Miss Manderino’s Newsletter
January 11th-January 15th


Homework

Math: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. We are starting a new unit on solving problems involving money.

Reading/Spelling: I am sending home a purple contract. Please hand these in next Monday. There will be vocabulary this week.

Dates


BOOK REPORTS: Please remember that I pushed the date to January 26th for book reports. The genre is historical fiction. If you do not have a rubric of what needs to be done, please have your child let me know.

Tuesday, January 12th – PTA Reading Store during school. Please return all purple reading sheets so students can be rewarded for home reading.

Wednesday, January 13th- PTA Book Exchange from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Students have been bringing in books for this exchange. You may go at this time to pick up different books.

Monday, January 18th- NO SCHOOL. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

April 17th- Kite Festival. I am sending home the reading chart for this festival. You just fill in reading minutes all the way up to April. If you bring this calendar to the festival, your child will receive a free kite.


This Week

This week we are continuing learning about the water cycle. We are currently graphing the evaporation of water in our classroom. Students learned the difference between evaporation and condensation. This week, we will tie it all together while learning about the water cycle.

In math we are starting a new unit on money. I appreciate all the homework that is coming back in. These problems definitely help reinforce concepts taught in class.

In writing we are starting a unit on expository essays. Students will need to explain how to cook, bake, or make something to eat. I hope they have fun with this assignment!

-Miss Manderino Cell: 847-533-2318 bmanderino@hrz.washk12.org