This Week’s Happenings

Monday, March 26th

• Tornado Drill

Tuesday, March 27th

Wednesday, March 28th

• Fractions Test

Thursday, March 29th

• Half Day, Students dismissed at 11:40am

Friday, March 30th

• No School

Spelling-Unit 25, Double Consonants

Every 6 weeks, your child may or may not change spelling groups. Please see the updated spelling groups below:

Diamond List

1. Nick
2. Gabrio
3. Jeziah

Circle List

1. Alex
2. Fiona
3. Noah
4. Peyton K
5. Alessandro
6. Lexi
7. Ethan
8. Mason
9. Elizabeth W.
10. Adriana

Square List

1. Julia
2. Madison
3. Grace
4. Davian
5. Gunnar
6. Jenna
7. Beth
8. Caden
9. Abagail
10. Travis
11. Connor
12. Ava
13. Molly
14. Kate
15. Peyton W.

Diamond List

1. supper
2. happen
3. pepper
4. kitten
5. sudden
6. letter
7. dinner
8. cotton
9. lesson
10. mitten
11. bottom
12. summer
13. better
14. ladder
15. ribbon

Circle List

1. yellow
2. happen
3. puzzle
4. cannot
5. sudden
6. letter
7. dinner
8. cotton
9. lesson
10. apple
11. summer
12. better

Square List

1. supper
2. shutter
3. pepper
4. kitten
5. platter
6. hiccup
7. carrot
8. barrel
9. zipper
10. mitten
11. bottom
12. rattle
13. collar
14. ladder
15. ribbon
16. bubble

Guest Readers

Thank you to our many guest readers who visited us this week to celebrate March is Reading Month.

Book & Cook

This week we read Curious George and the Pizza and then we made delicious mini pizzas.

Math

We are currently learning about Fractions. Students are working on naming fractions, equivalent fractions, comparing fractions, fractions on a numberline, and adding and subracting fractions. Students will have their fractions math test on Wednesday, March 28th.

Congratulations to Mason, Kate, Peyton, Abagail, Pidge, Lexi, and Ava for earning 100% on their Bar Graphs and Line Plots math test!

Penny Wars

Our Arno Cougars had a great time during penny wars this week. Since I am in charge of the Penny Wars,  the students in room 122 counted A LOT of money on Monday-Thursday. Luckily, Mrs. Mihalik volunteered her morning to count money on Friday! A BIG THANK you to Mrs. Mihalik for helping us! Also, thank you to TCF Bank in Allen Park for allowing us to use their coin counter/exchange machine free of charge.

Social Studies

On Thursday, we took our chapter 6 test on Michigan Today and Tomorrow. 

Congratulations to Caden, Nick, Jenna, Lexi, Abagail, and Kate for earning 100% on their Chapter 6 Test.

March PBIS Reward

On Thursday, students who had 3 or fewer color changed earned the March Madness PBIS Reward. Our class scored 184 baskets in 8 minutes!

Science

On Friday, students took their science test on Forces.

Congratulations to Caden, Alex, Ethan, Peyton, Davian, Jeziah, Julia, Pidge, Gunnar, Nick, Mason, Beth, Molly, Abagail, Ava, Lexi, Madison, Jenna, Grace, Liz, and Kate for earning 100% on their Science Test.

Hallway Reading

March is full of fun and interesting fun reading activities. On Friday, the entire school sat in the hallway for 15-20 minutes and read!

D.E.A.R. Time

During the month of March, Arno Cougar Drop Everything And Read (D.E.A.R.) on Tuesday and Thursday Mornings.

Homework Helper

• Finish any unfinished classwork
• Weekly Reading: Humphrey’s Favorite Part and Character Traits worksheet  (Due Thursday)
• Weekly Math: Math worksheet (Due Thursday)
• Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts
• Study Spelling Words (Test Thursday)
• Read!

This Week’s Happenings

Monday, March 19th:

• Penny Wars

Tuesday, March 20th:

• Penny Wars

Wednesday, March 21st

• Penny Wars
• Crazy Sock Day (Donate $1 for World Down Syndrome Day)
• Wear It Wednesday (Wear a Shirt with Words)
• Math Test on Bar Graphs and Line Plots

Thursday, March 22nd

• Penny Wars
• Chapter 6 Social Studies Test

Friday, March 23rd

• Penny Wars
• Forces and Motion Science Test
• Wear pajamas to school

Spelling, Unit 24: Review Unit

1. across
2. draw
3. belong
4. straw
5. before
6. forget
7. warm
8. morning
9. circus
10. heard
11. early
12. work
13. their
14. wear
15. there
16. where
17. great
18. sent
19. it’s
20. weigh

Penny Wars

Book and Cook

On Wednesday, March 14th, we read the book If You Give a Pig a Pancake and then we made and ate pancakes.

