Ms. Arnold's Weekly News
Week of 2-2-15
**New videos attached at the end of the newsletter each week. Please share with your student. :)
***Multiplication Fact Focus attached to weekly math and multiplication videos attached to help with studying at home.
****See Mrs. H's website below for extra copies of My Math Homework pages.
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, book talks, book analysis, 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.
In addition to the Daily 5 rotations, a reading resource we are excited to have this year is RAZ-KIDS. It's an online reading program that the students use a lot through the week. I monitor there reading and meet with them to discuss various reading skills and strategies.
Math (Chapter 6/Unit 6)
We wrapped up Unit 5 with our Unit 5 assessment on Friday. We will begin Unit 6 on Monday.
Multiplication Fact Focus: multiplying by 4
-Strategy focus: repeated addition
-Memorization
Previous Fact Focus: multiplying by 0, 1, 2, 3
Another Fact Focus: multiplying the "doubles" (1X1, 2X2, 3X3, 4X4, 5X5, 6X6, 7X7, 8X8, 9X9, 10X10, 11X11, 12X12)
Writing
Students are continuing to gather stories in their writer's notebooks. This is an ongoing process through the entire year. We are also creating an interactive "grammar" notebook that students will use through the year. This notebook will include pages that focus on: nouns, plural nouns, singular nouns, proper nouns, possessive nouns,... Students will also be working on building stories with multiple paragraphs, using commas in a series, developing informational pieces on a variety of topics and working on their revising and editing skills. Paragraph structure and legible handwriting are continuously encouraged and taught. This week will be begin our "informational" piece. Students will be selecting a topic on how we can help animals in our community/state. Research will be done in school prior to our drafting our first piece.
Science
We will begin working on our next science unit on traits, ecosystems, and habitats as we progress through our "Writing Research Paper".
Social Studies
In transition from our focus on "map skills", we are currently studying the difference between a hemisphere, continent, country, region, state, and city. We will look more closely at the different regions of the United States. This is in preparation for our more detailed study of Michigan that we will continue to dig into throughout the year. Some of these Michigan topics will include: natural resources, weather/climate, landforms, agriculture, government, economics, and historical events and people. A study guide will be sent Monday for our upcoming quiz!
This Week's Spelling Words: List #16
Week of 2-2-15 (Test Friday)
1. coy
2. soil
3. foil
4. toil
5. coins
6. point
7. noise
8. loyal
9. boiled
10. spoiled
11. enjoys
12. voice
Please Read Homework Changes for 2015!!!
Weekly Specials and Nightly Homework
Tuesday: Gym; Math Homework #2; Study X facts; Red folders come home
Wednesday: Computers; Math Homework #3; Study spelling words ; Study X facts, folders come home
Thursday: Gym; Study spelling words; Math Homework #4 (possibly), Study X facts; Red folders come home
Friday: No specials; Cardinal Connections; Spelling test #15; Facts Tests; Red folders come home; new spelling list comes home; Study X facts
What information do you need from me?
Keicher's Weekly News
DATES AT A GLANCE
JANUARY
31 Baseball/Softball Sign-ups – HS – 10:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. – During Basketball Tournament
FEBRUARY
2 Bible Release – 2:10 – 3:10 p.m.
3 Dahlem Center presents “The Life Cycle of Stuff”–4th Grade – 9:00 a.m.
4 Credit Union Day
Community Forum – Countywide discussion of “Balanced Calendar” – High School Auditorium – 6:00 p.m. – See MC Homepage for more information
5 5th Grade Music Program – Keicher West Gym – 2:30 and 6:30 p.m.
6 Keicher Parent’s Night Out – Valentine’s Theme – Forms sent home today
9 “Four Score and Seven Years Ago” Play – Mrs. DuBois’ Class – Jackson College – 9:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Good News Club – Permission Slips week before
School Board Meeting – MCHS – 7:00 p.m.
