October 28, 2016

To All PUE Teachers.  Please distribute the following announcement to your classroom families:

Don't Forget to Sign Up for the Fall Festival Magic Show on Sunday, November 6!  Tickets are $5 a person for a 20 minute show.  The guest of honor will be Happy Dan, "The Magic Man".  The PUE PTA will also be hosting other festivities free of charge, including pumpkin bowling, face painting, candy mining, crafts and so much more.  Families may purchase Pork BBQ/ Chicken dinners for $10 per adult and $5 per child. Payments/reservations for the show and/or dinner must be made online at http://pueschool.corecommerce.com by Tuesday, November 1st.  

We still need lots of helping hands to make this a successful event. If you are able to volunteer for an hour (or more 😉 ) during the event, please sign up at Fall Festival.  

We are looking forward to celebrating Fall with you!!  Hope to see you there! Questions? Please contact Heather Wilson at heatherandmckenna@yahoo.com or Michele Adams at adamsmca@yahoo.com.

October 27, 2016

2nd Quarter Wish List:

1. Glade Plug In refills
2. Snacks (Goldfish or Pretzels)
3. Postcard Stamps
4. Halloween Candy for Prize Box or trinket toys
5. Fish Tank Filters/ Cartridges -Rite Size C for Penguin Power Filter fits Penguin 170, 200, 330, &350.

October 26, 2016

Repost from Mr. Schoenebeck's Newsletter:

Hello parents,

We have had a successful start to the second quarter this year.  Here are the points of interest for this week.

*If you have any clear or see-through 2 liter bottles, please send them in.  We will be using them to build terrariums.  The more bottles we can get, the smaller we can make the groups for more hands-on learning for the students.  You may send those in at any time.  Please send as many as you have.

*We will be doing a heritage project this quarter.  The students have already been told about the project, and various parts of the project will be due every Monday starting Oct. 31st going through Dec. 1st (when the entire project is due).  We want to make sure that your child is working on the project throughout the month and doesn't wait until the last minute to get things done.

*Tomorrow is Family Fun night for Spooky Science.  Please see Mr. Biles's emails for information about that.

*Monday is Halloween.  We are not permitting Halloween costumes, however, if your child would like to dress up as a character from a book, they may.  No masks will be allowed in school.

*As always, if you have any questions or concerns please let me know.

Thank you.

October 26, 2016

Links for Extra Practice with Multiplying Decimals:

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra-basics/basic-alg-foundations/alg-basics-operations-with-decimals/v/multiplying-decimals

www.tenmarks.com (parent letter sent home with log information)

October 25, 2016

In Class Resources-

Morning Meetings:

We are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in morning meetings this week. We are enjoying mini World Geography lessons and interesting discussions. A friend in class also mentioned Breast Cancer Awareness is this month and our hearts and thoughts go towards early detection and solutions for treatment.

*Math Workshop Q2W1

New- Multiply and Divide Decimals using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. Review add & subtract decimals word problems

A.) Mrs. Nelson MLL ( Days 58-64)

B.) Independent Practice: https://learnzillion.com/assignments/QP9U3KD (go through the lesson and take notes in MLL)

C.) Ten Marks- multiply decimals to the hundredths (assigned)

D.) Problem of the Day with Student Leader

* PPT from today's mini lesson -http://www.powershow.com/view/406a38-NmMwZ/Multiply_and_Divide_Decimals_powerpoint_ppt_presentation

Daily 5 - Annotate Non fiction Text & Ecosystems Unit Partner Project involving presentations using Prezi, Powtoon, or Powerpoint.

October 24, 2016

Welcome back!!

I am looking forward to an excellent 2nd Quarter with my wonderful class! Today we kicked off "track in" with some 4C's fun using Lego WeDo 2.0. Pictures are on Twitter @anelson210


Homework for this week:

Math: Lesson 8 Multiply Decimals Handout (Due Friday)

Reading and Writing: Read over Heritage Day Project. Flags are due next Monday for me to check off and send back home-follow rubric and assigned due dates.

Science: Ecosystem Vocabulary study- Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_2ipm53



*Please return report card envelopes.