School News from Mrs. Kranau~ 11/22‏

Dear Parents/Guardians~ **We will have a Friday schedule on Wednesday, November 25, along with shortened core classes. (School is dismissed at 2:30.) No Band or Specials on Friday for the 4th-6th graders that afternoon. **FLASHCARDS: Please make sure your child is doing the required set of flashcards! I will not check Flashcard Calendars this short week. I told every class that they will have two weeks to do at least 2 sets (5th and 6th) and at least 7 sets (4th grade). I will be giving a "STAR" on Friday, December 4. **Math Treats (extra credit) are due Tuesday, Nov. 24. New Treats will be due December 8. **Scholastic Book Orders are due Nov. 30. 5th Grade Parents: PLEASE WRITE CHECKS TO: SCHOLASTIC!!! Book orders are on-line. **Please be watching for the PAW TRACKS newsletter that should go home every Tuesday. **Check office for clothing items. **Powerschool is available for you to see your child's grades and lunch accounts. **Make sure your child is correcting daily assignments! *****Every math student received, in August, a Math Activity Checklist that I have referred to before in my e-mails. 4 categories (Counting change correctly, Knowing the numbers 1-10 in the assigned foreign language, Using the Math on Call/Algebra to Go reference book, and Reviewing one of the assigned glossaries) on that sheet will be due on Friday, Dec. 11. Your child is aware of this. **Students should have all math vocabulary words, that were in bold from Les. 1-33, highlighted in his/her glossaries that I distributed at the beginning of the year. If words were not able to be found in the glossaries, students are to use two reference books found in my room: Math on Call and/or Algebra to Go. Students may also use the glossary at the back of the book, but do not highlight those words. (Students are well aware of these directions and criteria for "highlighting vocabulary words". Students need to continue to highlight vocabulary words from each lesson! **Please be saving Thramer's and Allen's receipts. You may drop your receipt in the box designated Blue Hill at Thramer’s or drop off the receipts at school. Continue to save Box Tops 4 Education, Campbell Soup Labels, old cell phones, and empty ink cartridges and other fundraisers. Thank you for all the fundraisers! **Students that have three or more strikes are in the "Reach for the Stars" program. He/she needs to be checking in with Mrs. Miller, Mr. Uridil or Mrs. Keogh each morning before school starts and before he/she goes home. --Our school website is www.bluehillschools.org --Thank you to Partners in Learning and the Parent Volunteers that brought food during American Education Week! We also appreciated the write up in the Leader from the Board of Education! 4th Grade: --Working more w/Multiplication problems, Subtracting w/Regrouping, Later-Earlier-Difference Problems, and Square Numbers will be covered the next two weeks. --Students will have time to work on Dynamath with partners. Most students are finished. Dynamath is due Monday at the end of the day. We will go over it this Wednesday in class. --Students will have a State Assessment Test this Tuesday. --Students had to write the basic facts that were difficult for him/her on index cards. These index cards should be reviewed every day. --Students NEED to know the 4 Steps of Problem-Solving, 5 Problem-Solving Strategies, and Vocabulary Words from the lessons. The 4 Steps of P.S. and the P.S. Strategies will be on every math quiz and test! Thank you to those students who have studied these Problem-Solving Steps and Strategies!!! These have been handed out. When your child has an upcoming test, he/she will have done a review/study guide sheet that will help on the test. --Work on Flashcards! Five 4th graders did not do 7 sets of Flashcards last week. --Students need to be correcting every daily math assignment!!! Some students are still making careless mistakes on math papers. See if your child is subtracting correctly. I write notes all the time on daily assignments and ask students to "See Me" during study hall. --Bringing necessary materials to class and being organized helps to become a better student. 6th Grade: --Writing Percents as Fractions, Decimal Place Value, Writing Decimal Numbers as Fractions, and Subtracting Fractions and Mixed Numbers from Whole Numbers are concepts that will be covered the next two weeks. --Students will have a State Assessment Test this Tuesday. --We will check Dynamath in class this Wednesday. --Students should continue to highlight math terms in glossaries to Les. 36. --Continue to work on flashcards! Four 6th graders did not get a star last week, because he/she did not have 2 sets of flashcards done. --Basic Facts that are difficult for your child were to be written on index cards. These index cards should be reviewed daily. 5th Grade~~Homeroom Class: --We will cover Picturing Fractions, Cents, Percents, Lines (Intersecting, Parallel, and Perpendicular), Drawing Angles, and Rounding Numbers the next two weeks. --Students need to know the 4 Problem-Solving Steps (Read, Plan, Solve, Look Back and Check) and 5 of the many Problem-Solving Strategies. --Test after Les. 30 is scheduled for this Monday. I gave the students a review sheet on Thursday of last week. I told the students to work on it before the Test on Monday. Some students had it finished last Friday. ;) Study vocabulary! --Students will have a State Assessment this Tuesday. --We will go over Dynamath this Wednesday in class. --Please review division problems with your child at home. We are working on them at school. Division is a concept that is difficult for some students. I tell the students to stay focused on a problem...starting and stopping or getting distracted during a division problem could lead to confusion. **Parents: The office gives me lunch money reminders for designated students, depending on how much money you have left in your account. I give these to the students in an envelope. I am hoping you are seeing your lunch money total. If you are not sure about your lunch money account, please call the office at 756.2085 or look on PowerSchool. --Work on Flashcards! --Students should also have Handwriting lessons each week. ***** We will be celebrating Kami's birthday on Tuesday, Dec. 1 from 2:15-2:30! ***** Kenzie will have her birthday party on Wednesday, Dec. 2 from 2:15-2:30! Wishing you a very nice Thanksgiving Break! ~Mrs. Kranau~