October 21 – October 25

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Posted by pbouwens | Posted in News from Mrs. Bouwens | Posted on October 20, 2019

Upcoming Events: 

October 21 – October 25 – Book Fair

October 23 – Literacy night 6:00 – 7:30

October 29 – Turkey Trot – Race begins at 5:00

November 5 – Please vote, Hudsonville Bond Proposal 2019

December 3 – Holiday Program

This week in the room:

Read – a – Loud – Home of the Brave

Reading – Talking and writing to grow new ideas

Writing – Publishing

Math – Multiplication

History –  Columbian Exchange

Science, see Mr. Karel’s blog:

http://ckarel.edublogs.org

ELA Plus, see Miss Carr’s blog

Homework Expectation:
The students should read 30 minutes a day for at least 5 days each week, totaling 2 and 1/2 hours per week. Students are expected to take a Reading Counts Quiz for each book they complete. You can find a letter from Mrs. Fellows describing the program in the Alward Action.

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October 14 – October 18

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Posted by pbouwens | Posted in News from Mrs. Bouwens | Posted on October 13, 2019

Upcoming Events:

October  15 – Fundraiser pick up at door T between 3:00 and 4:00. Small orders may be taken home on the bus.
October 16 – Picture retake day
October 17 – Greenfield Village field trip – Students  may  arrive  between  6:45am  and  7:00am.  Busses  will  leave  the  west  parking  lot (by our Alward office)  at  7:00am.  If  you  have  questions  please  email  me.  pbouwens@hpseagles.net

October 18 – Early release, students are dismissed at 12:15

October 21 – October 25 – Book Fair

October 23 – Literacy night 6:00 – 7:30

October 29 – Turkey Trot – Race begins at 5:00

November 5 – PLEASE VOTE, Hudsonville Bond Proposal 2019

December 3 – Holiday Program

This week in the room:

Read – a – Loud – Home of the Brave

Reading – Writing well about reading

Writing – Ending stories, final touches

Math – Unit 2 review, test on Wednesday

History –  How did North American Indigenous Peoples adapt to and modify their environment?

Science, see Mr. Karel’s blog:

http://ckarel.edublogs.org

ELA Plus, see Miss Carr’s blog

Homework Expectation:
The students should read 30 minutes a day for at least 5 days each week, totaling 2 and 1/2 hours per week. Students are expected to take a Reading Counts Quiz for each book they complete. You can find a letter from Mrs. Fellows describing the program in the Alward Action.

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October 7 – October 11

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Posted by pbouwens | Posted in News from Mrs. Bouwens | Posted on October 6, 2019

Upcoming Events:

October  15 – Fundraiser pick up at door T between 3:00 and 4:00.
October 16 – Picture retake day

October 17 – Greenfield Village field trip – (We leave at 7am and return at 7pm.)

October 18 – Early release, students are dismissed at 12:15

October 21 – October 25 – Book Fair

October 23 – Literacy night 6:00 – 7:30

October 29 – Turkey Trot – Race begins at 5:00

November 5 – PLEASE VOTE, Hudsonville Bond Proposal 2019

December 3 – Holiday Program

This week in the room:

Read – a – Loud – Home of the Brave

Reading – Writing well about reading

Writing – Ending stories, final touches

Math – Estimate to solve a problem

History –  How did North American Indigenous Peoples adapt to and modify their environment?

Science, see Mr. Karel’s blog:

http://ckarel.edublogs.org

ELA Plus, see Miss Carr’s blog

Homework Expectation:
The students should read 30 minutes a day for at least 5 days each week, totaling 2 and 1/2 hours per week. Students are expected to take a Reading Counts Quiz for each book they complete. You can find a letter from Mrs. Fellows describing the program in the Alward Action.

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September 30 – October 4

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Posted by pbouwens | Posted in News from Mrs. Bouwens | Posted on September 29, 2019

Upcoming Events:

October  15 – Fundraiser pick up at door T between 3:00 and 4:00.

October 17 – Greenfield Village field trip – (We leave at 7am and return at 7pm.)

October 18 – Early release, students are dismissed at 12:15

This week in the room:

Read – a – Loud – Hot Day on Abbott Avenue

Reading – Push our questioning to yield a deeper understanding

Writing – Drafting, revising and elaborating

Math – Comparing – Place value, thousands to thousandths

History –  Explorer investigation

Science, see Mr. Karel’s blog:

http://ckarel.edublogs.org

ELA Plus, see Miss Carr’s blog

Homework Expectation:
The students should read 30 minutes a day for at least 5 days each week, totaling 2 and 1/2 hours per week.

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September 23 – September 27

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Posted by pbouwens | Posted in News from Mrs. Bouwens | Posted on September 22, 2019

Upcoming Events:

September 27 – Walk-A-Thon – Donations are needed! If online doesn’t work for your family to gather donations, a paper copy for fundraising was sent home Friday.
Below is the link parents can click on to sign your child up for online donations.

 Spirit Week: 23-27

  • Jet Lag Monday (Comfy Clothes)
  • Tropical Tuesday (Hawaiian Shirts)
  • Wild Color Wednesday (Neon Day)
  • Tourist Thursday (could also include destination shirts)
  • Fly Home Friday (Eagle Gear)
October  15 – Fundraiser pick up at door T between 3:00 and 4:00.

