Addams Weekly Newsletter

The home-school connection is essential for all children's success. The Addams team would like to share a weekly update to inform families of upcoming events, highlight student learning, and offer strategies to help set all students up for success. Thank you for your support in setting your child up for success daily!

• February is Black History Month
• Tuesday, 2/14 PTO Meeting at 6:30 PM
• Friday, 2-17-Monday, 2/20 NO SCHOOL Mid-Winter Break
• Friday, 2/24 & 2/25 Mommy/Son & Daddy/Daughter
• Friday, 2/24 Schoolwide Assembly

Looking Ahead into March

• March is Reading Month!
• Thursday, 3/2 Math and Reading Night from 5:00-7:00 (see flier below!)
• Tuesday, 3/14 PTO Meeting at 6:30
• Week of 3/20 5th Grade Camp
• Monday, 3/20 First day of spring
• Week of 3/27-3/31 Spring Break NO SCHOOL

Can Kids Change the World? Black History Month for Kids (video from Scholastic) How did young people use peaceful sit ins to change segregated lunch counters to make their community better?

Would you and your child like to learn more about how to celebrate at home? Check out PBS Kids Parents Celebrating Black Leaders Guide! The questions below come from this site.

We are excited to welcome all families and students to our Math & Reading Night on March 2nd! We hope to see everyone there!

Register for the event HERE by 2/24/23. Paper fliers will also be sent home for families to register by sending it back to school.

Our math curriculum is called Bridges and it has three key parts: Number Corner, Problems & Investigations, and Workplace games. The teachers and students engage in all three parts of the curriculum daily and we would love to share some targeted Work Place games for provide extra practice and learning fun at home! Some of the games offered in this section will be for practice with what is currently being learned in class and some games will help children practice with skills already taught to keep those skills sharp. Thank you for finding time at home to encourage your child to practice math at home!

Free Math Apps from Bridges Search for great FREE online math games for your child that supports what they are learning in class! These are all available for your child to use at home!

(Underlined topics would be VERY beneficial for your child!)

Fractions

Geoboard

Math Clock

Math Vocabulary Cards

Money Pieces

Number Chart

Number Frames

Number Line

Number Pieces (Place Value)

Number Rack

Pattern Shapes

Whiteboard App

Visit Math at Home page for different games by grade level.

PreK/Kindergarten-

Number Frames

Number Line

Line ‘em Up App

Number Bubble Count to 100 Game

Marble Math Game

Measure that Foot Game

1st-Students need extra practice with place value--knowing that numbers are made up of tens and ones.

Fifty of Bust

Cats and Mice

The Frog Jump Game

2nd-Students need extra practice comparing numbers with subtraction.

Climb the Beanstalk

Target Twenty

Pick Two, Roll & Subtract

Close to 25cents

3rd-Students need extra practice telling time on an analog clock and place value.

Target One Hundred

Place Value Discs

Base 10 Blocks

4th-Students need extra practice with place value (ones, tens, hundred, thousands) and adding and subtracting three digit numbers.

Target One Thousand

Add, Round, Compare

Roll & Subtraction One Thousand

Target Five

Place Value Discs

Base 10 Blocks

5th-Students need extra practice with place value (ones, tens, hundred, thousands) and adding and subtracting three digit numbers.

Target One Thousand

Place Value Discs

Base 10 Blocks

www.mel.org: Michigan's FREE elibrary Check out the Britannica Fundamentals for Prek-2nd, Britannica School Elementary for 3rd-4th, and Britannica School Middle for 5th-7th. These are just one resource that your child will enjoy learning and exploring!

PebbleGo and World Book Early Learning & World Book Kids are also great resources to explore!

Many classrooms are working on informational text and research projects. Ask your child what they are learning and encourage them to look it up using these resources!

storyonline.net This is a site that has lots of read alouds that kids love and are read by actors!

Mel.org's kids tab has: Learn, Play, Read. So many fun and free learning resources to explore! Check out this link to all of the read along sites!

It is cold outside. Please make sure your student is dressed appropriately for the cold weather. Students should wear hats, gloves, boots, scarves, and snow pants. We do have outside recess during the winter season. As long as the temperature is 15 degrees and above, we go outside. Thank you for making sure your student is bundled and ready to play at recess!

As partners in the Jane Addams Elementary School educational community, parents, students, and teachers will work as a team to share the responsibility for improving academic achievement by upholding the following agreements...

Please click on the link to complete the compact. 2022-2023 Addams Title 1 Compact