Last Week Activities! 

Tuesday: 

Field Day 9:15-11:00

Field Day activities will take place on the city field behind the gym, southwest of the school. Parents wanting to attend can get to the field by parking at the school and taking the walking path behind the gym to the field OR by driving west on Village Parkway from the school and taking a left (south) on Naples Avenue to the park and field at the end of Naples Ave. Tuesday, May 31 K-2: 9:15-11:00 3&4: 1:00-2:30 7&8 students will be assisting with Field Day stations. Students should wear non-uniform sports wear with tennis shoes

Wednesday:

All school Field Trips

First Grade- Hyland Park

If your child is signed up for hot lunch this day, your child will be provided with a school cold lunch to bring with on the field trip. Cold lunches need to be in a labeled paper bag. Students should wear college tshirts with nonuniform bottoms. Also, please send a snack with your child and make sure to put sunscreen on before sending your child to school! 

Thursday:

Last Day! 

Middle School Talent Show in the gym 9:00-10:30

The afternoon will be spent in the classroom!

Week 37

Week 37

Hyland Permission Slips are due Wednesday, May 25th! 

Field Days

Field Day activities will take place on the city field behind the gym, southwest of the school. Parents wanting to attend can get to the field by parking at the school and taking the walking path behind the gym to the field OR by driving west on Village Parkway from the school and taking a left (south) on Naples Avenue to the park and field at the end of Naples Ave. Tuesday, May 31 K-2: 9:15-11:00 3&4: 1:00-2:30 7&8 students will be assisting with Field Day stations. Students should wear non-uniform sports wear with tennis shoes

Here’s what our first graders are learning this week: May 23-27

Interactive Read Aloud: For the remainder of the school year, we will be focusing on stories revolved around family relationships. In these stories, we will also be reviewing skills learned throughout the year in our read aloud stories, such as character traits, motivation and actions. Some titles include, Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman, Sunflower House by Eve Bunting, Aunt Flossie's Hats, by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, and Emma's Rug by Allen Say.

Phonics: -ur words

We are in our end of the year unit on learning to spell high frequency words, long vowel team or r-controlled words, and “fun” words from the lists you made at home. Each Friday your child will have a spelling test of 6 words they have been practicing all week through various activities.  This week, we will focus on
-ur words.

Writing:This week we will be creating a Diary of a First Grader. Students will be reviewing their entire first grade year and making a diary to order the events or our first grade year chronologically, very similar to a time line. Mrs. Niebuhr's class has been learning to write a friendly letter.  They wrote a thank you to the MN Zoo for our field trip and are currently working on a letter to a friend or family member.

Math:  Math Interim on Tuesday and Wednesday! Get lots of sleep and eat a healthy breakfast!

IXL: If you would like to use IXL at home, we recommend these sections for practice this week:

·           Fractions (Section J)

·           Money (Section O)

·           Review of Addition and Subtraction (Sections B-F)

Core Knowledge: We will then be continuing our final Core Knowledge science unit:Electricity! Students will be exploring static electricity, circuits and conductors/insulators through hands on experiences. Students will also be learning about ways to stay safe when using electricity. 

Core Virtue: May's Core Virtue is Diligence– working extremely hard to accomplish a task or goal without giving up


End of the Year Trips:
June 1st:   Hyland Park/Chutes and Ladders- College t-shirts with shorts

Week 36

Week 36

THIS FRIDAY!!! Cologne Academy is again teaming with Relay For Life to raise funds to help fight cancer.  Students who donate $3 will be allowed to wear jeans on Friday, May 20  along with their uniform top. Staff members who would like to participate can bring in $5 for a jeans day.   Of course, we are more than happy to accept any other donations above that amount. Most people have been affected by cancer in some way.  Relay is hoping to provide the funds to help with medical costs as well as research to help those families that cancer has touched. Cash or checks (payable to ACS) are acceptable

Here’s what our first graders are learning this week: May 16-20

Interactive Read Aloud: For the remainder of the school year, we will be focusing on stories revolved around family relationships. In these stories, we will also be reviewing skills learned throughout the year in our read aloud stories, such as character traits, motivation and actions. Some titles include, The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting, Grandpa and Bo by Kevin Henkes, The Two of Them by Aliki, Through Grandpa's Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan and Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaola. 

Phonics: -ir words

We are in our end of the year unit on learning to spell high frequency words, long vowel team or r-controlled words, and “fun” words from the lists you made at home. Each Friday your child will have a spelling test of 6 words they have been practicing all week through various activities.  This week, we will focus on
-ir words.

Writing: We are wrapping up our animal research writing unit and presenting our animals through a power point presentation. All the students nonfiction books look great! Be on the look out for these coming home soon, you won't want to miss these! 

Math:  Over the next two weeks, students will be reviewing concepts learned throughout the entire year in preparation for our final interim coming up the week of May 23rd. 

IXL: If you would like to use IXL at home, we recommend these sections for practice this week:

·           Fractions (Section J)

·           Money (Section O)

·           Review of Addition and Subtraction (Sections B-F)

Core Knowledge:  This week we are wrapping our history unitof Frontier Explores. We will then be starting our final Core Knowledge science unit: Electricity! Students will be exploring static electricity, circuits and conductors/insulators through hands on experiences. Students will also be learning about ways to stay safe when around electricity. 

