Weekly Wrap-Up and Upcoming Events

Where did January go?!? I can't believe it will be February when I see the kids next. This month went very quickly, and I have a feeling that February will go just as quickly with everything happening in February.

On February 4th there is a PTA meeting at school at 6:30. Please check it out if you haven't yet. We have a wonderful PTA that does a lot of great things for our building, our teachers, and most importantly: our kids.

February 9-12th is Heart Healthy Week sponsored by our Student Council! On Tuesday that week, kids can bring $1 (or more) to wear a hat at school all day. Donations will go to the American Heart Association. On Wednesday of that week, we will wear our fitness clothes to Jump into Fitness. And on Thursday the 12th, we will wear red, pink or white!

Thursday, February 12th will be our Valentine's Day party from 2:30 - 3:00. I will attach a student list to the e-mail this week. I will also send home a paper copy with students next week. We have twenty-seven students. Be on the lookout for more information and volunteer opportunities as begin our party planning!

There is no school on February 13th. Not because it's Friday the 13th, but because we have been given a work day to prepare for conferences!

And then, we might as well make it a four day weekend because Monday the 16th is President's Day and another day off of school.

Conferences and the book fair will be the following week (February 23rd - 27th). I plan to mostly keep the same schedule from fall (so if I saw you Monday at 4:00, I will see you Monday at 4:00 again this time) unless that time no longer works for you. I will be sending home notes in February to verify times and days!

Specials next week are PE, music, art, library checkout and media, PE.

I think that about covers it... check out Lucy's post below for a synopsis of our week!

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Dear families,

We are still reading Charlottes’ Web and they got to go to the fair and they won a prize even though they did not get first place. We got Lola’s birthday treats and the cupcakes were good!

We had an early dismissal and adventure club got to go to Going Bonkers.

We started a new unit in math and science. For science we started a unit about force and gravity.

 For math we started geometry and we are learning about 3D figures. We had an earthquake drill. Cooperating cougar was Bode! The kids that are in clubs, school clubs got called to get their

Pictures taken. We had a fun week!!!!!!!

Sincerely,

Lucy!

Weekly Update

Dear families,

What an amazing turn out for Cocoa Night! It was so nice to get to see you and watch your kids (mostly) excitedly tell you about our class and show you around the room!

Next Wednesday is an early dismissal day. After I high-five the kids out the door at 12:50, I will be working hard and collaborating with the other third grade teachers. If you plan to have lunch with your child on our early out day, lunch will be 11:50 - 12:10 so please plan accordingly.

It's almost time to start thinking about conferences... it doesn't seem like it's been that long. Earlier this week, one of the kids said, "This year is going by fast!" I couldn't agree more.
I said, "Well, you know the saying, 'Time flies when you're having fun.' Does that mean the year has been fun?" Such a dangerous question to ask... but happily, the student affirmed that it HAS been fun! Lucky for us, we still have MONTHS of fun left to have. I think it, too, will fly by, though.

With the crazy weather we've been having (warm one day, freezing the next), please help your child make appropriate clothing choices. It's hard to tell when it's going to be cold, so make sure your child has a coat with them at school to wear out to recess.

As always let me know if there is anything I can do for you.

Specials next week are Media and Library Check-Out on Monday, PE on Tuesday, no specials on Wednesday due to early out, Art on Thursday, and Media and Library Check-Out again on Friday.

Keep reading to hear from Louie about what we've done in school this week!

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Dear Families,

Our class did a lot of things in school this week! In math we did 2 multiblucashon tests in math. Also we did divishion in math we also had a little test for divishion it was not that hard. In P.E. we did our volleyball unite we played a game called Hot Shot it was so fun to play. We also have pen pal they write letters to us and then we write to them the pen pals are from Battle High School so it is really cool to have a pen pal!!! In read aloud we are reading Charlottes Webb. We are on chapter 15 the book is really good I have seen the movie. In writing almost everybody is in word for informational writing. I am writing about alligators for my story. Our cooperating cougar was Kristen!!! In my reading group we are reading Chasing Tornados. It is a really good book to learn about tornados!!! It was a good week for the whole class!!!

