Week 2 Angelville

Bon Dia

Week 2, September 14th, 2009

Announcements:

* I am happy to announce the kick off of our new recycling program here at school. We are now one of over 95 schools who have started a recycling program with the help and support of Cedar Grove Compost Center in Everett, WA. Rob from Cedar Grove was here for two days last week helping the students at lunch time in sorting their recycling, composting and garbage.

* I also want to thank Emily van Leeuwen who is now a 5th grader, in her continual acts of Stewardship she shows for God's Earth. We are selling coffee in the school office until November 1st to help offset the initial costs in being a Sustainable School. We would appreciate your coffee sales. Emily sat out in front of her house this weekend and sold many bags of coffee to our local community. THANK YOU EMILY!!

* Field Trip to the Locks, Tuesday, September 15th. Bring a sack lunch and wear your school uniform.

* Homework packets went home today and will need to be returned Thursday morning since we do not have school on Friday.

Academics:

Religion - we continue to talk about what it means to be a Steward of God. The recycling/composting program is one way in which we are Stewards of the Earth.

Math - multiplication/rocket math

Spelling - Short vowel sounds, one and two syllable words.

Reading - Maniac Magee class read, predicting, comprehension and reading fluency. I hope to begin the QRI assessments toward the end of this week or the beginning of next.

L.A. - Extra! Extra! Read all about me.... Each student is beginning their own newspaper page. The first story they write will be a story about them. We are talking about what it means to be a good descriptive writer using the 5 W's and 1 H. The newspapers will continue throughout the week and into next week.

Science - Life Cycle of a Salmon, Field Trip to the Locks on Tuesday.

Have a Great Week!!!