A Short Week in January (01/20-01/22)

Hello parents! We hope you had a great four day weekend with your children. Our time was spent at school working through different workshops to help grow as teachers! We learned a lot of new and interesting things! Check out what is happening this week at school!

Math: We continue to work through our Hands-On Equations unit and the students are really excited about it. It is such an awesome experience to watch them grow and learn how to solve algebraic problems. Tomorrow, they will have their first quiz. Unfortunately, I am not able to send a study guide home, but most of the students should be fine! Please continue to have the students complete their homework and practice fact fluency.

Science: We have still been focusing on adaptations and patterns of living organisms. Our next couple of weeks we will be concentrating on adaptations and food chains and webs. Please look out for some science homework that may make its way home.

Reading: We are still practicing summarizing non-fiction texts. Please make sure that your child is reading at least 15 minutes a day at home.

Social Studies: Our focus is on Native American history and the students have a unit test coming up on February 1st. Check homework folders for a study guide that will be sent home.

Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling: The next one will be due on January 28th!

Writing: We are working on persuasive essays!

Upcoming Dates:

January 22nd: Movie Night @ 6:30

Scotties Trees Rock! Voting Start Date: January 11th-February 7th

- A couple of weeks ago, two teachers and a couple of students at Mazie Gable created a video of why trees are important to send into Scotties Tissues. This was a competition and our video was voted as one of the top 10 in the country! It is now a matter of popularity vote. Starting on January 11th you will have the opportunity to vote each and everyday for our commercial to win. Letters will be sent home with each student to tell you how the voting process works. We need your help with voting and spreading the word to as many people as you know. What a proud moment for Mazie Gable!

If you would like to receive text messages daily to remind you to vote, test 81010 with the message @mgoutdoors. The texting will stop on February 7th.

Visit the website http://scottiestreesrock.com/ to vote!

February 3rd: Career Day Spirit Day

February 12th-15th: No school!

February 18th-20th: Elementary Basketball Tournament

February 16th-26th: Study Island Benchmark #2 Due
**Make sure you sign and return their Benchmark graphs during this time.