Upcoming Dates

Tuesday, May 8th- 2 Hour Late Start, Wear an Irish Shirt

Lunch Menu Change

There will only be 1 lunch option this Friday:

Ham and Cheese sandwich, bag of sun chips, apple, carrots and ranch dressing

Spelling

Next weeks spelling focus is adding the suffix less to the end of base words as in:

price-priceless

use-useless

power-powerless

cloud-cloudless

fear-fearless

Spelling Words

Week Of:

April 30 – May 4

1. price

2. priceless

3. use

4. useless

5. power

6. powerless

7. cloud

8. cloudless

9. breath

10.  breathless

11.  fear

12.  fearless

Upcoming Field Trip Reminder

Just a reminder that parents are required to attend a volunteer orientation before helping with field trips. This only applies if it's been 3 or more years since you've attended an orientation or renewed it. Any questions please contact Celeste Dahlstrom in the high school. The next volunteer orientation is on May 16 at 7:30a.m. in the Elementary Media Center.

Science

In science students are finishing their animal research project. Each child will be making a poster and animal art to go with their research. 

Writing

In writing students are finishing up their informational reports. They are currently working on  making a glossary, a table of contents, and writing a closing to their informational report.

Phonics

In phonics your child worked with high-frequency words, your child worked with the prefixes dis and un, your child worked on building fluency by reading short passages, and your child worked on writing complete sentences using high-frequency words.

Upcoming Dates

Wednesday, April 25th- Wellness Wednesday (Wear Workout Clothes)
Friday, April 27th- Wear Blue for Autism Awareness Month

Wednesday, May 16th- Spring Volunteer Orientation-7:30a.m.in the Elementary Media Center 

(If you plan to chaperone a field trip and you have not gone through this training before, you will need to attend this orientation.)
Thursday, May 31st- Field Trip to the Como Zoo

Spelling Focus

Next weeks spelling focus is working with words that have the prefix dis added to the beginning of them as in:

order

disorder

agree

disagree

Spelling Words

Week Of:

 April 23-27

1. order

2. disorder

3. agree

4. disagree

5. obey

6. disobey

7. trust

8. distrust

9. honest

10. dishonest

11. grace

12. disgrace

13. appear

14. disappear

Math

In math students continue to learn about 3D shapes and measurement such as the length, width, and area of objects.

Phonics

In phonics this week your child worked on adding the prefix re to the beginning of base words. Your child learned that when the prefix re is added to the beginning of a word it changes the meaning of that word to mean to do over again or redo.

Upcoming Dates

Wednesday, April 18th- Book Orders Due
Friday, April 20th- Wear Blue for Autism Awareness

Spelling Words

April 16-20

1. paint

2. repaint

3. pay

4. repay

5. group

6. regroup

7. new

8. renew

9. turn

10. return

11. check

12.  recheck

Boxcar Children Diorama

In the upcoming weeks your child is going to make a diorama based on one of the settings in the book The Boxcar Children. I encourage your child to look around the house for any small items that he/she may use to enhance their diorama. Thanks in advance! 

Mr. Ronnenberg's Blog

 Nutrition!

I was recently contacted by Kennedy Haney, a Maple Lake graduate, who is currently in college studying to be a Registered Dietician (RD). Miss Haney was kind enough to put together a newsletter about the importance of nutrition and how we can start to make healthy changes with what we eat.  

Enjoy!

National Nutrition Month, a Month Late!

An “RD to be’s” suggestions…

Although we’re a month late, National Nutrition Month can be converted into any month we’d like it to be… it should be every month, in my opinion! This year’s theme is “Go Further with Food.” This month we’re promoting a healthy, waste-less lifestyle, highlighting that food decisions make an impact on our overall health and the generations to come.

This month I challenge you and your family to take your nutrition into your own hands, we all own the power to make small changes over time that will improve our health now and in the future. If you’re feeling especially ambitious, try some of my below tips to be active in your own and other’s nutrition:

• Volunteer at your local food-shelf (Waverly, MN), the WCCA in town (Maple Lake, MN) is always looking for volunteers and they’ll work around your schedule. Ask for Alivia Boddie.
• Plan your weekly meals in advance to help cut costs of unnecessary foods in your cart, this will save you time as well.
• Meal prep, this helps deplete the urge to snack and eat junk foods.
• Buy your produce from the Farmer’s Market, this benefits you and your local farmers. Plus, they really appreciate it, trust me.
• Increase the colors on your plate. Each week try a new fruit or vegetable. Mango’s are hot in season right now and so good!
• Include healthy fats into every meal; eggs, avocados, nuts, fish, chia seeds, full fat yogurts and whole milk.
• Incorporate more complex carbohydrates to keep your fuller longer;

Nuts, Seeds, and Legumes:

• Lentils
• Kidney Beans
• Chick peas (HUMMUS)
• Soy beans

Whole Grains:

• Brown Rice
• Corn
• Wheat
• Oats – oatmeal
• Quinoa

Fruits and Vegetables:

• ALL OF THEM

Substitutions:

• Instead of white breads or pastas, opt for whole grain breads and pastas
• Switch rice for beans
• Educate yourself on a new nutrition hot topic each week; Macronutrients (Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins), Conventional V. Organic produce, whole foods V. meal replacements, etc.
• Increase your water consumption 1-2 gallons per day (128-256oz/day). Benefits include: clearer skin, more water leads to more toxins being flushed out of your system, maintains regularity, promotes weight loss, prevents fatigue, and SO. MUCH. MORE!

In accompaniment to my suggestions, www.eatright.org has tools, tips, and games for National Nutrition Month to help you all Go Further With Food.

Pennies for Patients

The Pennies for Patients Fundraiser has started at our school and will run until Friday, April 20th. If you or any family members would like to donate online, the online link is posted below.

http://events.lls.org/pages/mn/Maple-Lake-Elementary-School

Vocabulary Word of the Month

Positive Attitude- Looking at the good things around you

Science

In science your child is learning about various characteristics that are associated with Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, Insects, and Spiders. Next week your child will begin a research project focused around specific animals. This science unit ties into our end of the year field trip to the Como Zoo on Thursday, May 31st.

Upcoming Dates

Thursday, April 5th- Wear MN Twins Attire for the Home Opener
Friday, April 6th- Wear blue for Autism Awareness
Tuesday, April 10th- 2 Hour Late Start, Wear an Irish Shirt

Shoe Boxes Needed

Our class is in need of shoe boxes for an upcoming reading project. If you have any extra boxes at home could you please send them to school with your child. Thanks in advance!

Spelling Words

Week Of:

April 9-13

1. fair

2. unfair

3. happy

4. unhappy

5. load

6. unload

7. fold

8. unfold

9. afraid

10. unafraid

11. likely

12. unlikely

Guided Reading

Your child is becoming a very fluent reader. Please continue to spend time reading with your child his/her guided reading book that is sent home with your child every night. If you are unsure of what your child needs to read each night, please refer to your child's yellow reading sheet that is in his/her bookbag. Your child has made some big gains in guided reading and we want him/her to continue to advance and take their reading to an even higher level.

Box Tops

Keep collecting box tops! 

Wear Blue on Fridays

Throughout the month of April your child is encouraged to wear blue every Friday in support of Autism Awareness Month.

Writing

In writing students are working on informational reports. Students are working on writing books with a table of contents, working on an introduction, brainstorming subtopics and finishing up with a conclusion.