Core Virtue: May's Core Virtue is Diligence– working extremely hard to accomplish a task or goal without giving up

Field Days

Field Day activities will take place on the city field behind the gym, southwest of the school. Parents wanting to attend can get to the field by parking at the school and taking the walking path behind the gym to the field OR by driving west on Village Parkway from the school and taking a left (south) on Naples Avenue to the park and field at the end of Naples Ave. Tuesday, May 31 K-2: 9:15-11:00 3&4: 1:00-2:30 7&8 students will be assisting with Field Day stations. Students should wear non-uniform sports wear with tennis shoes

End of the Year Trips:
June 1st:   Hyland Park/Chutes and Ladders- College t-shirts with shorts

Week 35

Week 35

Cologne Academy is again teaming with Relay For Life to raise funds to help fight cancer.  Students who donate $3 will be allowed to wear jeans on Friday, May 20  along with their uniform top. Staff members who would like to participate can bring in $5 for a jeans day.   Of course, we are more than happy to accept any other donations above that amount. Most people have been affected by cancer in some way.  Relay is hoping to provide the funds to help with medical costs as well as research to help those families that cancer has touched. Cash or checks (payable to ACS) are acceptable

Here’s what our first graders are learning this week: May 9-13

Interactive Read Aloud: This week we continue our close reading unit, except this week we are focusing upon about weather. Students will be reading multiple stories about weather to find out what the author wants us to learn. We will then add all of our newly learned information to a chart so we can see all the information we learned throughout the week. 

Phonics: -er words

We are in our end of the year unit on learning to spell high frequency words, long vowel team or r-controlled words, and “fun” words from the lists you made at home. Each Friday your child will have a spelling test of 6 words they have been practicing all week through various activities.  This week, we will focus on
-er words.

Writing:    We are continuing our “animal research” and  “All About” books.  Each student will have his/her own unique animal to research, and we will be learning the mechanics of writing non-fiction based on gathered information rather than personal experience.  At the end of this unit, we will be making a class PowerPoint presentation to share some fun facts about our amazing animals!

Math:  Over the next two weeks, students will be reviewing concepts learned throughout the entire year in preparation for our final interim coming up the week of May 23rd. 

IXL: If you would like to use IXL at home, we recommend these sections for practice this week:

·           Fractions (Section J)

·           Money (Section O)

·           Review of Addition and Subtraction (Sections B-F)

Core Knowledge:  This week we continue our new history unit, Frontier Explores. In this unit students will be learning about how our nation expanded after the American Revolution. Students will be taken on a journey of westward expansion through the Louisiana Purchase and crossing the Appalachian Mountains. Important names we will learn about include Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, and Sacagawea. Students will also learn about the dangers these explorers encountered while discovering this new land.

Core Virtue: May's Core Virtue is Diligence– working extremely hard to accomplish a task or goal without giving up

Field Days

Field Day activities will take place on the city field behind the gym, southwest of the school. Parents wanting to attend can get to the field by parking at the school and taking the walking path behind the gym to the field OR by driving west on Village Parkway from the school and taking a left (south) on Naples Avenue to the park and field at the end of Naples Ave. Tuesday, May 31 K-2: 9:15-11:00 3&4: 1:00-2:30 7&8 students will be assisting with Field Day stations. Students should wear their college t-shirts and may wear their own non-uniform shorts.

End of the Year Trips:
June 1st   Hyland Park/Chutes and Ladders

Week 34

Week 34

Cologne Academy is again teaming with Relay For Life to raise funds to help fight cancer.  Students who donate $3 will be allowed to wear jeans on Friday, May 20  along with their uniform top. Staff members who would like to participate can bring in $5 for a jeans day.   Of course, we are more than happy to accept any other donations above that amount. Most people have been affected by cancer in some way.  Relay is hoping to provide the funds to help with medical costs as well as research to help those families that cancer has touched. Cash or checks (payable to ACS) are acceptable

Here’s what our first graders are learning this week: May 2-6

Interactive Read Aloud:  Over the next few weeks, we will be learning how to read a text closely. Often just simply referred to as "close reading," this skill teaches children to look carefully at words chosen by an author to convey meaning. This week, we will be reading passages about rain and practicing close reading skills. Throughout our Rain passage this week, we will specifically be looking for the authors "big idea," as well as defining unknown words in the text by using context clues. We will also be answering questions by using text evidence in the reading passage. 

Phonics: -or and -ar words

We are in our end of the year unit on learning to spell high frequency words, long vowel team or r-controlled words, and “fun” words from the lists you made at home. Each Friday your child will have a spelling test of 6 words they have been practicing all week through various activities.  This week, we will focus on
-or and -ar words.

Writing:    We are continuing our “animal research” and  “All About” books.  Each student will have his/her own unique animal to research, and we will be learning the mechanics of writing non-fiction based on gathered information rather than personal experience.  At the end of this unit, we will be making a class PowerPoint presentation to share some fun facts about our amazing animals!

Math:  We are learning how to subtract  2-digit numbers (without regrouping) this week.  The students will learn the basics of how to subtract horizontally and vertically, and will learn strategies with 10s and 1s in order to solve basic 2-digit subtraction problems. In first grade, we don't learn adding or subtracting with regrouping (sometimes also called "carrying" a ten), but what we do learn is setting the students up to begin regrouping at the beginning of second grade. 

IXL: If you would like to use IXL at home, we recommend these sections for practice this week:

·           Fractions (Section J)

·           Money (Section O)

·           Review of Addition and Subtraction (Sections B-F)

Core Knowledge:  This week we began our new history unit, Frontier Explores. In this unit students will be learning about how our nation expanded after the American Revolution. Students will be taken on a journey of westward expansion through the Louisiana Purchase and crossing the Appalachian Mountains. Important names we will learn about include Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, and Sacagawea. Students will also learn about the dangers these explores encountered while discovering this new land.

Core Virtue: April’s Core Virtue is Diligence– working extremely hard to accomplish a task or goal without giving up

End of the Year Trips:
May 6th    MN  Zoo
June 1st   Hyland Park/Chutes and Ladders