February 20th-February 23rd

Upcoming Events

Winter Party -- February 23^rd  10:55-11:55

Please send in a $2 donation by February 23rd to help with the party supplies.

Field Trip-Birch Grove School for the Arts Musical “Wonderland” 

Permission slips will be sent home on Monday, February 26^th.

College T-Shirt Day, February OSA -- February 23^rd

Pennies for Patients Fundraiser – Monday, February 26^th – Friday, March 2^nd

Pennies for Patients

Get ready for CA's 6th year supporting Pennies for Patients! This initiative will run Feb. 26th- March 2nd.  Students will get daily coin challenges. The challenge is to bring in as many as you can! Monday: Pennies Tuesday: Nickels Wednesday: Dimes Thursday: Quarters Friday: $3 to wear a HAT to school!  Friendly competition will be between K-4 classrooms, and 5-8th. The two top classrooms will receive a non uniform day.  CA Penny Goal: $4,000 to support cancer and leukemia patients and friends in our community. Together we can!

Spring Picture Day – Wednesday, February 28^th

Read-a-thon – March 2^nd (more information to come)

Middle School Musical – March 2^nd and 3rd

MATH

During the months of January, February, March students will work on the following skills:

·         numbers 0-31 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)

·         addition

·         Ordinal Position

·         tally marks

·         matching and sorting: 3-D shapes

·         patterns : ABC, ABBA, growing patterns

·         comparing, ordering, and  measuring using non-standard units of measurement and with a ruler in inches

Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.

LITERATURE

Focus: Character Traits

Variety of books that focus on character traits

CORE KNOWLEDGE

Kindergarteners will learn about Kings and Queens, the Royal Family, and traditional songs and peoms related to Kings and Queens.

WRITING

We are working on thinking like writers and getting our ideas on paper using pictures and words.  We are also labeling, stretching out words, and using our vowels.  This week we are working on turning our writing and ideas into books and scrolls.  We are working on thinking about what we are going to write and planning it out across all of the pages in our story. Including details and labeling in our pictures is an important way to tell more about our story.  We are also working on neatness, finger spacing, punctuation, and making sense.

Conferences will be held Monday, February 12 from 4:00-8:00 pm and Thursday, February 15 from 4:00-8:00 pm.

Grades K-2:  Please sign up with Homeroom teacher

Grades 3-8:  Please sign up with MUM (Math) teacher and MUR (Reading) teacher

History, Science, Writing teachers will be available in their classrooms. Specialists (art, music, physical education, Spanish) will also be available. 

We look forward to seeing you!  

http://signup.com/go/YFBUEbv

January 22-26

Join Cologne Academy as we celebrate School Choice Week with a collaborative Expo on

Thursday, January 25th from 5-7pm

showcasing art projects, science and history displays,

and Spanish performances!

K-3 

Every grade level should meet on the ramp outside the gym 5 minutes before their Spanish performance, and students will be dismissed from the stage back to their families after the Spanish performance.

Please stop and look at your students classwork on their desks in their classroom and take it home the night of the Expo.

There will be a bus shuttle from St. Bernard's Catholic Church to CA running about every 10 minutes.

Don't forget to vote for best in show award for the Art Show.

Performance Schedule

Kindergarten  5:00pm-5:20pm

1st grade  5:30pm-5:50pm

2nd grade  6:00pm-6:20pm

3rd grade 6:30pm-6:50pm

4-5

Please stop and look at your students classwork on their desks and take it home the night of the Expo.

There will be a bus shuttle from St. Bernard's Catholic Church to CA running about every 10 minutes.

Don't forget to vote for best in show award for the Art Show.

Middle School

There will be a bus shuttle from St. Bernard's Catholic Church to CA running about every 10 minutes.

Don't forget to vote for best in show award for the Art Show.

Make sure to take home your Science Fair project before you leave.

·       Monday, January 22nd - January 26th is National School Choice Week! Woo-hoo!

·       Tuesday, January 23rd at 6:30 pm is an Information Meeting/Tour in the CA lunch room. If you know of any families interested in attending CA, spread the word! 

·       Thursday, January 25th from 5:00 - 7:00 pm is the Extraordinary Expo! Please see the email that was sent earlier this week for the details :)

·       Friday, January 26th is College T-Shirt Day AND the January OSA. We will be celebrating National School Choice Week and our 10 year anniversary. We are excited to show our dancing skills during the School Choice Dance :) You are more than welcome to join us for our OSA! Please let me know by noon that day if you are attending and taking your kinder home with you so I can ensure your kinder has his/her end-of-day things with us

MATH

During the months of January, February, March students will work on the following skills:

·         numbers 0-31 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)

·         addition

·         Ordinal Position

·         tally marks

·         matching and sorting: 3-D shapes

·         patterns : ABC, ABBA, growing patterns

·         comparing, ordering, and  measuring using non-standard units of measurement and with a ruler in inches

Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.

LITERATURE

Focus: Problem and Solution

Llama Llama books by Anna Dewdney

CORE KNOWLEDGE

Geography:  We are learning...

·        what a map and globe represent and how they are used

·        what rivers, lakes, and mountains are and how they are represented on maps and globes 

·        the location of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans 

·        the location of the North and South Poles 

·        the meaning of some basic terms necessary for working with maps such as compass rose, cardinal directions, symbols, keys, etc 

·        the names and locations of the seven continents and some familiar associations with each continent

·        the name location of the town, city, or community, and the state in which they live

·        the location of North America, the continental United States, Alaska, and Hawaii