Week of Jan.5th - 9th


Upcoming Events:

Monday, Jan. 5th - Homework sheet due today!

Wednesday, Jan.7th - Late Start

Thursday, Jan. 8th - NWEA Reading Testing in Morning

Friday, Jan.9th - NWEA Reading Testing in Morning

Welcome in 2026!

We are excited to welcome our students back tomorrow! We hope you all enjoyed your time away with family and friends. As we begin this new calendar year, we look forward to all the fun and learning planned for the remainder of the year. The end of the 2nd trimester is February 27th.  Your child should continue reading nightly as part of their homework.  Like any other skill, reading proficiency comes from practice and encouragement.  Thank you for encouraging your child to read nightly!  Please make sure to read our blog each week so that you are up-to-date on what's going on in our classrooms. 

New Year! New Goals!

We are so excited to be starting 2026 with your child! This week we will be talking about some goals for this new year. Chat with your child about some academic goals, and some at home goals that they may have for this year!


Mid-Year NWEA Testing

Our students will be taking the mid-year NWEA reading and math tests this week and next week. These are the same tests given in the fall and spring and are used as a measure to check growth. There is no need to prepare at home other than to discuss the importance of good test taking skills: taking your time, doing your best, staying focused, eating a good breakfast, drinking water, etc. This week we will take the NWEA Reading test on Thursday and Friday morning.


Pizza Multiplication
We have been working very hard at learning many different strategies for solving multiplication problems. We are continuing to work on memorizing multiplication 1-10 facts. This week we will be starting a fun incentive to learn our multiplication facts. Students will be working to earn a pizza party. For each multiplication level they pass, students will add another piece to make a whole pizza. Please have your child continue working on their facts at home. Learning their multiplication facts will be key to their success in math. Our pizza party will be in February.

Math Update - Unit 4

Relating Multiplication to Division

In this next unit, students make sense of division and learn to multiply and divide whole numbers within 100. They also use the four operations to represent and solve two-step word problems. Students will work toward these end-of-year goals:
  • fluently multiply and divide within 100
  • know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers
There are four sections in this unit. To learn more about what we will cover in each section, click here.
Watch the Family Support Video here to learn more.

Class Photo Links

Ettinger Photo Link

Peek Photo Link


Weekly Specials Schedule:


Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Mrs. Ettinger

1:15-1:55

Art

1:15-1:55

Gym

1:15-1:35

Library

Book Exchange

1:15-1:55

Music

1:15-1:55

STEM

Mrs. Peek

1:15-1:55

Gym

1:15-1:55

STEM

1:15 - 1:55

Art

1:35-1:55

Library

Book Exchange

1:15-1:55

Music


What we are learning this week!

ELA - Module 2: The Wonderful World of Frogs

Math - Unit 4, Division: Represent and solve "how many groups?" and "how many in each group?

Social Studies - Michigan History - Explorers from Far Away

Writing - Module 2: Informational Writing

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