Conferences

All conferences originally scheduled on January 29th will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 5th at the exact same time previously scheduled. See you then!

Spelling Words

Feb. 4th-8th

1. softball
2. someone
3. nighttime
4. cherry pie
5. fire drill
6. high school
7. good-bye
8. part-time
9. ice-skater

Book Fair

There currently is a Book Fair taking place during conferences in the large group room. Check it out!

Vaping Presentation 2-11-19

SAVE THE DATE!

On Monday, February 11th at 6:45 pm, Maple Lake Schools will be hosting a presentation and question and answer session regarding vaping.  Come join us to learn more!

Let’s Clear the Air 

Date: Monday, February 11th 2019 

Time: 6:45pm 

Location: Maple Lake High School Auditorium 

Please join us for this free event to learn together about vaping, device types, misconceptions, prevention, and how to discuss the topic with teens. Community experts, law enforcement, and school officials will present and be available to answer questions after the event.

Lunch Menu Changes

Due to the canceled classes we will be making some adjustments to our menus...

Monday February 4th - Breakfast 

              Egg and Sausage Breakfast Bowl

Monday February 4th - Lunch 

              Option 1 *Hot Turkey Sandwich

              Option 2 *Crispy Chicken Potato Bowl

Tuesday February 5th - Lunch

               Option 1 *Spaghetti with Meat Sauce and Garlic Breadstick

               Option 2 *Bosco Sticks with Meat Sauce

Wednesday February 6th - Lunch

               Option 1 *Walking Taco

               Option 2 *Creamy Chicken Alfredo and Garlic Breadstick

Essentially Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays lunch of this week will be moved to Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week

All other days will remain unchanged. The usual 4 lunch options in the Elementary will be available for both adjusted days, High School alternate options will also be present.

Guided Reading

Please spend time listening to your child read every night and be sure to ask your child about what he/she is reading.

Upcoming Dates

Tuesday, Jan. 29th- Evening Conferences
Thursday, Jan. 31st- Evening Conferences
Friday, Feb. 1st- I Love to Read Kickoff

Spelling Words

Week Of:

Jan. 28 - Feb. 1

1. puddle

2. saddle

3. bottle

4. table

5. noble

6. bridle

7. nickel

8. label

9. global

Social

In social studies your child chose a president to research. Currently students are working on typing their presidential information into a Power Point. More information will be posted soon as to when your child will be presenting his/her presidential power point to parents and to the class.

Handwriting

In handwriting your child practiced proper spacing when writing words and sentences.

Writing

In writing students are working on Realistic Fiction. Realistic Fiction is writing stories that sound real but are made up.

Math

• At home continue to have your child practice his/her basic math facts by using a deck of cards, dice, flashcards, etc.
• Have your child work on counting coins up to $1.00 and even beyond.
• Have your child tell time to the hour, to the 5 minute, and to the 1 minute.

Upcoming Dates

Monday, Jan. 21st- Teacher Workshop Day, No School

Scissors

Some students have lost or misplaced their scissors. Please check with your child to see if he/she needs a new one purchased.

Spelling

Next weeks spelling focus is working with words that have the letter patterns aw, a, and o within them as in claw, small, and boss.

Spelling Words

Week Of:

Jan. 21-25

One-Syllable Words

1. claw

2. small

3. boss

4. draw

5. stall

6. gloss

Two-Syllable Words

7. salty

8. bossy

9. jigsaw

Math Problems of the Week

Have your child identify the ones, tens, and hundreds place of each of the following numbers:

¨ 230

¨ 795

¨ 34

¨ 12

¨ 102

¨ 65

¨ 367

¨ 124

¨ 368

¨ 960

Battle of the Books

The Battle of the Books times have been finalized. All grade levels will compete in the HS Auditorium at the dates and times listed below:

Thursday, February 7^th:  8:20 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.  2^rd Grade

Thursday, February 7^th:  10:05 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.   3^rd Grade

Friday, February 8^th:  1:20 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.   4^th Grade

Friday, February 8^th:  10:20 a.m. – 12:00 noon  5^th Grade

Friday, February 8^th:  8:35 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. – 6^th Grade

Note:  Ending times are approximate.

Mr. Sawatzke Kissing a Goat for Reaching Our Club's Choice Fundraiser Goal

Dry Air

The air is dry indeed. Several students have come to me with chapped lips or dry hands. It might be a good idea to send to school with your child a small bottle of hand lotion and some chapstick for them to keep in their locker.

Upcoming Dates

Thursday, Jan. 17th- Book Orders Due
Monday, Jan. 21st- No School, Teacher Workshop Day

Spelling

Next weeks spelling focus is working with words that have the oo sound within them which can be spelled with either an oo or u.  Please have your child sort his/her spelling words into 2 columns. Those words that have oo within them and those words that have u within them.

Spelling Words

Spelling Words

Week Of:

Jan. 14-18

One-Syllable Words

1. brook

2. push

3. pull

4. bush

5. look

6. full

Two-Syllable Words

7. bully

8. bookshop

9. seagull

Snack Time

We will continue to have a snack break within our classroom daily. Please make sure to send a snack or a few snacks along with your child each day/week. This little extra boost of energy helps the students get through their day!

Guided Reading

Please spend time listening to your child read every night and be sure to ask your child about what he/she is reading. Yellow reading sheets should be signed each night stating how many minutes your child has read. I encourage the students to practice math in some way each night at home as well. Thanks for helping your child grow as a learner at home!

Battle of the Books

The Battle of the Books competition is approaching very soon. I have been encouraging those students who are going to be involved in the battle at the end of the month to spend some time each day reading with their partner and discussing what is happening or has happened in each story. I have also been telling the students to reread some of the stories to refresh their memory if they have already read all of the books. Keep Reading!

Math

In math students have been working on telling time to the minute, telling time before and after the hour, estimating time, using a calendar, recording the temperature in both Fahrenheit and Celsius, and some time was spent solving multiple-step problems.