MISS ANGELO’S

  

JANUARY CLASSROOM TIMES

          Reading/Writing –  *Thank you for your continued support of checking your child’s guided reading homework binder each day. If the assignment sheet is not signed and the circled comprehension questions are not answered, it is counted as a missed homework assignment. I really appreciate all of your help with this!      

    Spelling – We will be spelling words with the following emphasis on each week:  

January 5^th – 9^th              Lesson 17           Long i (ie, igh, i)

                                                                          

January 12^th – 16^th           Lesson 18         Long o (oa, oe, ow)

                                                                       

January 19^th – 23^rd        Lesson 19     Dipthongs (oi, oy)      

                                                                       

January 26^th – 30^th     Lesson 20      Dipthongs (ou, ow)          

                                                                                                                                                                          

      English –  We will be focusing on capitalization, punctuation, complete sentences, verbs, and adverbs.

      Math –  – We will be completing Chapters 12 and 13, which involves adding money to $1.00. Then, we will be starting Chapter 14, which involves telling time to the minute intervals.              

     Science – We will continue to work on our animal unit. Your child will be choosing an animal to research and complete an animal report. Then, I will compile all of the animal reports and put them on a powerpoint presentation and post them to my webpage.

     Social Studies –  We will finish learning about Unit 2 called “The World Around Us.”                

 

Special Events  

 *There will be no school on Thursday, January 1^st and Friday, January 2^nd due to celebrating New Year’s Day!

 

   *Our January Scholastic book order is due on Friday, January 23^rd. Please make the checks payable to me because I will just make one check to Scholastic.

   * There will be no school on Monday, January 19^th, due to celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

    *The end of the second nine-week period is on Tuesday, January 20^th. The second nine-week report cards go home on Tuesday, January 27^th. 

   *The January Pizza Hut Book-It papers are due Friday, January 30^th. Thank you for your continued support of encouraging, helping, and listening to your child read.

News Flash!

   *Please be sure to view my homepage on the Internet to see our class making gingerbread houses. It is located on our school address, which is http://springcove.schoolnet.com. Then, highlight East Freedom Elementary School from the pull down arrow. Next, click “go.” After that, click “Teacher Pages” on the left hand side and then click on my name. Finally, scroll down to and click on “Student Classroom Work.” Enjoy viewing the making of the gingerbread houses. I appreciate you taking the time to visit my home webpage. Please feel free to e-mail anytime with any questions that you may have. My e-mail address is mangelo@scsd.k12pen.com.

   *If you would like to donate pretzels or disinfecting wipes to our classroom, it would be greatly appreciated!    

     Birthdays!

  We will be celebrating McKenna’s, Thomas’, and Jenna’s birthdays in January!

*Note:  We are encouraging a healthy snack if you choose to send in a treat for your child’s birthday, such as carrots, fruit, celery sticks instead of cupcakes or any other items that contain sugar.

 

News Flash!

  Please listen to the radio and/or watch tv for school closings, delays, and snow make-up days.

         

Have a great start to the year "2009!"