The Book Fair will be here the 29th through February 6th! After your conferences, this would be a perfect chance to stop by the library and check out all of the wonderful books that Scholastic has to offer.

The 100th Day of School will be this Wednesday. We will be doing activities that focus on the number 100 throughout the day. During math, we will be creating equations that equal 100 to determine the quantities of the ingredients in our trail mix. Thank you for all of the generous donations we needed to make this activity possible.

Students have begun working with Mrs. Dreyer on their submissions for this year’s title page for the yearbook. In February, the entire student body will vote for the favorite design and that page will be featured as the first page of the yearbook. Remember that books can be ordered at a cost of $12.50 with the order form that was sent home, or by going online at YBPay.lifetouch.com, ID Code 10849713.

Conferences will be on Jan. 29, Jan. 31 and Feb. 6. If there is a conflict, please let me know as soon as possible so that we can reschedule for a better time.

Tuesday:
1:00 Rylee

3:40 Diego
4:35 Vicky
4:50 Julian
5:05 Aiysis
5:20 Dillon
5:35 Yessenia
5:50 Yarely
6:20 Sidney

6:35 Vincent

7:05 Zanna

Thursday:
3:20 Yocelyn
5:05 Heaven
5:20 Alaina
5:50 Justin
6:35 Kalob
6:50 Kylee

Don't forget to take advantage of the MyOn reading program. You can simply write MyOn on the title portion of the reading log.

What are we learning this week?

Reading: How Do Machines Work? is our next theme for Rigby. Our focus will be on Synthesizing Strategies and the genre is humorous fiction. Our new vocabulary words are essential, wheel, machine, reduce, labor, and effort.

Writing: Our writing focus is Authors as Mentors. We continue to look at the strategies various authors use in their own writing in order to inspire and improve our own pieces. This includes ensuring that every piece includes correct capitalization, punctuation and grade level spelling.

Math: We have started our new unit on double digit addition. We are beginning to look at various strategies for efficiently adding two, double digit numbers.

Science: This week, we will conclude our study of force and motion as we look ahead to a short unit on magnets.

Social Studies: Our new focus is now on the study of landforms such as mountains, plains, hills, valleys, etc.

Word Study/Spelling: Our spelling test next week will cover words with the hard and soft “C” sound. We will also take a new spelling pretest on Wednesday to determine our new word lists. The focus will be on words with the hard and soft “G” sound - The letter G followed by an e, i or y makes the J sound. (cage, goat)

Weekly Peek...

Monday: PE
Tuesday: Music and Conferences
Wednesday: Art, Library, Computer, Spelling Test
Thursday: PE and Conferences
Friday: Music



Upcoming Events:
Parent Teacher Conferences: Jan. 29, Jan. 31, Feb. 6
Late Start: February 6th
No School: Presidents’ Day - February 18th
Raptor Night: February 20th

A huge thank you to our PTA for sponsoring the Denver Zoo Assembly on Friday. We learned how different animals need and use water to survive while checking out a live box turtle, raptor, young alligator and a GIANT boa constrictor!!

Congratulations to Alaina, Jonathon, Kalob, Kylee, Marcus and Vicky for reaching 100 nights of reading! We enjoyed lunch in the classroom on Friday. Way to go!!

Congratulations also to Kylee and Kalob for being chosen to participate in the district Geometry Challenge this past Wednesday. They spent the day constructing items to demonstrate a variety of mathematical terms.

Students have begun working with Mrs. Dreyer on their submissions for this year’s title page for the yearbook. In February, the entire student body will vote for the favorite design and that page will be featured as the first page of the yearbook. Remember that books can be ordered at a cost of $12.50 with the order form that was sent home, or by going online at YBPay.lifetouch.com, ID Code 10849713.

Please make sure you’ve confirmed your upcoming conference by returning the bottom portion of the form that was sent home last week. Conferences will be on Jan. 29, Jan. 31, Feb. 6. If there is a conflict, let me know and we can find a time that works for everyone.

Throughout the rest of the year, we are encouraging our students to read on MyOn. This can count for their nightly reading as long as they are choosing appropriate books for their reading level, they turn the read aloud option off, and are reading independently. You can simply write MyOn on the title portion of the reading log.


What are we learning this week?

Reading: We are continuing our next unit, Many States, One Country. Our focus will be on the Fix-Up Strategies for reading, and our new vocabulary words are reside, route, journey, state, terrain, and boundary.

Writing: Our writing focus is Authors as Mentors. We will be looking at the strategies various authors use in their own writing in order to inspire and improve our own pieces. This includes ensuring that every piece includes correct capitalization, punctuation and grade level spelling.

Math: We have started our new unit on double digit addition. We are beginning to look at various strategies for efficiently adding two, double digit numbers.

Science: We are continuing our physical science unit studying balance and motion with a two day centers rotation. We are using tops, zoomers and twirlers to study the effects of force on motion.

Social Studies: We will be taking our end of unit assessment on maps, the compass rose, map keys, and legends to read and create maps. Our focus will then turn to a study of landforms.

