News for 2/3

• Spring Parent Teacher Conference Sign Up - Please email me if a morning time slot before school would work better. 
• Amazon Wish List - Some items have been uploaded that we are running out of. Please consider making a donation to our classroom. Thank you so much! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WL8GR2NVSMWK?ref_=wl_share
• Valentines Day Celebration - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13th 
• Classroom Valentines Cards: We have 27 students. Please leave the To section blank and have your child write their name in the From section. Due on 3/12
• Go Red Day-Lake Orion will be participating in the American Heart Association Go Red Day on February 7^th to build community awareness about heart health. Everyone should wear RED to school on February 7^th. 

• Raz Kids - You can access raz-kids through their website or app as another form of reading practice.

• Login: drau0

• student password: banana icon
• Scholastic Book Club - 
• Class Code: MHGW6
• February online flyers - orders due 2/21

Save The Date:l

• 2/7 - Wear Red to recognize heart health
• 2/13 - Valentine's Day Celebration
• 2/17-2/18 - No School, Mid Winter Break

Learning This Week:

Readers will...

• read with feeling
• figure out how a book is organized
• read like a writer
• plan and talk about key words

Mathematicians will...

• find unknown partners with teen totals
• subtract with teen number cards
• solve mixed problems with teen numbers
• play the number grabber game

In Phonics we will...

• read across even the longest toughest words from beg. to end
• play word part match
• learn the difference between then and than
• spell words part by part
• hear all the way across words

Writers will...

• add different kinds of writing in their teaching books
• create introductions
• create conclusions
• fix up their writing

Scientists will...

• explore how sound is made
• learn the word vibration

Photos from last week:

News for 1/27

• Amazon Wish List - Some items have been uploaded that we are running out of. Please consider making a donation to our classroom. Thank you so much! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WL8GR2NVSMWK?ref_=wl_share
• Valentines Day Celebration - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13th 
• If you choose to do classroom valentines day cards we have 27 students. Please leave the To section blank and have your child write their name in the From section. This makes passing out cards much easier. Have your student bring all their cards in a box or gallon size ziplock bag with their name on the outside. We will decorate bags to store our valentines day cards/candy so there is no need to make a card box or bag at home. Thank you! 
• Please view our sign up genius and consider donating Party Item Donations for our friendship snack recipe! 
• Eyeglasses- Feel free to drop off your used eyeglasses in Webber’s main office to be donated to the Lake Orion LIONS club.
• PJs for PB&J - Webber students and staff are invited to wear pajamas to school on Friday, January 31^st, if they donate a jar of peanut butter and/or jelly. All donations will go to the Lighthouse organization in Clarkston. Thank you for your support!
• Go Red Day-Lake Orion will be participating in the American Heart Association Go Red Day on February 7^th to build community awareness about heart health. Everyone should wear RED to school on February 7^th. 

• Raz Kids - You can access raz-kids through their website or app as another form of reading practice.

• Login: drau0

• student password: banana icon
• Scholastic Book Club - 
• Class Code: MHGW6
• January online flyers due 1/31

Save The Date:l

• 1/31 - donate a jar of PB and/or Jelly and wear PJ'S to school
• 2/7 - Wear Red to recognize heart health
• 2/13 - Valentine's Day Celebration
• 2/17-2/18 - No School, Mid Winter Break

Learning This Week:

Readers will...

• reread to find the just right sound
• compare and contrast key words
• find interesting parts of share
• read with feelings
• rehearse reading aloud nonfiction 

Mathematicians will...

• play 2 digit addition games
• complete the unit 4 test
• do a higher level math task
• see math in the real world

In Phonics we will...

• create a endings blend chart
• make sure writers use strong endings
• learn about phonographs that end in blends
• learn new snap words
• read words part by part

Writers will...

• create a table of contents
• create chapter titles
• plan their chapter titles
• write with details
• give examples in their nonfiction writing

In science this week students will become engineers and design a safety item out of recycle material inspired by a plant or animal. 

In social studies this week we will explore great leaders.

News for 1/21

• Valentines Day Celebration - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13th (I will be out of town on Friday,  I apologize for any inconvenience) If you choose to do classroom valentines day cards we have 27 students. Please leave the To section blank and have your child write their name in the From section. This makes passing out cards much easier. Have your student bring all their cards in a box or gallon size ziplock bag with their name on the outside. We will decorate bags to store our valentines day cards/candy so there is no need to make a card box or bag at home. Thank you! Please view our sign up genius and consider donating Party Item Donations for our friendship snack recipe! 
• Eyeglasses- Feel free to drop off your used eyeglasses in Webber’s main office to be donated to the Lake Orion LIONS club.
• PJs for PB&J - Webber students and staff are invited to wear pajamas to school on Friday, January 31^st, if they donate a jar of peanut butter and/or jelly. All donations will go to the Lighthouse organization in Clarkston. Thank you for your support!
• Go Red Day-Lake Orion will be participating in the American Heart Association Go Red Day on February 7^th to build community awareness about heart health. Everyone should wear RED to school on February 7^th. For more information about the American Heart Association visit https://www.heart.org/.
• January - March Volunteer Calendar Sign Up (note: time has been changed to AM)

• Raz Kids - You can access raz-kids through their website or app as another form of reading practice.

• Login: drau0

• student password: banana icon
• Scholastic Book Club - 
• Class Code: MHGW6
• January online flyers due 1/31

Save The Date:l

• 1/23& 1/24 - Half days of school (dismissal at 11:30)
• 2/13 - Valentine's Day Celebration
• 2/17-2/18 - No School, Mid Winter Break

Learning This Week:

Readers will...

• learn new words as they read
• be flexible with vowels
• find and think about keywords
• reread a page to find the just right sound

Writers will...

• use readers to help add or take away information
• self assess and set goals
• edit for spelling, capitals, and puncuation

Mathematicians will...

• count on from a two digit number
• practice with two digit numbers
• play two digit addition games

In phonics we will...

• learn blends come at the end of words sometimes
• make a hidden blends chart

Scientists will...

Photos from last week:

Showing a two digit number with ten sticks and ones

Becoming nonfiction readers

Engineering towers using toothpicks and spaghetti. We were able to redesign our towers after looking at our friends towers. 

 

Learning about tricky y!

 

 

Engineers were inspired by turtles, acorns, armadillos, coconuts, and watermelon to build bike helmets! Engineers are always improving their designs. Check out our new and improved bike helmets.