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.
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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
