TeamLuby Update Week of January 2, 2014

Spring Street School

Mrs. Lubys class
Thank you for all the help with our
Snowflake Party before the break.
Everyone had a wonderful time quessing
their Secret Snowflakes and opening their
gifts. I hope everyone enjoyed their
breaks with family, friends,
snow or warm weather
activities,
Hoot the Owl has come to
Spring Street School to help
us raise money through Box
Tops for Education! Each month,
classrooms will have the opportunity to
host Hoot for the month by collecting the
most Box Tops! TeamLuby would love to
have Hoot join us, so start cutting out
those Box Tops!
Our Family Traditions Museum will
be held on Wed., Jan. 15 from 9:15 10:00
AM in the cafeteria. Organizers are due on
Wed. Jan. 8. Invitations will be coming
home soon!
As the New Year begins, we will
continue to focus on a variety of different
writing styles narrative, opinion and
infomative. Math will become more involved
with story problems, longer multiplication
and division as well as fractions. Check out
the websites under TeamLuby for more
practice. Science continues with simple
machines talk with your child about
possible inventions! Social studies focuses
on rights and responsibilities before
heading into the South and Midwest
regions of the US.
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Homework
Date Assigned Due Date
Pen Pal Letter organizer 1/2 1/3
Scootpad!
Math ??
Family Traditions organizers due Wed. 1/8

MultDiv fact practice ongoing!

Language Arts
The children will complete and
present the Andrew Clements literature
projects before moving on to StoryWorks
articles and informational essays involving
extreme weather. We will soon work with
Greek myths and folklore from other
countries. Be on the lookout for
information on a small folklore/fables
project for home and school!
Writing

We will complete the extended
endings of our narratives and pen pal
letters before moving onto informative
writing.


Math
Thursday this week will entail long
multiplication review and open responses.
Long Division! Yes, it is on to
traditional long division. We will soon begin
Unit 6 with mult/div number stories.
EVERYDAY MATH FAMILY LETTERS
can be found on-line this year! As in past years,
they contain unit vocabulary, activities, and
selected homework answers. You can find these
newsletters at:
hLLp://everydaymaLh.uchlcago.edu/parenLs/4Lh-
grade/famlly-leLLers/ If you cannot access them,
please let me know.

Social Studies
If time on Friday afternoon, we will
continue with the Constitution and its
amendments.
States and Capitals Rap Song (Pt. 1)
includes the East and South Region-
http://smartsongs.org/fifty-state-
capitals-pt-1. It is also on TeamLuby
blog.States and capitals practice -
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_ga
mes.htm (on TeamLuby Resources under
States and Capitals Practice).
Science - from the desk of Mrs. Liporto
Update next week!
Class Tidbits!

Happy Birthday

Thomas Shimer 1-28



*Specials*
Art: Monday, 9:15-9:55 AM
Physical Education: Tues., 10:45 11:25 AM
Music, Wed, 11:25 12:05 PM
Health: Thursday, 10:45 11:25 AM
Chorus: Friday 10:00-10:40 AM
Media: Every other Wed. 9:10-9:30 AM
As always, your comments are welcome.
Please drop me an e-mail at school or at
home.
Barbara Luby