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Mother/Son Event
Patriotic Party
March 18th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Join us for a Patriotic Bash at Lake Center Elementary.
You and your son will be rocking out to Patriotic themed and party music. There will be fun games and time spent together.
The goal of the event is for Moms to have a special time with their Son(s). Some of the games/activities will require Mom and Son(s) to participate together. Wear your best Red/White/Blue outfits and join us at Lake Center Elementary café/gym.
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The 2016 Growlers Reading Program
We are participating in the Kalamazoo Growlers's reading incentive program this spring. All the kiddos have to do is continue reading at home and turn in their reading logs. Everyone qualified for a single already and will work toward the rest of the prizes each week.
Prizes
*In short, if everyone keeps reading and handing in their homework every Friday, they will earn a ticket to the Reading Day at the Ballpark on Sunday, June 12 @ 1:05
This week: During the next few weeks, we will be exploring the theme Changes, Changes Everywhere. We will read about babies that grow up, making new friends, how plants grow—even how goat wool gets changed into a rug! As we read, we will explore the Big Idea “Living things change over time. ”During this first week, we read Penguin Chick, about emperor penguins and how they raise their babies. This selection gave us information to use as we think about the question “How do you know which facts are important?
This week’s…
Target Vocabulary: finally, junior, otherwise, slippery, steer, waterproof, webbed, whistle
Phonics Skills: Words with r-controlled vowels er (father), ir (bird), ur (nurse)
Comprehension Skill: Main ideas and details—tell important ideas and details about a topic
Comprehension Strategy: Infer/predict—use text clues to figure out important ideas
We are cruising along in math. Please look over the Mid-Module assessment that everyone took this week. Please continue to keep up with Zearn, especially if you noticed that your child struggled with any of the concepts. IXL has some good multiplication and repeated addition practice too.
So far we have traveled to Australia, Antarctica, Europe, South America, and North America. That leaves Asia and Africa for next week. We will keep practicing the placement of all the continents and oceans as well. Our hope is to finish up continents and oceans next week so we can begin our unit on economics the week of the 21st.
The 2016 Growlers Reading Program
We are participating in the Kalamazoo Growlers's reading incentive program this spring. All the kiddos have to do is continue reading at home and turn in their reading logs. Everyone qualified for a single already and will work toward the rest of the prizes each week.
Prizes
Single (3 reading logs)-(1) free voucher for a Launch-a-Ball at any 2015 home game! Launch a Ball is a post-game activity where kids throw a ball at targets on the field to win prizes!
Double (3 reading logs) – (1) Free spin voucher for the Growlers Prize Wheel – prizes include broken game-used bats, autographed memorabilia, and much more!
Triple (3 reading logs) – (1) set of Growlers baseball cards!
Home Run (4 reading logs) – (1) ticket to Reading Day at the Ballpark on Sunday, June 12! They are also entered into to win the Growlers VIP Experience that includes a private meet and greet with the team, batting practice, throwing out the 1st pitch, and one inning as the PA announcer during the game! –
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This week: During the next few weeks, we will be exploring the theme Changes, Changes Everywhere. We will read about babies that grow up, making new friends, how plants grow—even how goat wool gets changed into a rug! As we read, we will explore the Big Idea “Living things change over time. ”During this first week, we read Penguin Chick, about emperor penguins and how they raise their babies. This selection gave us information to use as we think about the question “How do you know which facts are important?
This week’s…
Target Vocabulary: finally, junior, otherwise, slippery, steer, waterproof, webbed, whistle
Phonics Skills: Words with r-controlled vowels er (father), ir (bird), ur (nurse)
Comprehension Skill: Main ideas and details—tell important ideas and details about a topic
Comprehension Strategy: Infer/predict—use text clues to figure out important ideas
We are cruising along in math. Please look over the Mid-Module assessment that everyone took this week. Please continue to keep up with Zearn, especially if you noticed that your child struggled with any of the concepts. IXL has some good multiplication and repeated addition practice too.
So far we have traveled to Australia, Antarctica, Europe, South America, and North America. That leaves Asia and Africa for next week. We will keep practicing the placement of all the continents and oceans as well. Our hope is to finish up continents and oceans next week so we can begin our unit on economics the week of the 21st.
