Mrs. Kranau's School News~2/14‏

Dear Parents/Guardians~ Happy Valentine's Day! **Friday, Feb. 19 there is no school due to our Teacher Inservice. **Some students have not returned the signed sheet from "Mrs. Kranau's Progress Checklist". It was due last Friday. **Thank you, parents, for attending conferences or contacting me in some way. **FLASHCARDS: Please make sure your child is doing the required set of flashcards each week!!!!! **Math Treats (extra credit) are due Tuesday, Feb. 23. **Math Activity Checklist is due April 16. I have sent previous weekly e-mails explaining the checklist. **Powerschool is available for you to see your child's grades and lunch accounts. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Uridil. curidil@esu9.org **Students should be taking home graded papers, as they are either passed out in class or put in mailboxes. *******I will ask parents in another week to see if graded math papers have been going home. I will have you respond to that e-mail, so please be looking for it within the next week or so. **Scholastic Book Orders are due Wednesday, Feb. 17. Parents PLEASE WRITE CHECKS TO: SCHOLASTIC. Book orders are on-line. www.scholastic.com Passwords needed: kranausclass and bookorder. Thank you for your orders!!! **Please be watching for the PAW TRACKS newsletter that is put in mailboxes every Tuesday. **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 Some 5th graders have been researching his/her mathematician already and I have listed many mathematician websites through our school website. **The DEADLINE for Thramer's and Allen's receipts is approaching fast! 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. Thramer's and Allen's receipts are due March 31. Thank you for all your support!! Remember: I included information regarding a Cartridge/Cell Phone Drive in the school's newsletter. 4th Grade: --Rounding Numbers, Review Subtraction and Division, and Adding/Subtracting Money will be covered this week. --If you get a chance, please give your child some subtraction and/or division problems. It is good review. You may show them a different way, but as long as they understand the process, I am happy! --Students had to write the basic facts that were difficult for him/her on index cards. These index cards should be reviewed every day!! Please ask your child if he/she has these index cards and if not, go over some facts with him/her and if they don't know the fact, it should be written down. A few 4th graders still do not know their facts!! --Work on Flashcards... Some 4th graders did not do 7 sets of Flashcards last week. Thank you to the students that are doing a great job with their basic facts!! --Students need to be correcting every daily math assignment! Some students are still making careless mistakes on math papers. I write notes on daily assignments and ask students to "See Me" during study hall. I usually have several 4th graders in my room during my study hall. Keep asking questions! I ask many students to come in during study hall to review subtraction/division or any other concept. --We talked in class that any facts that are difficult for your child should be written on a piece of oak tag and then used as an AR book mark. I have pieces of oak tag available for your child. 6th Grade: --Finding a Common Denominator, Adding and Subtracting Fractions, and Comparing Fractions are concepts that will be covered this week. --A Quiz after Les. 55 is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 17. --Students should continue to highlight math terms in glossaries to Les. 55. Please ask them about this.--Continue to work on flashcards! --Basic Facts which are difficult for your child were to be written on index cards. **A Math in the Real World letter was distributed to the 6th graders last Monday. If you have questions, please contact me. 5th Grade~~Homeroom Class: --We will review Division and work on Mathematicians this week. --We will have a review for Test 50 on Monday and the test is scheduled for Wednesday. --Please work on flashcards! Thanks for taking the time to do the required amount. The more you practice...the easier they become. -- We will have DARE on Tuesday, Feb. 16 from 2:30-3:30. Keyboarding is scheduled in the morning. --The students will have computer lab time to research a mathematician. I want the students to find a mathematician that has some importance to our math world now...this is why they need to research many before deciding on one. One of the questions that I will ask the students when they are done with the interview will be "Did you understand what this person did for the math world?" It is much appreciated that you read my weekly e-mails, ~Mrs. Kranau~ Go Bobcats!