Friday, September 23, 2011

September 19-23

Defending the bogs of Boglivia!

After this week your child should be able to...
Students exercising their multiplication skills at Math Club!
  • Tell you about the job they received for Earthworks and what animal they will research
  • Explain four things every organism needs to survive
  • Tell what makes a healthy habitat
  • Explain the difference between simple subjects and predicates and compound subjects and predicates
  • Describe the project they created for the War with Grandpa
  • Log on to the website for our Science textbooks using their usernames and passwords
  • Multiply 2 and 3-digit numbers by a 1-digit number
  • Estimate the product of a multiplication problem

Next week your child will learn how to...
  • Identify and correct run on sentences
  • Matching the mystery smells in Science class!
  • Correct run-on sentences and sentence fragments
  • Distinguish between five different ecosystems
  • Tell you about the three main types of consumers in a habitat
  • Explain what a free enterprise system is
  • Tell you about supply and demand
  • Distinguish between wants and needs
  • Multiply 2-digit by 2-digit problems
  • Tell you who their preschool buddy is for the school year!
Mark your calendar:
  • Monday September 26th: October book club parent volunteer meeting at 3:45 in Mrs. Cowan's room
  • Thursday September 29th:  Language Arts Quiz over types of Sentences, subjects and predicates
  • Friday September 30th:  12:00 PM dismissal for all students.  Christina Lennon can be reached at 816.268.6536 for information about Extended Day Care.
  • Friday October 7th – 8:30 AM Pet Blessing. The Pet Blessing will take place on the upper field and this event also serves as our all school chapel on this day.  Everyone is welcome to bring a photo of their pets. All pets will be blessed by Chaplain Nolan on this special day!
  • Thursday October 27th No School for Parent/Teacher Conferences – Extended Day child care is available.  Child care during your conferences will be available through Extended Day on both days.
  • Friday October 28th - – No School for Parent/Teacher Conferences – Extended Day child care is available, contact Christina Lennon to register.
We look forward to a great week!
Mrs. Cowan and Mrs. Van Maren

4 comments:

  1. Love the new format with conversation starters. Thanks

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  2. Are they still getting punches for comments this week?!

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  3. This week we are not going to offer punches in their punch cards. Keep checking our blog to see when we add that bonus again! I am glad everyone is reading the blogs and talking about what we are learning at home.

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