Woods Weekly
Week of February 22nd-26th
Classroom Happenings
Dear Parents/Guardians,
A note from Mr. Meyer was sent home on Wednesday regarding Central's Music Program taking place on Tuesday, April 12th at 7pm.
Scholastic Book Orders
The February book orders were sent home last Friday. Attached to each is a coupon for a free book worth up to $5 when you spend $10 or more. If you order online, please go to scholastic.com/readingclub and use our class activation code: NG6FZ. If you would prefer, you can fill out the paper order form and send in a check made out to Scholastic Reading Club. All orders are due by Friday, February 26th. Happy ordering! :)
Reminders
Student Council: Cookies and Coffee for Soldiers
What is more relaxing than a nice cup of coffee and a sweet treat of cookies?
Our Student Council is sponsoring a coffee and cookie drive for our troops through Friday, March 18th.
How can you help?
Please donate commercially packaged cookies and 1-pound bags of ground coffee. They can be placed on the table across from the Lost and Found. The donations will be packaged and sent to soldiers all around the world by The Military Support Group in Indianapolis in late March. Thanks for brightening a soldier's day!
Accelerated Reader:
Just like last grading period, Accelerated Reader will count as two reading grades. One grade will be for reading comprehension accuracy--the goal is for students to earn at least 85% accuracy. The other grade will be based on whether your child achieves his/her reading goal. All students have gotten their new goal for the grading period. It can be found in the front cover of their assignment notebook. Please take a look.
Science
We are starting Chapter 6 which has us exploring sound. We will be discussing the following topics:
- chapter vocabulary
- sound's ability to travel
- volume
- pitch
Social Studies
Reading
- to make more sense of what is happening
- to make the story more interesting/exciting
- to showcase the importance of some information
Math
Writing
Spelling (Unit 6, Week 3)
The Core Words are guaranteed to be on Friday's spelling test. I will also choose 10 of the Test Words to include on the spelling test. Students can practice this week's words by going onto spellingcity.com.
Core Words
wicket
bandit
climate
private
merit
bonnet
bullet
digit
pirate
faucet
Test Words
anklet
permit
senate
blanket
bracelet
carpet
quiet
magnet
orbit
planet
locket
prohibit
plummet
deposit
- debit
Important Dates to Remember:
February 29th-11th: ISTEP Part 1 Testing Window
March 18th: end of the 3rd grading periodMarch 21st-25th: Spring Break/ No School
March 28th: No School
April 22nd: No School or Make-up Snow Day
Specials and Lunch/Recess Schedule
Tuesday: Music and Gym
Wednesday: Music and Gym
Thursday: Computers
Friday: Art
Lunch: 12:20-12:50
Recess: 12:50-1:20
Conferences
Contact Information
Email: jwoods@valpo.k12.in.us
Website: http://misskrasclass.weebly.com/
Location: 305 Franklin St, Valparaiso, IN 46383
Phone: 219-531-3030