Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Week 20

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In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Cologne Academy students will be assembling hygiene kits for an area teen shelter on Monday, January 16, 2017. 

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Here is what your child will be doing academically in the 20th week of school:

Math: We are going to be reviewing math skills in preparation for the second math interim.  

IXLIf you would like to use IXL at home, continue with these sections for practice this week:
  • Counting and Number Patterns (Section A)
  • Addition (Section B & C)
  • Subtraction (Section D, E, F)
  • Mixed Operations (Section J)
  • Recognizing Patterns (section R)
  • Place Value (section M)

Phonics: Students will be working with the Vowel Teams  for the sound of "long i".  Words like light, mind, cry, pie.

Core Knowledge: Our CK unit is Early Civilizations.  This unit will introduce the students to the fundamental features of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca including farming, the establishment of cities and government, as well as religion.   



IRA: Jan Brett is our author this month with beautiful stories; The Three Snow Bears and Hedgie's Suprise, and many more.  Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.


Writing: We are still working on our informative writing unit.  Your child will be reading non-fiction books and writing a report style writing piece.  Now they will be writing one, with support, but on their own.  They are amazing!

January Core Virtue: Courage

As always, if you have any questions please email your child's classroom teacher.

Important Unexpected Early Release Information  

It is extremely important that you are aware of the plan you put in place for your child(ren) at the start of the school year, bus or carline (Clubhouse will NOT be available), should we need to send students home early. If you need to confirm or change your plan on record please contact the office today. Thank you!

We respectfully request that you use the communications methods listed for information and announcements regarding weather related school closings and avoid phoning the school office during inclement weather or announced early releases unless it is absolutely necessary. 



January News:

January 12-13 (Niebuhr)
January 17-18 (Jungwirth)
January 19-20 (White)
STEP Testing

January 16
Martin Luther King Day

January 23
College t-shirts

January 25-26
Interim Math Testing

January 26th
Expo night

January 27th
OSA
College t-shirts

Early Release

Monday, December 19, 2016

Cold Weather Reminder:


Tis the season of weather related school closings.  
We all know that it is that time of the year in Minnesota when parents and staff must be prepared for the possibility of delayed start, early release, or school closing due to weather.


In the event of questionable weather be sure to pay attention for a SchoolWay notification (this is the quickest way for you to know), an email from Main Office, or watch for 'Cologne Academy' on the WCCO or KARE11 weather related announcements.

Objectives:
Here is what your child will be doing academically in the 17th week of school:

Math: We are working on identifying place value.  Students will identify how many tens and ones are in a number.  They will use place value to segment a 2 digit number into tens and ones.

IXLIf you would like to use IXL at home, we recommend these sections for practice this week:
  • Counting and Number Patterns (Section A)
  • Addition (Section B & C)
  • Subtraction (Section D, E, F)
  • Mixed Operations (Section J)
  • Recognizing Patterns (section R)
  • Place Value (section M)

Phonics: Students will be working with the Bossy R sound of "-ir, -ur, and -er" as in urn, clerk, bird, fur, first, and stern.

Core Knowledge: Our CK unit is Three World Religions.  Because we had an early release last Friday we will review this unit and have a small assessment.

IRA: We continue reading non-fiction stories and discussing the features of a non-fiction book.

Writing: We are still working on writing our informative writing unit.  Your child has already written one as a class and now they are working on writing their own on Arctic Foxes.

December Core Virtue: Gratitude

As always, if you have any questions please email your child's classroom teacher.


Important Unexpected Early Release Information  

It is extremely important that you are aware of the plan you put in place for your child(ren) at the start of the school year, bus or carline (Clubhouse will NOT be available), should we need to send students home early. If you need to confirm or change your plan on record please contact the office today. Thank you!

We respectfully request that you use the communications methods listed for information and announcements regarding weather related school closings and avoid phoning the school office during inclement weather or announced early releases unless it is absolutely necessary. 


