Monday, November 11, 2019

News for week of 11/11

News from Ms. Rau 
  • Snow Gear - Please have your student wear boots to school and remember to bring in a pair of shoes to change into. Have them bring a separate bag with their snow pants, hat, and gloves. Please label all gear. If you have two sets of snow pants and wish to have students leave one set of snow pants in their locker they may. Please send in a note or email me. Boots, hats, gloves, coat must come back and forth each day. 
  • “Food Frenzy” Food Drive November 18th through November 22nd- All donations will go to the Lake Orion Lions Club. We are accepting the following donations: instant mashed potatoes, stuffing, muffin mix, canned soup, evaporated milk, gravy, canned vegetables, canned fruit, Jell-O, pasta, granola bars, pancake mix, and any other non-expired, non-perishable food.  The grade level that donates the most food will earn a grade level movie time.
  • Raz Kids - I have uploaded our class onto my raz-kids account. You can access raz-kids through their website or app as another form of reading practice
    • Login: drau0
    Save The Date:
    • 11/14 - half day dismissal 
    • 11/12, 11/14 - Fall Parent Teacher Conferences 
    • 11/15 - Read In: please send in 10 books from home and a stuffed animal to read in

    Learning this week:

    In reading students will...
    • use snap words as clues to think what would make sense
    • change new words into snap words
    • take old words off the word wall and put them in the word jar
    • scoop up words to make reading smooth
    • break words into parts
    In math students will...
    • solve equations with unknown partners
    • play the addition game with unknown partner cards
    • play the # grabber game
    • create equations using our names
    In science students will...
    • learn how a sea turtle survives
    • learn how the body parts of an animal help it survive 
    In writing students will...
    • make sure every step is there, act out directions to a partner
    • know the audience they are writing to
    • be the boss and tell exact directions using the word "you"
    In phonics students will...
    • solve and check words as they read
    • play guess the covered word 
    • find evidence for the silent e