Week of Feb. 24th through 28th

Hello! Another week is upon us. Please see below for important announcements for the week ahead.

• There's not a whole lot going on this week. However, next week PAWS testing will begin and will last sporadically through March. It is imperative that your child is at school each day--as PAWS testing must be made up. Please anticipate any needs so that your child misses a minimal amount of school for the next few weeks. 

• Students are allowed to bring healthy snacks on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The school will provide snacks on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 

• As of late, the playground has been extremely wet and full of puddles due to the melting snow. Please, if possible send your child with some waterproof boots or snow boots. An extra change of socks in your child's backpack would be helpful, too. Students will NOT be allowed to call home due to soaking feet or wet pants. I will remind the students to stay out of the water as much as possible--please do the same at home.  Just remember, a change of tennis shoes is necessary on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays--when we have P.E. 

• Please see this week's spelling words below. We will be discussing the prefixes '-ed' and '-ies or -es'. Specifically, we'll talk about changing the y to i and adding es or ed.
• cities
• cried
• puppies
• hurried
• stories
• flies
• parties
• tried
• pennies
• fried
• carried
• babies
• spied
• ponies
• pretty
• very
• countries
• libraries
• Extra spelling words:
• migrate
• survival
• plenty
• frightening
• accidents
• solid
• chilly
• landscape
• thunderous
• dramatic

Don't hesitate to contact me at school if you have any questions or comments. Have a great week!

Mrs. Martinez

Week of Feb. 18th through 21st

Hello! February is sure going by quickly! Please see the announcements for the week ahead below.

• Just a reminder, students can bring a HEALTHY snack on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The school will provide snacks on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

• The following link will direct you to the district event calendar. On the calendar you can click on the daily menus for any particular day. This will help to determine if your child will need to bring a cold lunch or not.

• Please also remember, you can check your child's progress in each subject and/or pay lunch accounts on the parent portal. Click on this link to arrive at that portal. If you have not yet registered to use the parent portal, please check with Kari in the office. 

• This week's spelling words are below. This week we will be discussing '-ed' and '-ing' endings. Sometimes letters are taken out at the end of a word when 'ed' or 'ing' are added. For example: come = coming. (The 'e' is removed.)
• coming
• swimming
• dropping
• tapping
• taping
• invited
• saving
• stared
• planned
• changing
• joking
• loved
• gripped
• tasted
• making
• stopped
• freezing
• scared
• Extra spelling words:
• scout 
• puzzling
• violently
• unaware
• surrounded
• underground
• soggy
• narrow
• glassy
• liquid

Please don't hesitate to contact me at school if you have any questions. Have a great week! 

Mrs. Martinez

Week of Feb. 10th through 14th

Hello! Is it spring yet?! I'm sure ready for it! Valentine's Day is upon us. Please see important announcements for the week ahead below. 

• This past Thursday your child was given his/her valentine assignment (purple sheet). This assignment consists of constructing a valentine holder. This can be made out of a shoe box, cardboard box, or even a paper bag. The most important aspect of your child's holder is that his/her name needs to be written clearly (and large) on it. This way, when students are passing out valentines they will be able to easily see each student's name. Also, this valentine holder is not due at school any earlier than Friday, February 14th. There is not enough room in the classroom to store 23 holders until Friday. Thank you for your help with this!

• The Valentine's Day party will be on Friday, February 14th at 1:15 P.M. Treats and games are already taken care of via the parent valentine party committee. 

• The list of names for the valentines was located on the back of the purple sheet detailing the students' valentine holder assignment. 

• Our class will be serving this week. If you would like to take your child to lunch on a particular day please contact me and I will let you know if your child is serving or not.

• The February book order is due Friday, February 14th. 

• As a reminder, students are allowed to bring healthy snacks on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Healthy snacks are provided by the school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 

• Please see this week's spelling words below. This week we are focusing on compound words. Although these words are longer in nature they shouldn't be too difficult. 
• birthday
• anyone
• sometimes
• everything
• homework
• afternoon
• airplane
• grandmother
• something
• without
• himself
• faraway
• sunburned
• daylight
• someone
• cannot
• scorekeeper
• everybody
• Extra spelling words:
• wilderness
• constant
• shelter
• colony
• unexpected
• overheated
• layer
• climate
• region
• gliding

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call! Have a great week! Happy Valentine's Day!

Mrs. Martinez

Week of Feb. 3rd through 7th

Hello! I hope you had a great weekend! The cold air is upon us and this week will be tough for the kids--as I'm sure recess will be held indoors for a majority of the week. Please see below for important announcements for the week ahead.

• Please remember that parent/teacher conferences are scheduled for this week. Please call the school if you need to reschedule or won't be able to make it for your conference time. If you chose to do a phone conference I will be contacting you this week.

• Due to parent/teacher conferences, there is no school on Friday, February 7th.

• Mrs. Zimmer and I have decided to NOT have spelling words this week. Please look for a new spelling list next week. Enjoy the week off! There WILL still be some math homework, however.

• I told the students last week that they are allowed to bring a HEALTHY snack on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. On Tuesdays and Thursdays the school provides a healthy snack for every student at East Side. Since I'm sure the students are not just hungry for a snack on Tuesdays and Thursdays I have decided that this it will be okay to bring a snack on the other days of the week. Please remind your child that the snack needs to be healthy--no candy, candy bars, chips, pop, or the like. Examples of healthy snacks include but are not limited to: fruits/vegetables, string cheese, yogurt, or a granola bar. Water will still be the only allowed drink in the classroom. 

• During indoor recess days, the students are allowed to bring toys or games from home to play with. I would just like the students [and you] to please remember that items brought to school are the responsibility of the owner--therefore, if items get lost, broken, or stolen--it is no one else's fault. Valuables should still remain at home--to prevent something from happening to them. 

• A letter will be going to home to the parents who offered to help with the Valentine's Day party. If you are one of these volunteers, once you receive the letter please call the others on the list to find out who will bring what. Let me know what you will be doing/bringing as soon as you find out. 

• Last but not least, a February book order will be going home on Monday. This book order will be due on Friday, February 14th. Also, just a reminder that the January Book-It and Fitness calendars are due as soon as possible, but no later than Wednesday, February 5th. 

Have a great week! I look forward to seeing/visiting with you this week during conferences! 

Mrs. Martinez