris Multicultural Event & Food Fair: January 15 @ 5:30 p.m.

• 📊 End of Quarter 2: Friday, January 16

  • • Grades finalized by January 20

• 🎓 Academic awards TBA

Please monitor email/ParentSquare for live announcements/reminders