January Morning Messages

Monday, January 4 Day 10, Art Happy 2016! Welcome back! At morning meeting, be prepared to share the news! I can’t wait to hear how your break was. Copy down your assignment and begin the sheet on your desk. We will talk about resolutions later today. Love, Mrs. A.

Tuesday, January 5 Day 11, Music Good morning! We have our fifth grade class picture this morning at 9:05. You need to be ready, respectful and responsible in order for this to go smoothly. It is ok if you don’t have your envelope right away! Copy down your assignments and begin to work on your Daily Language Arts #8. Love, Mrs. A. d

Wednesday, January 6 Day 12, Phys Ed. Happy Wednesday! Today we will wrap up our Catastrophic Events project presentations. What do YOU think is the most devastating catastrophic event, based on what you know? Copy down your assignments and complete your pink Daily Language Arts #8. Love, Mrs. A.

Thursday, January 7 Day 1, Art Happy Thursday! January 7 is an odd celebration called “Old Rock Day”. It celebrates those with rock collections and fossils. Many people collect rocks…what do you collect? Or, what would you like to collect? Begin to copy down your assignments, and for morning work, complete Problem of the Week 15 in your blue packet. When you complete your morning work, you can think about the following brainteaser. We will check at morning meeting. Which single digit number increases value when turned upside down? Keep your answers to yourself! Love, Mrs. A.

Monday, January 11 Day 3, Library Happy Monday! What’s the news? Be prepared to share at morning meeting. This morning, be sure to turn in your Time For Kids homework from last week, if you haven’t done so already. Then, copy down your assignments. Your morning work is Daily Language Arts #16 in the pink booklet. Reminder: Today you begin Social Studies with Mrs. Hendrixson. Love, Mrs. A.

Tuesday, January 12 Day 4, Music Happy Tuesday! Turn in any missing Time For Kids homework from yesterday! Begin copying down your assignments and then start on Daily Geography 16. So far we received two votes for class prizes. Can you think of any that you’d like toshare at morning meeting? Love, Mrs. A.

Friday, January 15 Day 7, Music Good Morning! Today we will meet with first graders from Miss Parkinson’s class. We will meet with them at 10:05. Remember what it’s like to work with a first grader! Some of you will work in our classroom with a first grader, and others will be in Miss Parkinson’s room. We are completing this activity in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. We celebrate by having Monday off from school, but many organizations do volunteer work to honor MLK Jr. Begin the word search on your desk. We will watch a quick Brain Pop this morning. Love, Mrs. A.

Tuesday, January 19 Day 8, library Happy Tuesday, What’s the news? Be prepared to share at morning meeting. What are the qualities of a good leader? What makes someone fit to lead a school? A classroom? A team? The United States? Copy down your assignments and begin on Daily Language Arts 18. Love, Mrs. A.

Wednesday, January 19 Day 9, Phys. Ed. Happy Wednesday! Many of you have auditions beginning today for The Lion King. Good luck!!

Thursday, January 20 Day 10, art

Friday, January 21 Day 11, Music Happy Geography Bee Day! Begin Daily LA 17 in your Pink book! We will go downstairs immediately after morning meeting and lunch count! Love, Mrs. A.

Tuesday, January 26 Day Happy Tuesday!! I hope you had a fantastic snow day yesterday. What did you do with your time off from school? Come in and copy down your assignments. Begin to work on your morning work which is Daily Language Arts #19 in the pink book. If you could choose a snow day or getting out of school earlier in June, which would YOU choose? Love, Mrs. A.

Wednesday, January 27 Day Happy Hump Day! Do you believe our week is halfway over? Imagine coming to a new land, maybe alone or maybe with your family. You have little money, few skills to get a job, and you might be unsure of where you’re going to live. What might be happening in your mind? What character traits would someone like this have to have? What might be happening in your mind? What character traits would someone like this have to haveWhat might be happening in your mind? What character traits would someone like this have to have Copy down your assignments and begin on your Gold or Salmon math book page 19.

Thursday, January 28 Day Good Morning! Come in and copy down your assignments. Begin to work on your Daily Geography 19! We will read another picture book today about immigration. What do you think would motivate someone to leave their home country to come to the United States? Would the difficulties be worth it? What do you think? think Love, Mrs. A.

Friday, January 29 Day Woohoo! It’s Friday! What are you looking forward to this weekend? Begin to finish any unfinished morning work for the week. Our pages were all #19. Today we will read another historical fiction picture book about the Holocaust. What do you know about this time period? period? Love, Mrs. A.