School News from Mrs. Kranau

Dear Parents/Guardians~ Congratulations to the coaches and the Lady Bobcats on making it to STATE! **No School on Friday, March 5 due to Winter Break. Flashcards due on Thursday. **Math Treats (extra credit) are due Tuesday, March 9. **Math Activity Checklist is due April 16. Many students have the activity completed. **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. **Hopefully, you are seeing graded/corrected math papers. Please let me know if you are not seeing any math graded papers. **Students have a Morning Break every day and could be using it if they need to ask teachers questions, take make up test/quizzes, etc. **New Scholastic Book Orders were passed out to those students who wanted copies. They will be due Wednesday, March 17. Parents PLEASE WRITE CHECKS TO: SCHOLASTIC. Book orders are on-line. www.scholastic.com Passwords needed: kranausclass and bookorder. Thank you for your online and paper orders!!! **Please be watching for the PAW TRACKS newsletter that is put in mailboxes every Tuesday. **Many items of unclaimed clothing are in the office. **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 on our school website. **The DEADLINE for Thramer's and Allen's receipts is a month away! 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. Your support is truly appreciated! Remember: I included information regarding a Cartridge/Cell Phone Drive in the school's newsletter. Thank you for bringing in cartridges, cell phones, and other items for our "Drive". 4th Grade: --Equal Groups, Multiples, and Percents will be covered this week. --Students will have Monday to work on Dynamath w/partners. It is due Monday, March 8. --Highlight Vocabulary Terms to Lesson 65. --Students had to write the basic facts that were difficult for him/her on index cards. --Students need to be correcting every daily math assignment! --I have pieces of oak tag available for your child to write down any basic facts that are difficult for your child. Only a few students asked for the piece of oak tag last week. --A Pop Quiz is scheduled for Thursday. 6th Grade: --Prime and Composite Numbers are concepts that will be covered this week. --We will review for a test on Monday. --The Test is scheduled for Tuesday. --Students will have part of Wednesday to finish Dynamath. It is due March 4. --Students should continue to highlight math terms in glossaries to Les. 60. --Continue to work on flashcards! Thank you to the students that are doing at least two sets every week! --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. If you have questions, please contact me. 5th Grade~~Homeroom Class: --We will cover Simplifying Mixed Measures and Reading and Writing Whole Numbers in Expanded Notation this week. --Students need to continue to research a mathematician. Several students have told me his/her mathematician and have started writing the 7-10 good questions. GREAT Job! --Dynamath is due March 4. --Please work on flashcards! Thanks for taking the time to do the required amount. -- We will have DARE on Tuesday, March 2 from 2:30-3:30. Keyboarding is scheduled in the morning. We sure appreciate the BH Fitness Center and Glenwood as they paid for the shirts! We have scheduled the DARE program on Wednesday, April 14 from 2:30-3:00. It will be held in the Commons Area. Please mark your calendar.