Friday, February 6, 2015

Weekly Update 02-06-15



Important Announcements:

*Congratulations to Anah, Ayden, Anna, Charlie, and Davian!  They all leveled up on the Super Improver Wall in the classroom.  In order to level up, a child has to earn ten stickers for showing improvement academically and behaviorally.  Way to go, Anah, Ayden, Anna, Charlie, and Davian! 

*Thank you to everyone that has donated to the food drive this week.  We are extending it another week and have specific items for second graders to bring in.  Please see the attached flyer for details. 

*I sent home a class list today so if your child is planning on passing out valentines, he/she will have the class list.  Please make sure that if your child passes out valentines that they are school appropriate and that your child has enough for all of the children in our class.  You can start sending valentines in to be passed out the week of February 9th.  Your child will bring his/her valentines home on Friday, February 13th.  I have also attached a class list to this e-mail in case your child misplaces his/her list. 

*Our Winter Carnival (formally Spring Fling) will take place on Friday, February 27th from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.  Our class basket this year is a scrapbooking theme.  If you would like to donate anything for our class basket, please send in donations no later than Friday, February 20th. 

*Yearbook order envelopes were sent home last week.  If you are interested in ordering a yearbook or class composite picture (or both!) please fill out the envelope and return it to school with payment by Friday, February 27th. 

*Mrs. Hopkins has scheduled Come Play with Me for our class on Thursday, February 26th from 2:10 – 2:55 p.m.  Wear some comfy clothes and plan on having fun with your child during his/her P.E. class!  In order to participate in Come Play with Me, you will need to have a background check on file. 

*Dear Parents:

Thank you so much for helping us raise $8,000.00 for the American Heart Association. These funds will go to help our Hendricks county families. Our school will also receive some U.S. Games certificates to purchase fun things for our school.  The other ducks and thank you gifts will come in 4-6 weeks!

Mrs. Hopkins

*Continue to work on addition and subtraction math facts.  Make sure to use those fact triangles that were sent home, or you can practice for free online at www.xtramath.org. 

*If anyone is able to come in and volunteer next week, send me an e-mail and let me know what day and time works best for you!  Thanks! 

*I believe in building relationships with the children both inside my classroom and outside the classroom.  If your child participates in any extracurricular activities (sports, dance, theater, etc.), or has any other events that he/she would like to invite me to, please let me know, and I will do my best to come! 

*The blog will also be updated with this information as well so if you need to see it again visit http://misswhisman.blogspot.com .

A Look at Next Week:

Science/ Health

Sun, Moon, and Stars

Spelling

NO spelling next week.  Enjoy! 

Reading

Story: Wagon Train

Skill: Review of skills taught during this unit

Math

Equal Parts; Fractions of Shapes; Fractions of Collections; Shading Fractional Parts

Social Studies

Black History Month activities

English/Writing

Persuasive Writing