News from the Social Studies Department (By Camille): We are learning all the 50 states by the regions they are in. And the regions in the U.S.
News from the Math Department (By Macy): In math we go our separate ways at our own pace on lessons with or without partners. After we finish the lessons and get them checked off. We get our homework for that lesson after getting the lesson checked off. After we finish the last lesson on the last day we start a quiz that we take. MATH ROCKS!!!!!!!!
News from the English/Language Arts Department (By Connor): In ELA we are reading a short story about the Titanic. Shortly we will take a quiz on the story after we are done reading it.
News from the Music Department (By Laura): We are analyzing a song and are going to learn to play the melody of it on the piano.
News from the Physical Education Department (By Jillian): We are bowling right now and we are learning strikes and spares.
News from the Art Department (By Alex): In art we were working on weaving vases and now we are working on Notans.
Free Choice Area (By Jeremy): Over the weekend my brother is having a friend over and only my dads in charge. My mom is gone, yay!!!!!!!
Teacher's Corner (By Mr. Singer): Happy Valentine’s Day weekend to everyone. I hope you enjoy your time off this weekend. Make sure to stay warm! It was a nice week with a lot accomplished here at school. The kids completed the first part of their science unit and began I robotics this week, and in math we completed the lessons for our unit on decimals and took the final quiz. Next week we will begin the process of studying and taking the test on the unit.
Letters were due today for teacher requested conferences. To this point we have not received any requests from other parents who wanted to have a conference even though we did not my request one. If you do want to have a conference please let us know.
Please check out the pictures of our class in action on our pictures page. To go to my Flickr account directly too. The link is https://www.flickr.com/photos/bradsinger/.
Next Tuesday is our Cousins day. Make sure to stop in at Cousins for lunch or dinner and TS will receive 20% back. The coupons went home this week. For upcoming important dates, including days off, Market Day pick up, etc. go to our Calendar.
I wanted to inform everyone of one more communication tool that I implemented into our school community to use. Along with the Remind101 text system we now have a Twitter account for the class. Go to www.twitter.com/mrsingerclass to see news and updates from the school day, etc. I am posting pictures, reminders, educational resources, etc. You can also gain access by clicking on the Twitter tab in the top right corner of our website, www.mrsinger.weebly.com. PLEASE stay connected to what we are doing in our classroom.
Remember to check the assignment notebook board daily for homework updates.
IF YOU MADE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS NEWSLETTER YOU WILL BE REWARDED. STUDENTS, IF YOU OR YOUR PARENT HAVE READ THROUGH THIS ENTIRE NEWSLETTER PLEASE COME TO SEE ME FOR YOUR $50 REWARD!!! THE PHRASE THAT PAYS IS “Happy President’s Day!” If you did not know President’s Day is on Monday, February 16th.