Spirit Week

May 21-25 Spirit Week Attire 

M- comfy clothes/PJ’s

T- genre day- dress in a genre of music, history, fashion trends, etc.

W- Sports day (hats are allowed)  

Th- throw it back to the 80’s 

F- Funky socks! Add some fun to your outfit. The crazier, the better! 

*socks required everyday. Attire must be school appropriate.

Field Day

Cologne Academy K-4 Field Day

K-4 Field Day is Tuesday, May 29th (rain or shine) If outdoors, Field Day will take place on the city field southwest of the school.  If raining, Field Day will be held in the gym. Students should wear their college t-shirts and may wear their own non-uniform shorts. Sunscreen advised! 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. Field Day Schedule is as follows:  K-2nd grades participates from 9-10:45 and 3^rd & 4th grades from 1:00-2:30. If there is inclement weather, families will be notified of the change to indoors around 7:30amthrough Schoolway.

Week 36

Here’s what our CA first graders are/will be learning in our 36th week:

IRA: We will be doing an author study about Eric Carle.  We will be reviewing topics taught throughout the year. (Main Idea, Characters, Setting, Retell)  

Phonics:  Review of -ed and -ing sounds in words. (stepped, joking, walked, clapping)  They will make and identify these sounds in words as well as make sentences using these word sounds.

Writing: We will be reviewing handwriting and sentence structure.

Math: We will be continuing with money and reviewing for the last math interim.  

 

IXL: If 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 & D)
• Subtraction (Section E, F, G & H)
• Mixed Operations (Section J) 
• Comparing (Section K)
• Place Value (Section M)
• Spatial Sense (Section N)
• 2D and 3D shapes (Section V)
• Measurement (Section P)
• Time (Section U)
• Money (Section Q)

Core Knowledge: In this domain, students will hear about the birth of our country, the United States of America. They will be introduced to many important historical figures and events as the story unfolds to describe how the thirteen colonies evolved slowly over time from their initial dependence on England to the status of an independent nation. In the read-alouds at the beginning of the domain, students will hear about the establishment of the thirteen colonies and will learn about the conflicts that ensued between the colonies and Great Britain. They will learn how the imposition of taxes upon the colonies by Britain led to the Boston Tea Party and, eventually, to war between the colonies and Britain, culminating in the Declaration of Independence and the founding of a new nation. Additional readalouds highlight several particularly important historical figures—Betsy Ross, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. Finally, the domain concludes with two read-alouds that focus on the role of women, Native Americans, and African Americans during the colonial time period, as well as important symbols of our nation.

CORE VIRTUE: May is Diligence

May 14 
College t shirt

May 21- 25
Spirit Week

May 26
Early Release

May 28
Memorial Day - No School

May 29
Field Day
8th Grade Gradution

May 30
All school field trips

May 31st
Last Day

 

Here’s what our CA first graders are learning in our 28th week:

IRA: We have finished our fairy tale unit and starting our fracture fairy tales.  This is such an entertaining unit and your child will enjoy the stories very much!

Phonics:  We will be reading and writing contractions. (For example: I'm, don't haven't, she'll, etc.)

Writing: We will be starting our opinion writing unit.  In this unit your child will  be stating their own opinion and defending it with reasons.  

Math: We will finish up with our math interim this week.  Your child has been working so hard and it is fun to see what they have learned so far.  Keep up the hard work.
 

IXL: If 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 & D)
• Subtraction (Section E, F, G & H)
• Mixed Operations (Section J) 
• Comparing (Section K)
• Place Value (Section M)
• Spacial Sense (Section N)
• 2D and 3D shapes (Setion V)

Core Knowledge: We will be starting a new unit called History of the Earth.  In this unit your child will learn about the geographical features of the earth's surface.  They will about learn about the inside of the earth's surface and its layers.

Core Virtue: March is Compassion 

News:

Early Release Dates:

Friday, March, 23rd

Friday, May 25th

March 23rd

OSA at 10:00 & College T-Shirt Day

March 19th-23rd
Math Interim 

February 26th-April 2nd 

Spring Break

Here’s what our CA first graders are learning in our 27th week:

IRA: We will be finishing up with our fairy tale unit and starting our fracture fairy tales.  This is such an entertaining unit and your child will enjoy the stories very much!

Phonics:  We will be reading and writing contractions. (For example: I'm, don't haven't, she'll, etc.)

Writing: We have been working hard on learning how to put a nonfiction informational piece together. Taking facts and putting them into three categories of are, have, and can.  (Penguins are birds. Penguins have feathers. Penguins can slide on their bellies.)  The students are doing an amazing job.

Math: We will start reviewing for our math interim.  We will be reviewing skills taught through out the year.  Please take time and go over the math sheets your child is bringing home.
 

IXL: If 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 & D)
• Subtraction (Section E, F, G & H)
• Mixed Operations (Section J) 
• Comparing (Section K)
• Place Value (Section M)
• Spacial Sense (Section N)
• 2D and 3D shapes (Setion V)

Core Knowledge: We will finish up our unit on astronomy, including planets, moon, and of course stars.

