Week 19

January 16-19

Hello Parents and Students,

ANNOUNCEMENTS

LifeLab: We will be having our first LifeLab experience on January 19th at 10:15. If you would like to volunteer to help us that day, please email Amanda Elam at amandae73@msn.com. 

Field Trip to Camarillo House: We will be going on our first field trip this month! Please ensure that you have turned in your permission slip. 

OUR WEEK AT A GLANCE

Math: Please make sure your child is practicing multiplication facts for at least 10 minutes a night. Students are working towards mastering their x0-x6 (or higher) multiplication tables by the end of January. We will be focusing on lessons 16, 17 and 19 this week (skipping 18). The next math test will be next week. 

Reader's Workshop: This week, we continue getting back into our Reader's Workshop practices. As a refresher, these stations include small groups with the teacher, reading to self, responding to reading, writing, word work and technology. Students will receive new Benchmark books titled Comparing Points of View. 

Writer's Workshop: Students will be starting an "I Have A Dream" unit in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. 

P.E.: Please dress appropriately on Monday and Thursday for P.E every week. 

Music: Music lessons with Mrs. Higa will continue this week. Lessons will be on Wednesday's after recess. 

Social Studies: Students will be learning about Martin Luther King Jr. 

Science: Students will wrap up our unit on Animal Adaptations by exploring ways they can camouflage paper butterflies in our classroom. 

REMINDERS

Kindly,

Mrs. Palmer