School News from Mrs. Kranau~11/14‏

Dear Parents/Guardians~ **Thank you to the parents and community members that attended our Veteran's Day Program on Wednesday! **The 4th, 5th, and 6th grade math students will have 1-minute Timed Tests, as homework, that was given on Friday and is due Monday, November 16. Many students did it during study hall or free time on Friday. **The 4th and 6th grade math students had a Math Review (after Les. 30) given to them on Friday. It is not a grade but just a review for the upcoming Test scheduled for Monday, November 16. Please make sure students know vocab!!! Some students turned in the review Friday afternoon. **FLASHCARDS: Please make sure your child is doing the required set of flashcards! **Math Treats (extra credit) are due Tuesday, Nov. 24. **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. **Some students are not dressing appropriately for recess. If it is chilly in the morning, a jacket or sweater should be worn to school. Please be checking the office for clothing items. **Powerschool is available for you to see your child's grades and lunch accounts. **I believe some Character Council Students will be absent Friday due to a Leadership Workshop. Please make sure your child has made up the assignments before he/she leaves. **Make sure your child is correcting daily assignments. I hope you are seeing ALL graded papers from math class. Students need to check mailboxes daily! **Flashcard calendar is due EVERY Friday. 4th Graders need to have at least 7 sets of flashcards completed along with signatures. 5th and 6th graders need to have completed at least 2 sets of flashcards. A grade will be given to each child at the end of the 9 weeks for the amount of "Stars" they receive. A "Star" is given each Friday if he/she has completed the required amount of flashcards for the week. Students need to pick up calendars after I have starred them each Friday. **Students should have all math vocabulary words, that were in bold from Les. 1-30, 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! We do not seem to have as many fundraiser items brought to school like we did last year. Double value cash register receipts are from November 16-21! Please make sure you shop Thramers, especially during that week, and save your receipts for Blue Hill Schools. **Students that have had 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. We have 1 4th grader, 2 5th graders, and 2 6th graders that are in the "Reach for the Stars" program at this time. --Our school website is www.bluehillschools.org ~~~American Education Week is this week-- November 15-21! We appreciate the parents that volunteered to bring food to school. We also thank parents as we couldn't do our job without the support given to us!!! 4th Grade: --Drawing Pictures of Fractions, Multiplication as Repeated Addition, Elapsed Time, and Multiplication Table will be covered this week. --Test after Les. 30 is scheduled for Monday. I will review with the students for a few minutes and then the test will be distributed. --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! Four 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. --Students need to be bringing necessary materials to class!! 6th Grade: --Area of a Rectangle, Comparing Differences, Expanded Notation, and Elapsed Time are concepts that will be covered this week. --Test after Les. 30 is scheduled for Monday. I will review with the students for a few minutes and then the test will be distributed. --Students have Friday to work on Dynamath with partner. --Students should continue to highlight math terms in glossaries to Les. 30. --Continue to work on flashcards! Three 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 Reading and Drawing Number Lines, Reading and Writing Time From a Clock, and Muliplying by Multiples of 10 and 100 this week. --Students need to know the 4 Problem-Solving Steps (Read, Plan, Solve, Look Back and Check) and 5 of the many Problem-Solving Strategies. --Guidance Class with Mrs. Jeffery is scheduled for Tuesday from 8:10-8:45. **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. Happy American Education Week, ~Mrs. Kranau~