Ms. Arnold's Weekly News
Week of 11-17-14
Holiday News!
Our Classroom Learning Time
Our Focus Points
Reading / Language Arts
Students are continuing to work through our Daily 5 rotations, Read to Self, Read to Someone, Partner Fluency Time, Listening Time, and Teacher Time. Students are also meeting with me one-on-one through the week to work on specific goals. Our comprehension focus this week is a using our prior knowledge to connect to text as well as to the story elements. We will continue to work on our summarizing and identifying author's purpose throughout the trimester. Other areas of focus throughout our Daily 5 rotations are: response to reading, writing, fluency, listening, and word building. I am very excited to see their excitement and focus to their day to day reading and writing grow. We are truly building life long readers and writers.
Math (Chapter 4/Unit 4)
We are excited to begin the trimester with our new "MY MATH" journals and lessons all of which focus on our grade level standards. Our current unit will be focusing on introductory multiplication concepts and strategies. Our unit 4 test will be given next week prior to our two week vacation.
Writing
Students are continuing to gather stories in their writer's notebooks. This week we will be adding on to our sentence building. We will be reviewing and applying the use of different kinds of nouns and the proper use of capitalization. Students will also be writing letters to Santa, publishing their personal narratives, and working on their revising and editing skills. Paragraph structure and legible handwriting are continuously encouraged and taught.
Science
We will begin our next science after returning from our winter break. Our next unit is on traits, ecosystems, and habitats.
Social Studies
We will be wrapping up or Map Skills unit in the next two weeks. Currently we are studying the difference between a hemisphere, continent, country, region, state, and city. This is in preparation for our more detailed study of Michigan that we will continue to dig into this trimester. Students will study more about Michigan's natural resources, weather/climate, landforms, agriculture, government, economics, and historical events and people.
This Week's Spelling Words: List #11B
Week of 12-8-14 (Test Friday)
1. bear
2. bare
3. piece
4. peace
5. die
6. dye
7. tail
8. tale
9. toad
10. towed
11. meet
12. meat
13. flew
14. flu
Weekly Specials and Nightly Homework
Tuesday: Gym; Math Homework #2; Study spelling words; Red folders come home
Wednesday: Computers; Study spelling words; Red folders come home
Thursday: Gym; Study spelling words; Red folders come home
Friday: No specials; Spelling test #6; Red folders come home; new spelling list comes home
What information do you need from me?
Homeroom App
Keicher Newsletter
DATES AT A GLANCE
DECEMBER
8 Good News Club – Permission Slips Week Before
School Board Meeting – MCHS – 7:00 p.m.
9 Michigan Center Community Food Panty – 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
10 Credit Union Day
12 Mrs. DuBois’ 4th Grade Class to City Hall – 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Keicher Elementary Student Lock-in – Holiday Theme – 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
15-18 Secret Santa Shop – More information to follow
16 6th Grade Winter Concert – Keicher West Gym – 2:30 & 6:30 p.m.
17 Credit Union Day
19 Christmas Activities - Afternoon
3:25 – Christmas Break Begins
23 Michigan Center Community Food Pantry – 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
JANUARY
5 Welcome back everyone!
Bible Release
7 Credit Union Day
12 School Board Meeting – MCHS – 7:00 p.m.
Good News Club – Permission Slips week before
13 Michigan Center Community Food Panty – 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
14 Credit Union Day
19 NO SCHOOL – STAFF ONLY
20 4th Grade Hearing Screening
3rd and 5th Grade Vision Screening
PTO Meeting – Arnold School – 6:00 p.m.
21 3rd and 5th Grade Vision Screening
Credit Union Day
22 3rd and 5th Grade Vision Screening
27 Michigan Center Community Food Panty – 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
28 Credit Union Day
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1. SANTA’S SECRET SHOP – There will be a Christmas Gift Shop during the week of December 15 – 18 at Keicher Elementary. We will be having special shopping sessions on Monday, December 15th and Tuesday, December 16th for Arnold students from 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. Watch the newsletter for more details.
2. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT – Letters were sent home this week to parents acknowledging their students for receiving A’s and B’s on their report cards. Congratulations to everyone! Keep up the good work!
3. PARENTS - If you have moved or changed jobs, please let the office know about new addresses, emergency phone numbers, etc. It is very important to have a contact number in case of illness or injury. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
4. LOST AND FOUND - If your child has lost a coat, hat, or mittens, please have him/her check the lost and found located in the Keicher foyer. We have quite an assortment of items that have not been claimed. Unclaimed items will be donated to our Keicher clothes closet on December 19th.
5. PARENTS –As a reminder, please know that students are not allowed to bring items to school that are distracting and unnecessary such as toys, stuffed animals, iPods, etc. We want all students to be engaged in school activities and instruction.
6. We have had a few cases of Hand Foot and Mouth Disease and Strep Throat this past week. Notes were sent home in the affected classrooms. Just a few things to keep in mind: Practicing good hand hygiene, sneeze or cough into sleeve or tissue and disposing of it properly, and keeping students home with a fever. Thank you for reporting all contagious diseases to the school office.
***Please remember to call us and bring in a doctor’s excuse when your child misses school. ***
7. EASTERN BRANCH LIBRARY HAPPENINGS – Here’s to a great Holiday Season for all! Here at Eastern, we are planning to make this a special place for kids and their families. We have some great activities in December and in the coming months. Santa Claus (and Mrs. Claus, too) will be coming to the Eastern Branch Library on Saturday, December 13th from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. There will be music and refreshments as Santa reads stories and hears gift request from happy kids. We have our own gifts for the kids too. Hope to see you at the Eastern branch, located at 3125 East Michigan Avenue, right next to Arby’s. Call us at 788-4074 for more information.
8. The winter weather has been unpredictable so far this year. Remember this is Michigan, so please be sure your students are prepared for what each day brings us. Students need to get outside for some fresh air during the day, but we do not send them out if the wind chill is below zero.
GIVE THE GIFT OF SAVING
Looking for a gift to give your child or grandchild that could last into their adult life? Start a savings account for them! It’s easy and inexpensive! A 25 cents deposit will open a savings account for that special child in your life. If your child attends one of our participating schools, they can save money each week at their school’s student run branch. Contact CP Federal Credit Union 800-554-7101 for details or visit us online at www.TheVaultCP.com
DIAPER DRIVE
Michigan Center and Vandercook Lake Girl Scout Communities together are sponsoring a Spaghetti Dinner to collect diapers for the Great Starts Collaborate.
When: Thursday, December 11, 2014
Where: St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church
361 E. Grove, Michigan Center
Time: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Package of diapers
Holiday Events
Tree Sale
November 29, 2014 – until gone
Breakfast with Santa
December 6, 2013, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
MC Lions Clubhouse
Picture with Santa—Donations for Breakfast
Visit with Santa
Visit Santa’s House--tell him what you want for Christmas
December 13, 14, 20 and 21
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
The Santa House at the MC Lion’s Clubhouse
BREAKFAST BUFFET
St. Aidan’s Church
361 E. Grove in Michigan Center
ALL YOU CAN EAT BREAKFAST
Biscuits-N-Gravy, Pancakes & Sausage,
Hash Brown & Breakfast Casseroles
Proudly presents the
Michigan Center High School
Award Winning Jazz Band
December 13, 2014
8:30 – 11:00 a.m.
$7.00 Adult
$4.00 kids 10 and under