Spakausky's Scoop-February 18-22

NO SCHOOL-Monday, 2/18
President's Day

SIX FLAGS- 600 Minute Reading-
Does your child want a Free ticket to Great America?
Are they reading and recording their 600 minutes of reading?
They are due on Friday, Feb. 22nd!!

Valentines' Day-
Thanks to all the parents that helped make our Valentines's Day party a success!
Volunteers
Mary Hougaard Nancy Stanuch Angela Weunschel Margie Cikoch
Jelena Raskovich-Kling
Snacks
Kim Johnson -Cheese and Crackers
Barb DeSanto -juice boxes
Anna Dourdourekas - Valentine Snacks
Pat Tanube - fruit tray
Supplies-
If you can supply some Lysol wipes and/or regular baby wipes, that would be great-send it in by next week. Thanks!

February Spirit Days
2/15 = Red Day (Valentine's Day after)
2/22 = Clash Day
2/29 = Backwards Shirt Day

IOWA Testing
Thursday, 2/14
Math Estimation
Spelling
Capitalization
Punctuation
Friday, 2/15
No new tests-only make-ups
IOWA testing -Make-ups
Friday, 2/15 and Tuesday, 2/19

Fun Friday
This Friday, February 15th, we have designated “Fun Friday,” since IOWA testing has come to an end. There will be IOWA make-up tests on Friday morning and we will do language arts, math and science too. After lunch we will have our spelling test and gym. For the rest of the afternoon it will be board game time. The students can partner up and play different games with their classmates.
The students are allowed to bring in a stuffed animal, board game and slippers to school. They can wear their appropriate p.j.'s to school, also. (flannel pajama pants and a shirt, fleece pajamas, sweatpants and a shirt, etc. -no nightgowns, footy pajamas or thin pajamas). They will not be able to change at school, so have them wear their jeans or sweatpants over their pajamas, IF you think it is necessary.
I will also have a drink and snack for the students during their game time.

Goody Basket-
Thanks to:
Emma
For donating to the basket this week!

Student of the Week
Karina-continued

Writing
We will write one more together and then we will have a quiz.

Spelling
We will skip lesson 21 this week and do a spelling lesson from the reading story. The words will be au and ou words. We will still do a pre-test on Tuesday., so the students know what words they have to study and the spelling packet will be due on Friday.

Science
We have discussed many things with matter. We know about solids, liquids and gases. We have done experiments with each state. We have learned about condensation and evaporation. We also talked about how liquids expand when they freeze.
Next week we will have a short quiz on some concepts we have learned and we will discuss the water and the water cycle, air and recycling.
The test will be the week after next. You can start reviewing the vocabulary log in their science folders and reread the three science packet lessons, if you haven't done so already.

Independent Reading Program
Tuesday, March 4-Reading Folders are due!
Friday, March 7th-Burger King Reading Party-$3.00 for a kid's meal
I do need a volunteer to pick up the food!-Let me know asap.Thanks!

Spakausky's Math Update-
We will be doing problem solving every Thursday, so look at the examples of the problem solving and t-charts, so you can help your child at home.
Unit 7 on Data and Probability-
We have learned how to collect data and use it to make bar graphs and pictographs.
Mad Minute Schedule:
Done 0's and 1's, 2's, 5's
Week of:
Jan. 14- multiplication 10's
Jan. 21-multiplication 11's
Jan. 28-multiplication 3's
February 4-mult. 4's
February 11-mult. 6's
February 18-continue 6's
February 25-7's
March 4-8's

Reading
Yunmi and Halmoni's Trip is the next story we will read in our voyages theme.-Continued due to IOWA tesing.

Website of the week:
StarFall-www.starfall.com
“Where students have fun learning to read.”

Joke-
Why are teachers different from trains?
One says spit out your gum and the other says choo choo choo.

Mrs. T. Spakausky