Author Visit

On Thursday, Arno third, fourth, and fifth graders had the opportunity to hear Aimee Carter talk about her love of writing. She discussed her journey as a young author as well as her book series about her fictional character Simon Thorn. Her series is an international best seller. Order forms will be sent home on Monday, and orders and money are due back by March 26th. I have included an order form for your convenience. Author Book Order

Guest Readers

In honor of March is Reading Month, we have had guest readers all month! A special THANK YOU to Jenna’s Papa and Dr. Hall for reading to our class. If you would like to be a guest reader in our classroom, you may do so by clicking on this link. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e4bacad22a4fd0-march

Go Noodle

When we can’t get outside and we need to get our wiggles out…what do we do? We GO NOODLE!

Homework Helper

• Finish any unfinished classwork
• Weekly Reading: Read chapters 13-16  of Winter According to Humphrey. Complete comprehensions questions for chapters 13-16  (Due Friday)
• Weekly Math: Math worksheet (Due Friday)
• Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts
• Study Spelling Words (Test Friday)
• Read!

Spelling, Unit 23: Homophones

Diamond List

1. way
2. its
3. owe
4. sell
5. great
6. sail
7. cell
8. scent
9. oh
10. cent
11. it’s
12. grate
13. weigh
14. sale
15. sent

Circle List

1. way
2. its
3. meet
4. owe
5. meat
6. four
7. for
8. oh
9. it’s
10. weigh

Square List

1. yolk
2. yoke
3. heel
4. fowl
5. foul
6. sail
7. cell
8. scent
9. heal
10. cent
11. role
12. grate
13. roll
14. sale
15. great
16. sent

Spelling City Link: https://www.spellingcity.com/rwarneck/

March is Reading Month-Reading Board Games

On Wednesdays during the month of March, we will end our day by playing reading board games with middle school and high school volunteers.

February PBIS Monthly Reward

On Wednesday, March 7th, our entire class earned the February Monthly Reward! The reward was board games in the classroom.

Book and Cook

In honor of March is Reading Month, each week, we will read a book and make something that is connected to the book. For example, on Wednesday, we read If You Give a Moose a Muffin and then we made muffins.

Science

In this Mystery, students investigated magnetic attraction and repulsion. In the activity, students applied their scientific ideas about magnets to create a useful product: a magnetic lock. Students engaged in the engineering design process to test and improve their designs.

You may “student view” the mystery by clicking on the link. The link will be disabled in 10 days. https://mysteryscience.com/forces/mystery-5.0/magnets-engineering/151?r=4675899&t=student

Homework Helper

• Finish any unfinished classwork
• Weekly Reading: Read chapters 9-12 of Winter According to Humphrey. Complete comprehensions questions for chapters 9-12 (Due Friday)
• Weekly Math: Math worksheet (Due Friday)
• Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts
• Study Spelling Words (Test Friday)
• Read!

Spelling-Unit 22: /âr/ spelled air, /âr/ spelled ear, /âr/ spelled are, /âr/ spelled ere, /âr/ spelled eir

Diamond List

1. hardware
2. nowhere
3. fare
4. pear
5. barefoot
6. their
7. hair
8. bare
9. fair
10. there
11. pair
12. wear
13. hare
14. software
15. where

Circle List

1. bear
2. air
3. pear
4. pair
5. care
6. their
7. fare
8. fair
9. there
10. wear
11. chair
12. where

Square List

1. somewhere
2. fairy tale
3. hardware
4. nowhere
5. farewell
6. barefoot
7. hair
8. bare
9. software
10. armchair
11. wheelchair
12. stare
13. rare
14. compare
15. hare
16. beware

Field Trip

On Thursday, March 1st, our class  braved the rain and cold and went on a field trip to the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Environmental Interpretive Center. While on the field trip, we learned about trees, how to collect sap, and how sap is turned into syrup. In addition, we also learned some interesting facts about nature and Henry Ford.

Thank you to all the chaperones who went with us!

PBIS Monthly Reward

We will have our PBIS monthly reward on Wednesday, March 7th. Students are allowed to bring in board games to play. Since this is a board game reward, electronics are not allowed. ALL students earned this reward! Way to go Caring Cougars!

February Super Cougar

Congratulations to Connor for being our classroom Super Cougar for February. Connor is Responsible, Respectful, and Safe. He goes above and beyond our PBIS expectations. Way to go, Connor! He will participate in a pizza lunch with Mr. Zielinski and other classroom super cougars.

Math Test

Congratulations to Nick, Peyton, and Davian for earning 100% on their chapter 11 math test on Metric Length, Mass, and Volume.

We just finished up chapter 12. Chapter 12 was about Measurement Story Problems. There will not be a math test on chapter 12. Our next chapter will be chapter 13: Bar Graphs and Line Plots.

Homework Helper

• Finish any unfinished classwork
• Weekly Reading: Read chapters 5-8 of Winter According to Humphrey. Complete comprehensions questions for chapters 5-8 (Due Friday)
• Weekly Math: Math worksheet (Due Friday)
• Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts
• Study Spelling Words (Test Friday)
• Read!