Dear Families,

I thought the week before was crazy. Got to love Colorado weather. I am glad everyone made it home safely on Wednesday.

Here is the link to the Space projects flyer if your kiddo misplaces theirs. Click here. The projects are due a week from Friday!

This Wednesday is a late start Wednesday. See the kiddos at 10:00 am.

Field trip is rescheduled for Thursday, March 23. If your kiddo already brought back the form, they are good to go for March 23.

Have a super rest of the weekend.

Important dates:

2/27/23-3/3/23 Read Across Manitou Activities

3/1/23 Late-start Wednesday
3/8/23 Late-start Wednesday
3/10/23 Space Projects due!
3/14/23 Violin Recital 10:10 am Auditorium
3/15/23 Late-start Wednesday
3/16/23 Planet Manitou at the Space Foundation 5:00-7:00 pm
3/22/23 Late-start Wednesday
3/23/23 Dinosaur Resource Museum
3/27/23-3/31/23 Spring Break!

CKLA: Unit 7 Astronomy: Our Solar System and Beyond

Read Aloud

• Our Solar System, Part 2
• Galaxies

Skills

• Reader:  What’s in Our Universe?
• Writing: Compare and contrast paragraphs, main idea, key ideas
• Morphology: -ful and -less
• Grammar: Building sentences with the conjunction so and or, dictionary skills
• Comprehension: making predictions, compare/contrast

SPELLING: U7 L6-10 Test is Friday, March 3, 2023
Students will review spellings for /n/.

nearby	understand	enough	skinny	manned	annoy	knotted
knowledge	gnat	design		Challenge Word: vary	Challenge Word: very	Content Word: astronomer

 

MATH: Module 4: Multiplication and Area

• Lesson 14 Reason to find the area of composite shapes by using grids.
• Lesson 15 Reason to find the area of composite shapes by using rectangles.
• Lesson 16 Solve historical math problems involving area.
• Lesson 17 Apply area concepts to a real-world context.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• N/A

SCIENCE

• Planets, moon

EXPLORATORIES:

Monday: PE
Tuesday: Music

Wednesday: Art and Music

Thursday: TEAMS
Friday: Spanish

Dear Families,

What a crazy last week. Thanks for the families who provided snacks for the Valentine’s Day party. Thanks for either meeting in person or virtually for conferences. Hopefully going forward we will have some normal weeks!

Here is the link to the Space projects flyer if your kiddo misplaces theirs. Click here.

This Wednesday is a regular start Wednesday. See the kiddos at 8:00 am.

Field trip forms and fee were due last Monday. Please send as soon as possible.

Have a super rest of the weekend.

Important dates:

2/20/23 No School: Presidents’ Day
2/22/23 Regular start Wednesday.
2/23/23 Dinosaur Resource Center field trip. 8:20-11:20
2/24/23 Fitness Friday weather permitting
2/27/23-3/3/23 Read Across Manitou Activities

3/1/23 Late-start Wednesday
3/8/23 Late-start Wednesday
3/10/23 Space Projects due!
3/14/23 Violin Recital 10:10 am Auditorium
3/15/23 Late-start Wednesday
3/16/23 Planet Manitou at the Space Foundation 5:00-7:00 pm
3/22/23 Late-start Wednesday
3/27/23-3/31/23 Spring Break!

CKLA: Unit 7 Astronomy: Our Solar System and Beyond

Read Aloud

• Our Planet Earth
• Our Solar System, Part 1

Skills

• Reader:  What’s in Our Universe?
• Writing: n/a
• Morphology: n/a
• Grammar: Conjunction so
• Comprehension: making predictions, compare/contrast

Spelling: Unit 7 L1-5 Test on Friday, February 24.

Students will review spellings for /j/.

giraffe	jellyfish	jewel	fringe	average	ridge	dodge
fudge	budget	lodging	Challenge Word: answer	Challenge Word: grate	Challenge Word: great	Content Word: Jupiter

 

MATH: Module 4: Multiplication and Area

• Lesson: 12 Find all possible side lengths of rectangles with a give area.
• Topic C Quiz
• Lesson: 13 Apply area understanding to real-world situations

SOCIAL STUDIES

• N/A

SCIENCE

• Eclipses
• Planets, moon

EXPLORATORIES:

Monday: PE
Tuesday: Music

Wednesday: Art and PE

Thursday: TEAMS
Friday: Spanish

Dear Families,

Families should have received an email with a link to Signup Genius to signup for a conference time on Feb. 16 or 17. If you did not, here is the link.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0948a5af2ba3f58-mses106#/ to my page. You can choose other teachers from my page if you have more than one student.