October 17 – Greenfield Village field trip

October 18 – Early release, students are dismissed at 12:15

This week in the room:

Read – a – Loud – The Year of the Dog

Reading – Seeing more in our reading habits and in our stories

Writing – Drafting, and Drafting

Math – Decimal numbers, moving the location of the decimal point

History –  Exploration

Science, see Mr. Karel’s blog:

http://ckarel.edublogs.org

ELA Plus, see Miss Carr’s blog

Homework Expectation:
The students should read 30 minutes a day for at least 5 days each week, totaling 2 and 1/2 hours per week.

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September 16 – September 20

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Posted by pbouwens | Posted in News from Mrs. Bouwens | Posted on September 15, 2019

Upcoming Events:

September 20 – End of fundraiser – orders and money are due on Friday. We will be sending home a note with information about our Greenfield trip the following week.
September 20 – Early release, students are dismissed at 12:15
September 27 – Walk-A-Thon – Donations are needed! If online doesn’t work for your family to gather donations, a paper copy for fundraising was sent home Friday.
Below is the link parents can click on to sign your child up for online donations.
October  15 – Fundraiser pick up at door T between 3:00 and 4:00.

October 17 – Greenfield Village field trip

October 18 – Early release, students are dismissed at 12:15

This week in the room:

Read – a – Loud – The Year of the Dog

Reading – Higher level predictions

Writing – Moving through the writing process

Math – Estimate sums and differences of fractions and mixed numbers

History –  How do cultures change as a result of contact?

Science, see Mr. Karel’s blog:

http://ckarel.edublogs.org

Homework Expectation:
The students should read 30 minutes a day for at least 5 days each week, totaling 2 and 1/2 hours per week.

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September 9 – September 13

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Posted by pbouwens | Posted in News from Mrs. Bouwens | Posted on September 8, 2019

Upcoming Events:

September 11 – PTC Meeting from 7 – 8pm in our Alward cafeteria

September 20 – End of fundraiser
September 20 – Early release, students are dismissed at 12:15
September 27 – Walk-A-Thon – Let’s be the winning class!!!
Below is the link parents can click on to sign your child up for online donations.
October  15 – Fundraiser pick up at door T between 3:00 and 4:00.

October 17 – Greenfield Village field trip

October 18 – Early release, students are dismissed at 12:15

This week in the room:

Read – a – Loud – The Year of the Dog

Reading – Bringing characters and stories to life, make text-based predictions

Writing – Setting goals

Math – Adding and subtracting fractions, finding common denominators

History –  How do cultures change as a result of contact?

Science, see Mr. Karel’s blog:

http://ckarel.edublogs.org

Homework Expectation:
The students should read 30 minutes a day for at least 5 days each week, totaling 2 and 1/2 hours per week.

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Two Important Events

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Posted by pbouwens | Posted in News from Mrs. Bouwens | Posted on September 6, 2019

First – Our first PTC meeting is on September 11 from 7 – 8pm! This will be in our Alward cafeteria. You will learn about our Alward activities and rumor has it Dr. VanderJagt will be stopping by.

There will be a door prize drawing! The class with the most parents representing them will win a class pizza party! Wouldn’t that be great??!!!

PLEASE come!!

Second – September 27 is our all school Walk-a-Thon. Please be sure to read the paper that was sent home yesterday with all the information about this event. The prizes for the winning classes are GREAT! I hope our class wins the trophy and the 1st prize gift card! Please help us raise money for Alward!

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September 3 – September 6

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Posted by pbouwens | Posted in News from Mrs. Bouwens | Posted on September 2, 2019

Upcoming Events:

September 20 – End of fundraiser
September 20 – Early release, students are dismissed at 12:15

October  15 – Fundraiser pick up at door T between 3:00 and 4:00.

October 17 – Greenfield Village field trip

October 18 – Early release, students are dismissed at 12:15

This week in the room:

Read – a – Loud – The Year of the Dog

Reading – Summarizing text and knowing your characters

Writing – Generating narrative ideas, use mentor texts to help us notice good narrative story qualities

Math – Comparing and adding fractions

History –  How do cultures change as a result of contact?

Science, see Mr. Karel’s blog:

http://ckarel.edublogs.org

Homework Expectation:
The students should read 30 minutes a day for at least 5 days each week, totaling 2 and 1/2 hours per week.

 

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August 26 – August 29

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Posted by pbouwens | Posted in News from Mrs. Bouwens | Posted on August 25, 2019

Upcoming Events:

 August 26 – First Day!
August 30 and September 2 – No school
September 20 – Early release, students are dismissed at 12:15

October 17 – Greenfield Village field trip

October 18 – Early release, students are dismissed at 12:15

This week in the room:

Read – a – Loud – The Year of the Dog

Reading – Choosing and sharing “Just Right Books”

Writing – Review writing skills, write paragraphs

Math – Fractions and mixed numbers

History –  How do we Study Social Studies? Thinking like a historian, a political scientist, a geographer, and an economist.

Science, see Mr. Karel’s blog:

http://ckarel.edublogs.org

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