Mrs. Baker's Newsletter
February 13th, 2020
What is going on?
Love is in the air..We are getting excited for our party on Friday. Please remember the kids can bring a decorated box or a gift bag to hold their Valentine cards.
Reading: We will focus on comprehension with fiction by determining important events, characters’ traits, and motivations.
Writing: This week, we will review the essentials when it comes to journal writing. Students will be showing what they know by completing two prompted writing pieces.
Spelling: Love, new, seen, should, take, time, well, start
Grammar: Students will review how to use apostrophes in a contraction.
Science: This week we will focus on food chains within specific ecosystems like gardens, parks, beaches, lakes, and wooded areas.
Math: We’ll focus on a new concept in our short three day week- area! Children will do a variety of hands on activities with this unit including using unifix cubes to find the area of an object. Students will use grid paper to draw objects and count area.
Classroom Needs:
Box of Cheeze its- We need 2-boxes by Feb 24th
Glue Sticks
Pencils
This and That...
Announcing our SHOW SOMMER LOVE XOXO Classroom Challenge! This February, we need your help to reach our membership goal for the year. With the support of every class, we can reach our goal of 80 new members! An ICE CREAM SOCIAL will be rewarded to the class that brings in the most new memberships this month (Jan 24-Feb 18). You’ll be the SWEETEST!
Already joined? (Thank you). Share the love: Recruit your spouse, your child’s grandparent, or your company. Click here to join or gift a membership today and SHOW SOMMER LOVE! XOXO Questions? Contact Audra & Shilpa at sommerptamembership@gmail.com.
Calendar:
- Feb. 14 Valentine's Day Parties
- Feb. 15 Odyssey of the Mind Tournament
- Feb. 17-18 Student Holidays/Teacher Professional Learning
- Feb. 19 7:40 am APEX Pep Rally
- Feb. 21 7:40 am K-2 Friday Assembly
- Feb. 22 Destination Imagination Tournament & Austin Area Science Fair
- Feb. 24 9:30 5th graders visit Cedar Valley, 2:00 Counselors visit Sommer
- Feb. 27 APEX Fun Run
- Feb. 29 RRISD UIL Tournament
- March 1 Sommer Math Pentathlon Div. 2 & 3 Tournament
- March 2-6 Book Fair
- March 6 PTA Movie Night: Abominable
- March 7 District Chess Tournament
- March 7 Patsy Sommer Coding Jam/STEAM Day!-Mark your calendars!