This Wednesday is a regular start Wednesday. See the kiddos at 8:00 am.

Thursday is early release at 12:00.

Field trip forms and fee are due on Monday. Please send as soon as possible.

From Mrs. Bradbury:

Have a super rest of the weekend.

Important dates:

2/14/23 Valentine’s Day Party 2:00 pm
2/16/23 Early Release 12:00/ Student-Family-Teacher Conferences 12:40-6:00 (The dismissal time had changed.)
2/17/23 Student, Family, Teacher Conferences No school
2/20/23 No School: Presidents’ Day
2/23/23 Dinosaur Resource Center field trip. 8:20-11:20
2/24/23 Fitness Friday weather permitting

CKLA: Unit 7 Astronomy: Our Solar System and Beyond

Read Aloud

• Our Planet Earth
• Our Solar System, Part 1

Skills

• Reader:  What’s in Our Universe?
• Writing: Compare and contrast (Loki stories from previous unit)
• Morphology: n/a
• Grammar: Conjunction so
• Comprehension: making predictions, compare/contrast

Spelling: Unit 6 L6-10 Test on Monday, February 13.

Students will review spellings for /s/.

sunshine	response	princess	civil	address	advice	glance
promise	listen	scent		Challenge Word: during	Challenge Word: want	Content Word: scoundrel

No new spelling words until Feb 21.

MATH: Module 4: Multiplication and Area

• Lesson 11: Decompose to find the area of a rectangle.
• Lesson: 12 Find all possible side lengths of rectangles with a give area.
• Topic D Quiz

SOCIAL STUDIES

• N/A

SCIENCE

• Eclipses
• Planets, moon

EXPLORATORIES:

Monday: PE
Tuesday: Music

Wednesday: Art and PE

Thursday: TEAMS
Friday: Spanish

Dear Families,

Families should have received an email with a link to Signup Genius to signup for a conference time on Feb. 16 or 17. If you did not, here is the link.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0948a5af2ba3f58-mses106#/ to my page. You can choose other teachers from my page if you have more than one student.

This Wednesday is a regular start Wednesday. See the kiddos at 8:00 am.

Please support your kiddo with bring a water bottle every day! (Maybe a snack, also.)

Have a super rest of the weekend.

Important dates:

2/10/23 No School-Staff Work Day
2/14/23 Valentine’s Day Party 2:00 pm
2/16/23 Early Release 12:00/ Student-Family-Teacher Conferences 12:40-6:00 (The dismissal time had changed.)
2/17/23 Student, Family, Teacher Conferences No school
2/20/23 No School: Presidents’ Day
2/23/23 Dinosaur Resource Center field trip. Details to come.
2/24/23 Fitness Friday weather permitting

CKLA: Unit 6 The Vikings Age

Read Aloud

• Viking Quest

Skills

• Reader:  Gods, Giants, and Dwarves
• Writing: Narrative writing (Loki story), build sentences
• Morphology: review
• Grammar: Conjunction because
• Comprehension: making predictions,
• End of unit assessments

Spelling: Unit 6 L1-5 Test on Monday, February 6. (Since we had a snow day.)

Students will review spellings for /k/.

calendar	candle	snowflake	kindness	quickly	attack	anchor
character	soccer	occupy		Challenge Word: example	Challenge Word: mountain	Content Word: Loki

Spelling: Unit 6 L6-10 Test on Monday, February 13. 

Students will review spellings for /s/.

sunshine	response	princess	civil	address	advice	glance
promise	listen	scent		Challenge Word: during	Challenge Word: want	Content Word: scoundrel

 

MATH: Module 4: Multiplication and Area

• Lesson 9: Multiply side lengths to find the area of a rectangle.
• Topic Quiz
• Lesson: 10 Compose large rectangles and reason about their areas.
• Lesson 11: Decompose to find the area of a rectangle.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Vikings

SCIENCE

• N/A

EXPLORATORIES:

Monday: PE
Tuesday: Music

Wednesday: Art and Spanish

Thursday: TEAMS
Friday: Spanish