January 1
No School

January 12-13
STEP Testing

January 23
College t-shirts

January 25-26
Interim Math Testing

January 26th
Expo night

January 27th
OSA
College t-shirts
Early Release

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Cold Weather Reminder:


Tis the season of weather related school closings.  
We all know that it is that time of the year in Minnesota when parents and staff must be prepared for the possibility of delayed start, early release, or school closing due to weather.


In the event of questionable weather be sure to pay attention for a SchoolWay notification (this is the quickest way for you to know), an email from Main Office, or watch for 'Cologne Academy' on the WCCO or KARE11 weather related announcements.

Objectives:
Here is what your child will be doing academically in the 16th week of school:

Math: We are working on identifying place value.  Students will identify how many tens and ones are in a number.  They will use place value to segment a 2 digit number into tens and ones.

IXLIf you would like to use IXL at home, we recommend these sections for practice this week:
  • Counting and Number Patterns (Section A)
  • Addition (Section B & C)
  • Subtraction (Section D, E, F)
  • Mixed Operations (Section J)
  • Recognizing Patterns (section R)
  • Place Value (section M)

Phonics: Students will be working with the Bossy R sound of "ar" as in bark, smart, card, harp, farm, and yard.  

Core Knowledge: Our CK unit is Three World Religions.  We will look at the three monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.  Last week we focused on Judaism. This week we learn about Christianity and Islam. We will identify their places of worship, their Holy book, the symbols of these religions, and who they worship.  We will compare and contrast them.

IRA: We continue reading non-fiction stories and discussing the features of a non-fiction book.

Writing: We are still working on our informative writing unit.  Your child will be reading non-fiction books and writing a report style writing piece. We have done one piece together and now they will be writing one, with support, but on their own.  They are amazing!

December Core Virtue: Gratitude

As always, if you have any questions please email your child's classroom teacher.


Important Unexpected Early Release Information  

It is extremely important that you are aware of the plan you put in place for your child(ren) at the start of the school year, bus or carline (Clubhouse will NOT be available), should we need to send students home early. If you need to confirm or change your plan on record please contact the office today. Thank you!

We respectfully request that you use the communications methods listed for information and announcements regarding weather related school closings and avoid phoning the school office during inclement weather or announced early releases unless it is absolutely necessary. 

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Cold Weather Reminder:
The students have been asked by the recess supervisors that in order to play in the playground area (which when covered with a layer of snow/ice) they need to have coats, snow pants, boots, mittens and a hat.  Please make sure everything is labeled!  That way we can find the owner if misplaced!


Tis the season of weather related school closings.  
We all know that it is that time of the year in Minnesota when parents and staff must be prepared for the possibility of delayed start, early release, or school closing due to weather.


In the event of questionable weather be sure to pay attention for a SchoolWay notification (this is the quickest way for you to know), an email from Main Office, or watch for 'Cologne Academy' on the WCCO or KARE11 weather related announcements.



Important Unexpected Early Release Information  
It is extremely important that you are aware of the plan you put in place for your child(ren) at the start of the school year, bus or carline (Clubhouse will NOT be available), should we need to send students home early. If you need to confirm or change your plan on record please contact the office today. Thank you!

We respectfully request that you use the communications methods listed for information and announcements regarding weather related school closings and avoid phoning the school office during inclement weather or announced early releases unless it is absolutely necessary. 
Objectives:
Here is what your child will be doing academically in the 17th week of school:

Math:Review patterning, skip counting, place value, and more

Phonics: Students will be doing activities with long o.  -ore, -ort, -ork, -orn, and -orm. Your child should be able to read words like (fork, store, thorn, storm, and corn)

Core Knowledge: With school getting out early last Friday we will have a small assessment of the three religions after a full review. 

Writing: We are continuing with our informative writing unit.  Your child is now reading a non-fiction piece and writing a report using the style they have been taught. 

IRA: This week in IRA we will be reading non-fiction stories and discussing the features of a non-fiction book.

December Core Virtue: Gratitude
January Core Virtue: Courage

As always, if you have any questions please email your child's classroom teacher.