Core Virtue: March is Compassion 

News:

Early Release Dates:

Friday, March, 23rd

Friday, May 25th

March 15th

College T-Shirt Day

March 19th-23rd
Math Interim 

February 26th-March 30th 

Spring Break

A reminder-spaghetti dinner is on Friday from 5-7 at the Cologne Community Center (next door to CA).  This an event you do not want to miss!  

All are welcome to this family event- family-friendly pricing, too.  Tickets are purchased online.

The Silent Auction is open for bidding on many amazing teacher experiences as well as many cool baskets and other items and services.  

Once you have registered, bidding and buying tickets is quick and easy.  Follow the below...  the bidding is exciting.  All money raised goes back to our awesome programs.  Please pass the word! 

https://paveconnect.wordpress.com/2018/01/25/spaghetti-feed-silent-auction/

Reminder: MN Science Museum Field Trip FEB. 23rd! :)

• This Friday, February 23rd: College T-Shirt and OSA at 2:45. If you are attending the OSA and bringing your child home from the OSA, please let your child's teacher know by noon on Friday so we can have your child bring their end of day items. If we don't have advance notice, you will simply pick your child up in carline. 

• All next week: Pennies for Patients!  Cologne Academy is running this fundraiser for children with leukemia and lymphoma. Here's "what kind of money" to send each day: Monday-pennies; Tuesday-nickels; Wednesday-dimes; Thursday-quarters; Friday-$3 means you can wear a hat! Classes are competing for the most weight in their jars. Empty out those coin purses and piggy banks!

• Wednesday, February 28th: Spring Photos. Only the students who are ordering pictures will be photographed. Students may change their clothes for the picture, but must be in uniform before and after the photos.

• Friday, March 2nd and Saturday, March 3rd at 7:00 pm: Middle School Musical of "The Music Man"! Come and support the arts and the hard work these students have put in!

Here’s what our CA first graders are learning in our 25th week:

IRA: These next few week we will focus on poetry and its elements of rhyme, rhythm, and repetition. We will be searching for these concepts throughout multiple types of poems.

Phonics:  We will begin with long vowel vs short vowel review this week. (For example: short a in cat, and long a in game)

Writing: We have been working hard on learning how to put a nonfiction informational piece together. Taking facts and putting them into three cateories of are, have, and can.  (Penguins are birds. Penguins have feathers. Penguins can slide on their bellies.)  The students are doing an amazing job.

Math: We will continue with fractions this week, and focus on writing, reading, and creating fractions. We will also review some concepts like graphing and 2D & 3D shapes.
 

IXL: If 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 & D)
• Subtraction (Section E, F, G & H)
• Mixed Operations (Section J) 
• Comparing (Section K)
• Place Value (Section M)
• Spacial Sense (Section N)
• 2D and 3D shapes (Setion V)

Core Knowledge: We will begin a new unit on astronomy, including planets, moon, and of course stars.

Core Virtue: February is Loyality

News:

Early Release Dates:

Friday, March, 23rd

Friday, May 25th

February 12th
Conferences

February 15th

Class party at 1:00
Conferences

February 16th and 19th
No School

February 23rd

Science Museum trip

OSA

College t-shirts

Conferences will be held Monday, February 12 from 4:00-8:00 pm and Thursday, February 15 from 4:00-8:00 pm.

Grades K-2:  Please sign up with Homeroom teacher

Grades 3-8:  Please sign up with MUM (Math) teacher and MUR (Reading) teacher

History, Science, Writing teachers will be available in their classrooms. Specialists (art, music, physical education, Spanish) will also be available. 

We look forward to seeing you!  

http://signup.com/go/YFBUEbv

Feb 5th-9th

Here’s what our CA first graders are learning this week:23

IRA: We finish the month with winter stories.  We will read Snowy Day and One Snowy Night.  These books will focus on character traits and character changes.

Phonics:  We will be introducing, reading, and writing soft and hard sounds of c and g. Soft sounds as in celery and ginger. Hard Sounds as in cat and garden.

Writing: We have begun our informational writing piece of non-fiction. Your child will be reading non-fiction books and writing a report style writing piece. They begin by writing one, with support, but later will write one on their own.  They are amazing!

Math: This week introduces 3D shapes.  The students will learn to identify a shape, name how many vertices, faces, and edges it has, both with a physical shape and on paper. Feel free to have your child point and count these out on shapes around your home.

IXL: If 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 & D)
• Subtraction (Section E, F, G & H)
• Mixed Operations (Section J) 
• Comparing (Section K)
• Place Value (Section M)
• Spacial Sense (Section N)
• Graphing  (Section O)

Core Knowledge: Our new unit is called Early American Civilization.  We will study Mayan. Aztec, and Inca civilizations and investigate their government, religion, and development of their cities. We will also compare and contrast these three cultures.