Word Study/Spelling: Our spelling test next week will cover the Vowel-letter N-Consonant patterns. We will also take a new spelling pretest on Wednesday to determine our new word lists. The focus will be on words with the hard and soft “C” sound - The letter C followed by an e, i or y makes the S sound. (rice, city, juicy)

Weekly Peek...

Monday: No School - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Tuesday: Art
Wednesday: PE, Library, Computer, Spelling Test
Thursday: Happy Birthday Hector!!, Music
Friday: Art



Upcoming Events:
Parent Teacher Conferences: Jan. 29, Jan. 31, Feb. 6
Raptor Night: Mark your calendar now - more information coming soon!!

Order forms for yearbooks came home on Friday. This year there is an option to order the books online at YBPay.lifetouch.com. You will need to use ID CODE 10849713. The deadline to order a book is March 4th.  Also, students are going to be working on an art project with Mrs. Dreyer to design the title page for the yearbook. In February, the entire student body will vote for their favorite design and that page will be featured as the first page of the yearbook!

Parent teacher conference notices also came home in Friday Folders. Conferences are scheduled for Jan. 29, Jan. 31, Feb. 6. Please turn in the bottom portion of the form by this Wednesday. If there is a conflict, let me know, and we can find a time that works for everyone.

Throughout the rest of the year, we are encouraging our students to read on MyOn. This can count for their nightly reading as long as they are choosing appropriate books for their reading level, they turn the read aloud option off, and are reading independently. You can simply write MyOn on the title portion of the reading log.

What are we learning this week?

Reading: We have begun our next unit, Many States, One Country. Our focus will be on the Fix-Up Strategies for reading, and our new vocabulary words are reside, route, journey, state, terrain, and boundary.

Writing: Our writing focus is Authors as Mentors. We will be looking at the strategies various authors use in their own writing in order to inspire and improve our own pieces.

Math: We have started our new unit on double digit addition. A lot of our work right now is focused on place value as we begin to look at larger numbers. Based on our assessment information, we are regrouping students for this larger unit, helping to ensure that all students’ needs are being met appropriately.

Science: We are continuing our physical science unit studying balance and motion. We are using tops, zoomers and twirlers to study the effects of force on motion.

Social Studies: We are working on Geography as we learn to use a compass rose, map keys, and legends to read and create maps.

Word Study/Spelling: Our spelling test next week will cover our OO and OU patterns. We will take a new spelling pretest on Wednesday to determine our new word lists. The focus will be on words with the patterns Vowel-letter N-Consonant (thank, find, think, bring).

Weekly Peek...

Monday: Happy Birthday Justin!, PE
Tuesday: Happy Birthday Jonathon!, Music
Wednesday: Art, Library, Computer, Spelling Test
Thursday: PE
Friday: Music, Zoo Assembly (Thank you PTA!!)



Upcoming Events:
No School: January 21
Parent Teacher Conferences: Jan. 29, Jan. 31, Feb. 6

The Character Kid luncheon for the trait of Honesty was rescheduled for this Wednesday the 9th. Yessenia will get to enjoy lunch and games with Mr. Steele and Dr. Musick.

Congratulations to Zanna and Justin for being the first two students to achieve 100 nights of reading this year!  Congratulations also goes to Kalob for completing all 63 addition facts correctly, in under 3 minutes on our weekly fact sprint. All three students enjoyed lunch together, in the classroom on Friday.

Throughout the rest of the year, we are encouraging students to read on MyOn. This can count for the nightly reading as long as students are choosing appropriate books for their reading level, turn the read aloud option off, and read independently. You can simply write MyOn on the title portion of the reading log.

Thank you, once again, to Chico Garcia for being a Watchdog in the building before the winter break! We would love to see more watchdogs in the weeks and months to come!!


Parent teacher conferences are coming soon (Jan. 29, Jan. 31, Feb. 6). A paper will be coming home shortly indicating your time and day. If there is a conflict, let me know and we can find a time that works better.

What are we learning this week?

Reading: We have begun our next unit, Many States, One Country. Our focus will be on the Fix-Up Strategies for reading, and our new vocabulary words are reside, route, journey, state, terrain, and boundary.

Writing: Our writing focus is Authors as Mentors. We will be looking at the strategies various authors use in their own writing in order to inspire and improve our own pieces.

Math: We have started our new unit on double digit addition. Based on our assessment information, we are regrouping students for this larger unit, helping to ensure that all students’ needs are being met appropriately.

Science: We are continuing our physical science unit studying balance and motion. We have begun working on concepts of motion using tops and spinners.

Social Studies: We are working on Geography as we learn to use a compass rose, map keys, and legends to read and create maps.

Word Study/Spelling: We will take a spelling pretest this Wednesday to determine our new word lists. The focus will be on words with the OO and OU patterns (book, should). A new homework packet will come home on Wednesday as well.

Weekly Peek...

Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday: Library, Computer, Character Luncheon
Thursday: PTA Meeting at 6:30
Friday:



Upcoming Events:
Zoo Assembly: January 18
No School: January 21
Parent Teacher Conferences: Jan. 29, Jan. 31, Feb. 6