Sincerely,

Louie

Weekly Wrap Up

Dear families,
We almost had a totally normal week... if not for that late start on Monday. I appreciated being able to safely drive to school.

Next week won't be a normal week, either. We are out of school on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. day.

The following week, we will have an early dismissal day on Wednesday the 28th. School will dismiss at 12:50.

I wanted to put a little blurb out here this week about a great program called Girls on the Run! It is hosted at Mill Creek for girls in third, fourth, and fifth grades. It is Mondays and Wednesdays until 5:00 for eleven weeks beginning February 16th. There are scholarships available... just check out www.heartofmogotr.com for more information.

Also, if your child is missing a glove (or gloves), a hat, a scarf, a jacket... or anything... please check out our lost and found at school. Lots of lost items are just waiting for their owners to claim them!

Club pictures will be taken on January 27th.

Don't forget to come out for Cocoa Night on the 22nd from 5:00 - 6:30!

Just a reminder that we are collecting BoxTops for Education AND poptabs from cans for the Rainbow House.

Specials next week will be
Tuesday - Media and library Check Out
Wednesday - PE
Thursday - Music
Friday - Art

That about covers it for now. A lot of things coming up in February which is just around the corner, though... so stay tuned! Below is our student summary of our week. Enjoy!

Dear family

This week we did tree math tests thay were fun. We did student cuoncle elechens. In art we made super man or the  lost thing which we read the book to. In pe we learn about volley ballthat was fun for every body.we lean about books and computers in liabrary. We did fast math on computers. In music we lean about reading music. We had reces out  door reces for tree daysthis week was a very fun week. We got to do in councler we leand  about takeing deep breaths.

gaines

Welcome back!

What an interesting week back from break! Two full days on Monday and Tuesday, followed by two late start days on Wednesday and Thursday, and a full day to round out the week on Friday. It definitely helped us practice our "go with the flow" motto!

I am sending home Scholastic catalogues for January in Friday Folders this week. I will submit the January order on January 16th.

We have quite a few upcoming things to kick off the new year.
Next week we will be holding student council elections to elect two new representatives. Eddie and Kristen have served us well, but it's time for them to pass the torch! We will have speeches and elections on Friday, January 16th, for students interested in representing us. Each student who is interested must prepare a speech to present to the class. Please see here for information about student council.

We are also going to begin collecting soda and soup can tabs! Student council is sponsoring this activity for the Rainbow House. We are also still collecting BoxTops for Education!

There is no school on January 19th for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Mill Creek's annual Cocoa Night is on January 22nd from 5:00 - 6:30. This is a great opportunity to come in and let your kiddo show off the things they do each day! (And enjoy some delicious hot chocolate!)

Wednesday, January 28th is an early dismissal day. School will dismiss at 12:50 on that day. 

Specials next week are:
Monday - Art
Tuesday - Media and library Check Out
Wednesday - PE
Thursday - Music
Friday - Art

Please keep reading for our weekly student update written by Brandon!

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Dear Families,

 This week we have done three digit multiplication and that was a bit hard but I do have to say everyone did a good job on it considering it was harder than you might have thought. We have also we started a new book you might be familiar with it is Charlets Web by E.B White now I bet most people have read it but some haven’t so don’t ruin it kids! We had two birthday treats on the 5^th and the 7^th on the 5^th we had Connors treats and on the 7^th we had Matthews half birthday which if you ask me is pretty good. We had indoor recess all week so that is why we had to get our energy out since we cant run in the school so that explains it! We also started a math maze were we have to get to the end and connect the numbers and if you ask me that is pretty difficult since its half math and half remembering the number your trying to go up to but over all we really liked it! P.S if you want more info ask your kids they will hopefully tell you everything that happened!