Core Virtue: February is loyalty.

Spanish Expo Performance Schedule - January 25th

Kindergarten will perform 5 short songs on the stage from 5:00pm-5:20pm

1st grade will perform 3 short songs on the stage from 5:30pm-5:50pm

2nd grade will perform 2 longer songs on the stage from 6:00pm-6:20pm

3rd grade will perform 2 longer songs on the stage from 6:30pm-6:50pm

Week 19

Here’s what our CA first graders are learning in our 18th week:

IRA: This month we start by taking a look at the author Jan Brett.  We will read The hat, The mitten, Gingerbread Babies,  and Gingerbread Friends.

Phonics:  We are focusing on reading and spelling the bossy r pattern of -ar, like what a pirate says to greet one another. (car, far, star)

Writing: We have finished our "How to" writing piece. The students have slowly been taking on more responsibility in writing their own pieces.  Some are even adding onto their piece with exciting descriptive sentences.  All of these pieces will be shown at the "Expo." We will be transitioning into our informational/non-fiction writing unit this week and next week.

Math: We will be reviewing for and taking interim 1.2 this week. This is your child's chance to show us what they can do. Yeah!

IXL: If 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 & D)
• Subtraction (Section E, F, G & H)
• Mixed Operations (Section J) 
• Comparing (Section K)
• Place Value (Section M)
• Spacial Sense (Section N)

Core Knowledge: Our new unit is called Different Lands Different Stories. We will be reading stories from different lands that have similar stories to those our children have heard like Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood.  Our students will be learning about settings, characters, plots, and identify the characteristics of a sub genre of fiction; folktales.

Core Virtue: January is Courage

News:

Early Release Dates:

Friday, January 19th
Friday, March, 23rd
Friday, May 25th

MLK Service Project

January 15th

Week 17

Here’s what our CA first graders are learning in our 17th week:

IRA: This week we focus on retelling events in sequence, and reviewing the 5 W's. We will be reading Holiday themed texts including the "Grinch Stole Christmas".

Phonics:  We are focusing on reading and spelling long I patterns of    -ie, igh, and y as I. (time, night, sky)

Writing: We are continuing to learn how to create a "How to" writing piece. We use first, next, and last to organize our thoughts when giving a step-by-step writing sample.   

Math: We are working on strategies on how to add three numbers together, as well as reviewing concepts like place value and patterns.

IXL: If 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, G & H)
• Mixed Operations (Section F) 
• Comparing (Section K)

Core Knowledge:  We will be connecting our IRA reading of Grinch to he movie, and comparing and contrasting similarities and differences between the two.

Core Virtue: December is Gratitude

Parent Survey! (Please Read)

We want to know what YOU think about our school.  We have the great opportunity to participate in a study that helps us collect and understand your opinion of the climate of our school.

This study will seek to establish the usefulness of the My Child’s Classroom Inventory-Short Form, a 25-item user-friendly survey designed to assess parents’/guardians’ perceptions of their child’s classroom environment. 

As you know, we are a PBIS school and our desire is to continue to grow a positive and sustainable classroom environment. Your input is very valuable!

 Non-identifying data gathered from the survey will be stored in a secure online environment. Information will be kept confidential and secure and only the people working with the study will have access to the data unless required by law.

This survey will only take 10-15minutes. We greatly appreciate you taking your time to do this!

Please click on the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CologneAcademy_parents

Week 16

Here’s what our CA first graders are learning in our 16th week:

IRA: This week we focus on retelling events in sequence, and reviewing the 5 W's. We will be reading texts that are connected to our Core Knowledge unit.

Phonics:  Long 0  we will be focusing on y as a vowel. (sky, fly, baby, bunny, candy)

Writing: First grade will begin the week with teaching how to create a "How to" writing piece. We use first, next, and last to organize our thoughts when giving a step-by-step writing sample.   

Math: We are working on strategies on how to add three numbers together, as well as reviewing concepts like place value and patterns.

IXL: If 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, G & H)
• Mixed Operations (Section F) 
• Comparing (Section K)

Core Knowledge:  We are beginning a new unit that is one week long. It is the Three World Religions unit. This is an introductory unit where we talk about the important dates and celebrations of the three religions.

Core Virtue:December is Gratitude

Parent Survey! (Please Read)

We want to know what YOU think about our school.  We have the great opportunity to participate in a study that helps us collect and understand your opinion of the climate of our school.

This study will seek to establish the usefulness of the My Child’s Classroom Inventory-Short Form, a 25-item user-friendly survey designed to assess parents’/guardians’ perceptions of their child’s classroom environment. 

As you know, we are a PBIS school and our desire is to continue to grow a positive and sustainable classroom environment. Your input is very valuable!

 Non-identifying data gathered from the survey will be stored in a secure online environment. Information will be kept confidential and secure and only the people working with the study will have access to the data unless required by law.

This survey will only take 10-15minutes. We greatly appreciate you taking your time to do this!

Please click on the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CologneAcademy_parents