Athlos Leadership Academy

Ries - Room 232

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May Madness Shirts

May Madness shirts are being sent home today. If you ordered them for more than one student, they will be sent home with the oldest student. If students that didn’t get to purchase online are interested in purchasing a shirt, we have limited supply that we will be selling onsite starting on May 8th. These shirts can be worn as a uniform. 

URGENT PLEASE READ!!

Hello all, 
 
I just want to CLARIFY that if you were chosen to be a chaperone, I emailed you already. In a pervious post, I stated you would be receiving an email if chosen. We only had 3 spots open and we have filled those spots. Even if you filled out the chaperone portion of the permission slip, this does not mean that you are a chaperone. If you show up without permission, we will need to ask you to leave. Parents are required to submit to a background check before being around the rest of the class on a field trip. 
 
There is always next time! 

FIELD TRIP ANNOUNCEMENTS!!!

Good morning all, 
As you know, our field trip to Como Zoo is tomorrow. Here are a few things: 
 
1.This is still a school day-- so your children should wear their uniforms. 
2.We are saying NO to sunglasses and water bottles-- too many students have lost them in years past. 
3. On your permission slip, you selected a home or school lunch, if you selected a home lunch, please make sure to send one with your child. 
4. It will be about 40-50 degrees while we are there. Please send a sweatshirt or sweater with your child, but NO coats. We are trying to limit the things that students need to carry around for the day. 
 
 
If you have any other questions please feel free to email me.

Homework update

Good morning families, 
I have changed homework for today and tomorrow. Today's homework will be an addition sheet. They will need to finish the whole sheet WITHOUT a calculator. On the right-hand side of the sheet, there are blank boxes. Your student should make up their own addition problems and write them in those boxes. Tomorrow's homework will now be 8-7. Have a great day!

May Madness Fundraiser

As a reminder, our class is collecting donations to fill a camping raffle basket. Please bring anything that would belong in this basket. The deadline is fast approaching (April 27). Thank you!
 
Here are some examples:
Bug spray
camping chairs
cooler
marshmallows
graham crackers
Chocolate bars
roasting sticks
hotdog buns
ketchup, mustards, relish
sunscreen
tinfoil
plastic plates/ cutlery 
flip flops
sunglasses
ball cap
frisbee

Week of 4/17-4/21

Here is a snapshot of our week ahead!
 
Math: We will be continuing Unit 8. This week we will be touching on Shapes and continuing fractions. 
Homework:  Homework this week is 8-5, 8-6, 8-7, 8-8. Homework on Friday will be a Cat in the hat homework. Please keep practicing the fact triangles for fluency!
Remember: Homework is mandatory and graded. Homework is an important tool to help create neuro-pathways. If your student does not complete missing homework, they will be doing it in our detention room during fitness time. 
 
Language Arts: We will be writing an opinion paragraph. The topic is "Would you prefer to live in the past, present, or future, and why? 
 
Spelling: our spelling will be on THURSDAY this week-- as I will be out of the school on Friday. 
 
about
men
for
ran
man
run
was
that
his
led
 
Grammar: We will be having a "b" and "d" assessment on Monday. The rest of the week we will be working on pronouns. Our pronoun assessment will be next Tuesday. 
 
Social Studies: this week we will be working on our opinion paragraph
 
Upcoming School events:
APRIL 21: Dress up day
APRIL 24: No School- teacher work day
APRIL 26: Como Zoo Field Trip
 
Other reminders and notes:
Field trip forms are due on FRIDAY!
Please make sure that your student comes to school with a water bottle that does not have a twist top-- to minimize spills. Thank you!:)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION PLEASE READ!

Good morning I have some important information to give!

1. We will be going on a field trip to Como Zoo! This will be on April 26th. I will be sending permission slips home today. These permission slips will be due on April 21st. Our class is allowed 2 chaperones. It is on a first-come-first-serve basis. You can check this on your student's permission slip. I will be emailing you if you were chosen. Lastly, this field trip will cost $15.00. You will need to pay this on your student's portal. WE WILL NOT ACCEPT CASH. 
 
2. Some students have been consistently coming to school without their uniforms. Just a reminder, UNIFORMS MUST BE WORN EACH DAY. If your child lost their uniform, our Lost and Found is very full right now. I will need to start emailing home if this cannot be addressed. 
 
3. This reminder is not much fun... Lately, some of our students have been really struggling with respect. We have had disrespect towards me and their other teachers (talking back and not following directions), disrespect towards each other (name calling, teasing, hitting, and not stopping when someone asks us to stop), and we have had disrespect of our things (ripping up assignments, pushing over chairs and tables, and cutting things that are not paper). Not every student has been showing these behaviors, but it would be good to hear a refresher at home about how to act in school. 
 
