Week of January 13

Hi Families!

We had an amazing first week back! It was so great to get back into a routine and your kiddos did AMAZING with the transition back to school; thank you for all you do!

Monday 1/13 (E Day):
-Music

Tuesday 1/14 (F Day):
-Music

Wednesday 1/15 (A Day):
-Late Start
-P.E.

Thursday 1/16 (B Day):
-Media Center (don't forget your library books!)

Friday 1/17 (C Day):
-Art

Upcoming important dates:
1/13-1/31 - Winter NWEA testing
1/15 - Late Start
1/20 - No School
1/24 - 1/2 Day (dismissal at 12:05pm)
1/29 - Late Start
2/5 - Late Start
2/12 - Late Start
2/14 - Valentine's Day Party and Ice Skating at Howard Ice Arena

Reminder:

Don't forget to sign the green Friday Folder sheet

(and empty the "keep at home" side of their folder) for Monday!

*NWEA:  We will be taking the winter version of the NWEA assessments in the areas of math and reading.  This will give us an idea of progress made thus far, as well as give teachers the data we need to know as we move forward with instruction.  Times will vary over the next few weeks. It's always helpful to make sure your student eats a nutritious breakfast every day and has a snack available for the school day.

Social Studies:  Last week we talked about how we can think like a geographer. We asked questions like, "Where is it?" and "What is it like there?"
Students located the United States on desk maps and listed all the different ways we could describe the location of our country...for example:
1. In North America
2. north of the equator
3. south of Canada
4. between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans....and many more....
We will continue to discuss how the United States is divided into regions, and focus on the physical characteristics of our country by studying landforms.

Math:  We are continuing with unit 3 this week.  We needed to review what we had learned about decimals a bit more after coming back from vacation.  We are looking at wrapping up Unit 3 with our assessment on Friday (a study guide will come home on Wednesday but you can begin reviewing for the test by going back through the Unit 3 Home Links).

New Year, New You Party:

A HUGE thank you to Lauren Borre, Bertha Leal and Ellie Park for planning and running our New Year, New You party! We had so much fun making goals, playing games and eating snacks.

I'll be updating all of our Lexia/Core 5 and Multiplication Station passers in next week's blog.

Please don't forget to view the weekly Brown School Blog for additional information: https://brownschoolnewssaintjoseph.blogspot.com/

Mrs. Hassenger