The Jungle Book
Mrs. Knueven's Classroom Newsletter
Upcoming Events
1/16 MLK, Jr. Day - No School
1/19 NWEA Math Assessment
1/20 NWEA Reading Assessment
1/20 Unit 9 Wordly Wise Test
1/20 WTW Quiz
1/27 WTW Quiz
1/31 Unit 4 Math Test - tentative date
Curriculum Corner
Writing
Most students have finished typing their draft of their persuasive essay. We will spend the next two weeks editing, revising, and publishing their essays.
Reading
We will be wrapping up our mid-year assessments this week. We will be starting a project in preparation for our 100th day of school on Tuesday, but will not start anything new in reading this week.
Language Arts
Wordly Wise: 9C & 9D will be due on Thursday. The unit 9 test will be on Friday, January 20.
Words Their Way: We will continue splitting into our small groups for spelling this week. Tic-Tac-Toe activities will be due on Thursday and their quiz will be on Friday.
Math
We started unit 4 before break and will finish this unit around the end of the month. The major concept in this unit is multiplication! Students will learn several methods for solving multiplication problems. These methods probably won't look like what you learned in school! There are videos on the EDM website if you would like to watch what your student is learning. On the test, I will never ask students to use a specific method as long as they have a method that they understand and can use correctly!
This week, we will continue working on metric conversions, story problems, and partial products multiplication.
Science
We will be finishing up learning about static electricity this week. With all of the strange January weather, your child should be able to tell you why lightning happens during a storm!
Valentine's Day
I will send home class lists on Friday so your child can start labeling valentines as you have time. The kids will need something to hold their valentines on February 10. I told them this can be fancy if they enjoy decorating or as simple as a brown paper bag. We will not be making them in class.
Don't forget to send in your child's baby photo (with his/her name on the back) for our game that day!
Irwin Meal Train
Last name: Irwin
Password: team
The family has also listed some of their favorite restaurants on the website:
Fox Pizza
Flapjacks
Pie 5 Pizza
Olive Garden
Cracker Barrel
BW3
MCL
Chili's
El Rodeo
If you would like to donate a gift card to the family, feel free to send them in to school and I will send them home with Avery.