10 Michigan Center Community Food Pantry – 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
11 COUNT DAY
Credit Union Day
12 Hearing Rescreening – 4th Grade
13 NO SCHOOL – WINTER BREAK
16 NO SCHOOL – PRESIDENT’S DAY–WINTER BREAK
17 PTO Meeting – Keicher – 6:00 p.m.
18 Credit Union Day
19 Ice Skating at Optimist Arena – Mrs. DuBois’ Class - Big Brothers/Big Sisters – 8:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
23 Spring Pictures
24 Michigan Center Community Food Pantry – 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
25 Credit Union Day
26 5th Grade Project Night – 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
27 End of 2nd Trimester
28 Daddy/Daughter Dance – More information to come
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1. OUR SPELLING BEE FINALISTS are Logan Heath, Audrey Hoover, Allison Jones, Faith Kosmet, Alyssa Lovin, Emma Maxwell, Jaiden Tilford, and Hayden Wilson for 5th Grade and Tim Bennett, Caymen Cline, Michael Edwards, Emily Heim, Samia Lasky, Mya Mullinax, Kailee Sparagowski, and Madison Wynychuk for 6th Grade. These students participated in the final round in the Keicher West Gym on Friday, January 30th at 9:30 a.m.
LOGAN HEATH – 5TH GRADE and MYA MULLINAX - 6TH GRADE WILL BE REPRESENTING OUR SCHOOL IN THE JACKSON CITIZEN PARTRIOT SPELLING BEE. CONGRATULATIONS!
JAIDEN TILFORD– 5TH GRADE AND MICHAEL EDWARDS – 6TH GRADE WILL BE OUR ALTERNATES IF SOMEONE IS UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE. JAIDEN TILFORD AND CAYMEN CLINE RECEIVED SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THAT PARTICIPATED.
2. ILLNESS REPORT: This time of the year brings more than its share of colds and flu. If your child is not in school for any reason, please let the school know. Our number is 764-5200.
REMINDER - If your child needs to take medication at school, the medicine must be kept in the office and parents must send a note. Authorization forms for prescription medicine need to be filled out by a doctor.
3. PARKING LOTS AND BUS LANES – We thank you for using the parking areas other than the lot between the schools when you bring your child to school and /or pick them up after school. Also, we ask that you do NOT use the bussing lanes for a pick-up or drop-off area. Please park on the other side of the yellow line. Our first concern is the safety of our children and we appreciate your help with this.
4. KEICHER PARENT’S NIGHT OUT - VALENTINE’S THEME – WEAR RED OR PINK - On Friday, February 6th, there will be a lock-in at Keicher from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. for grades 3-6. Admission is $8.00 with additional money needed to purchase food items. It will be $10.00 at the door. Registration forms were sent home this week and are also available in the Keicher office.
***New at this Lock-in only is a Photo Booth. You may go in as an individual or group for $2.00. Keep in mind you only receive 2 strips of photos no matter how many are in the booth. ***
MCYL Baseball and Softball Competitive Tryouts
10u Boys’ Competitive Baseball Tryouts:
Thursday – 2/12/2015 – (5:30 – 6:30 p.m.) at EXTRA INNINGS. This team is for MC boys 10 years or younger as of May 1st, 2015.
12u Boys’ Competitive Baseball Tryouts:
Thursday – 2/12/2015 – (6:30 – 8:00 p.m.) at EXTRA INNINGS. This team is for MC boys 12 years or younger as of May 1st, 2015
The Michigan Center “News & Views” winter edition has been posted to our Michigan Center Homepage, www.mccardinals.org under the District tab. Our newsletter highlights events and activities going on in our Michigan Center School District.
Sick Science!!!
Cities, States, Countries, Continents!!!!!
Regions of the United States Video Tour
Region of the United States Song
The 5 Regions
Click the Link Below: Multiplication Videos to Practice From
Click the Song Below: Multiplying by 4s
Have an amazing week!
Ms. Arnold
Email: Stacy.Arnold@mccardinals.org
Location: Keicher Elementary School, Broad Street, Michigan Center, MI, United States
Phone: 517-764-5200
Facebook: facebook.com/KeicherArnold
Twitter: @Arnold12Stacy