for the week of Jan. 11
Quarter 3 Week 2
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A note from Mrs. Chern…. I hope everyone had a wonderful winter break and is gearing up for
possible winter weather this weekend. Report Cards went home on Friday. Please be sure to sign it
and send back the envelope. The report card and other reports are yours to keep. There is a spot for
you to mark if you would like a conference. Of course over track out I will offer a special Track Out
Reading Challenge. This time of year I make snowman lanterns with the kids to encourage them to
read in a new fun way. Please send your child to school with a cleaned out empty glass jar. It can be
the size of a pickle jar/tomato sauce jar. If you have extras please send them in as well in case
someone doesn’t bring one in. This is always a fun art project to promote reading by “snowman
lantern”! 
Upcoming Week’s Standards…
Reading: More strategies to figure out unknown words and meanings of unknown words, how
to use text features to learn more about a topic
Writing: Revising and editing informational writing, planning and writing informational piece
independently
Spelling: Unit 18
Math: solving word problems with 2 digit numbers
Social Studies: What is income? How do families decide how to spend income? What is supply
and demand?
for something that you think is unfair. What ideas do you have to change the situation so it is
fair? Draw and write about it.
… There is a reading passage and questions. Remember Monday (read),
Tuesday (read and question 1), Wednesday (read), Thursday (read and question 2). Fluency is
key. For Math there is one page matching equations to word problems. There is one page for
Social Studies homework. Your child is to interview someone about their job.
Upcoming Events…
- 1/21 Martin Luther King Jr. Day _No School
- 1/18 No longer an Early Release. This is a FULL DAY
- 1/18 JARS FOR SNOWMAN LANTERN ARE DUE
- 1/25-2/15 Track Out
- 12/18 Track In Day. We will be in room 2111
“The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate
mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.”
~Jon Kabat-Zinn