Thank you!:)

Week of 4/10-4/14

Here is a snapshot of our week ahead!
 
Math: We will be starting Unit 8. This week we will be touching on Shapes and beginning fractions. 
Homework:  Homework this week is 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, and 8-4. There is no homework on Friday. Please keep practicing the fact triangles for fluency!
Remember: Homework is mandatory and graded. Homework is an important tool to help create neuro-pathways. If your student does not complete missing homework, they will be doing it in our detention room during fitness time. 
 
Language Arts: We will be comparing and contrasting. We will also be focusing on main idea and key detail as well.
 
Spelling: 
house
year
send
lone
I
alone
then
love
to 
as
 
Grammar: We will be working on suffixes and prefixes.
 
Social Studies: this week we will be answering the questions:
Why do we need food and water?
How were washers made?
Why are things sticky? 
 
Upcoming School events:
APRIL 21: Dress up day
APRIL 24: No School
Other reminders and notes:
Please make sure that your student comes to school with a water bottle that does not have a twist top-- to minimize spills. Thank you!:)

Week of 4/3-4/6

Here is a snapshot of our week ahead!
 
Math: We will be taking a short break before starting Unit 8. This week we will be touching on addition fluency, measuring, time, even vs. odd, and money. 
Homework:  Please practice the fact triangles for addition and subtraction fluency. This week, I will be assigning "Spring time", "Circle the odd/even numbers", and "Spring Sums/Spring farmers market". There is no homework on Thursday-- spend time with family:)
Remember: Homework is mandatory and graded. Homework is an important tool to help create neuro-pathways. If your student does not complete missing homework, they will be doing it in our detention room during fitness time. 
 
Language Arts: We will be reviewing main idea and key details. Our assessment will be on Tuesday.
 
THERE IS NO SPELLING THIS WEEK.
 
Grammar: We will be working on adjectives and parts of speech.
 
Social Studies: This week we will be comparing life then vs. now. We have been reading Little House in the Big Woods. We will be looking into what life was really like back in the past. We will be having a comparing and contrasting assessment on Thursday this week.
 
Upcoming School events:
APRIL 7: No School
APRIL 21: Dress up day
APRIL 24: No School
Other reminders and notes:
Please make sure that your student comes to school with a water bottle that does not have a twist top-- to minimize spills. Thank you!:)

Spring break/ report cards

Good morning! 
 
I want to let you know that report cards were sent home yesterday. Please check your student's folder.
 
Over spring break, your student should complete the spring break packet. THIS IS HOMEWORK. So if it is not completed over break, it will need to be completed during fitness the following week. Also, please print of your student's sight word color, I will put a sticky note with their color in their folder today. Many of us have made huge progress, but we need to keep going!
 
Have a great spring break!!!

Week of 3/20 to 3/24

Here is a snapshot of our week ahead!
 
Math: We will be finishing unit 7. We will be practicing different strategies to subtract and different attributes of shapes. 
Homework:  Please practice the fact triangles for addition and subtraction fluency. This week, I will be assigning home links 7-10,7-11, Unit 7 test review, and two digit addition and subtraction. I AM SENDING HOME A SPRING BREAK HOMEWORK PACKET. Please return this when spring break is over. 
Remember: Homework is mandatory and graded. Homework is an important tool to help create neuro-pathways. If your student does not complete missing homework, they will be doing it in our detention room during fitness time. 
 
Language Arts: We will be reviewing main idea as well as Fiction vs. Nonfiction. We will also be learning about Laura Ingles Wilder and how life has changed.
 
Spelling this week:
ball 
law
ask 
just
way
get
home
much
call
long
 
Grammar: We will be introduced to adjectives. 
 
Social Studies: For the rest of the social studies unit, we will be doing Exploring Time. Last week, students made a list of things they want to learn about. We will be exploring those things and answering those questions. This week we will be answering these questions: 
How do eyes work?/ Why do we blink? 
How does your body work? 
What are timelines?
 
Upcoming School events:
MAR. 27-31: SPRING BREAK
APRIL 7: No School
APRIL 21: Dress up day
APRIL 24: No School
Other reminders and notes:
Please make sure that your student comes to school with a water bottle that does not have a twist top-- to minimize spills. Thank you!:)

Concert pictures and videos

Good morning all! It was so good to see you all yesterday and watch our little ones! If you happen to have any pictures or videos from yesterday that you would like to share, I'd love to have a copy for our class memories! Feel free to email them to me. Thank you!