Newsletter: February 23

Next Week's Specials:

Monday - Music

Tuesday - Art

Wednesday - PE, Library

Thursday - STEAM

Friday - Music

Coming Up...

• Aaron Zenz visits Bauer: Tuesday, February 27
• Kick Off to Reading Month Night: Wednesday, February 28 from 6:30-7:30pm 
• Early Release: Friday, March 9, 12:15pm dismissal, wear Bauer T-shirt
• Jet's Pizza Night: Tuesday, March 13 (Don't forget to mention Bauer and my name when ordering.)
• Bauer Parent Club Meeting: Tuesday, March 13 @ 7:00pm
• Parent/Teacher Conferences: March 14 and 20
• Mix & Match Day/Popcorn Day/Book Fair begins: Friday, March 16
• Book Fair Ends/Wear Eagle Pride: Friday, March 23
• Spring Break: March 30-April 6 (School Resumes April 9)

Save the Date!! Kick off to Reading Month Night!

What better way to kick off reading month than a night out with your family?! Come to Bauer on Wednesday, February 28 from 6:30-7:30 to help us kick off Reading Month. All Bauer students that attend will receive a free book! There will be popcorn, a photobooth, and a lot fun reading activities! We are looking forward to a fun family night.

Please RSVP so we can get an idea of about how many will be attending the event: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/16679428388

Reading: 

This week we focused on features of non-fiction books, such as headings, captions, table of contents, glossary, bold words, etc...   

Writing:

We began a unit on "How-To" writing.  We learned how to plan each step across our fingers and to use the words first, next, and last.  We practiced writing the steps for how-to bake cookies all together at first. Then, we worked on writing the steps for how-to brush our teeth on our own.  We will continue to work on how-to writing next week!   

   

Word Study:

We learned four different spellings for /er/.  

Math:

This week in math, we focused on seeing teen numbers as a ten and extra ones.  We also focused on subtraction story problems.  Students used the tools in their math bins to solve them.  We learned how to label the partners and the total for the equations.    

Newsletter: February 16

Next Week's Specials:

Monday - STEAM

Tuesday - Music

Wednesday - Art, Library

Thursday - PE

Friday - STEAM

Coming Up...

• Marco's Pizza Night: Tuesday, February 20 (Don't forget to mention Bauer and my name when ordering.)
• Father/Daughter Dance: Saturday, February 24th from 6:30-8:30pm
• Aaron Zenz visits Bauer: Tuesday, February 27
• Kick Off to Reading Month Night: Wednesday, February 28 from 6:30-7:30pm 
• Early Release: Friday, March 9, 12:15pm dismissal, wear Bauer T-shirt
• Jet's Pizza Night: Tuesday, March 13 (Don't forget to mention Bauer and my name when ordering.)
• Bauer Parent Club Meeting: Tuesday, March 13 @ 7:00pm
• Parent/Teacher Conferences: March 14 and 20 (watch for details)
• Mix & Match Day/Popcorn Day/Book Fair begins: Friday, March 16
• Book Fair Ends/Wear Eagle Pride: Friday, March 23
• Spring Break: March 30-April 6 (School Resumes April 9)

A REAL LIVE AUTHOR WILL BE VISITING BAUER!
Aaron Zenz, an author and Michigan native, will be making a stop to Bauer on Tuesday, February 27. He is so excited to meet our students and talk to them about writing stories and creating art. If you would like to order one of his books for your child prior to his visit, please fill out the form that was sent home with your child or click on the link below and have it back to school by Friday, Feb. 23.

If you have any questions please email: KDeGram@hpseagles.net

Book order link: Aaron Zenz Book Order

Save the Date!! Kick off to Reading Month Night!

What better way to kick off reading month than a night out with your family?! Come to Bauer on Wednesday, February 28 from 6:30-7:30 to help us kick off Reading Month. All Bauer students that attend will receive a free book! There will be popcorn, a photobooth, and a lot fun reading activities! We are looking forward to a fun family night.

Please RSVP so we can get an idea of about how many will be attending the event: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/16679428388

Valentine's Day Party:

A big thank you goes to Victoria Lemmen for organizing the Valentine's Day party.  Thank you to Genna Brong, Mike Holmes, and Vanessa Nolte for helping plan activities for the party too.  The kids had a great time!  

  

  

  

 

   

  

  

 

Reading: 

We began learning about non-fiction books this week.  We talked about the differences between fiction and non-fiction books and added some non-fiction books to our book bins.  

Writing:

This week we worked on writing small moment (personal narrative) stories.  We also learned how to use a checklist to make sure that we have completed our stories.  Some items on our checklist include, "I used a capital letter at the beginning of each sentence, I used finger spaces, I told the setting, etc..."  Next week we will finish up personal narrative writing and begin How-To writing.
   

Word Study:

This week we focused on different spellings for the /ai/ sound.  We learned that there are eight different spellings for /ai/!  

Math:

On Tuesday, we did "Candy Heart" math.  I gave each child a box of candy hearts.  They had to sort the candy hearts by color and then graph them.  Then, they could eat them!  We also took the Unit 3 test this week.  Look for it to come home in your child's folder next week Friday.  

   

  

   

  

Newsletter: February 9

Next Week's Specials:

Monday - PE

Tuesday - STEAM

Wednesday - Music, Library

Thursday - Art

Friday - PE

Coming Up...

• Valentine's Day Party & Wear Red/Pink: Wednesday, February 14 @ 12:15pm
• Marco's Pizza Night: Tuesday, February 20 (Don't forget to mention Bauer and my name when ordering.)
• Father/Daughter Dance: Saturday, February 24th from 6:30-8:30pm
• Kick Off to Reading Month Night: Wednesday, February 28 from 6:30-7:30pm 
• Early Release: Friday, March 9, 12:15pm dismissal, wear Bauer T-shirt
• Jet's Pizza Night: Tuesday, March 13 (Don't forget to mention Bauer and my name when ordering.)
• Bauer Parent Club Meeting: Tuesday, March 13 @ 7:00pm
• Parent/Teacher Conferences: March 14 and 20 (watch for details)
• Mix & Match Day/Popcorn Day/Book Fair begins: Friday, March 16
• Book Fair Ends: Friday, March 23
• Spring Break: March 30-April 6 (School Resumes April 9)

A REAL LIVE AUTHOR WILL BE VISITING BAUER!
Aaron Zenz, an author and Michigan native, will be making a stop to Bauer on Tuesday, February 27. He is so excited to meet our students and talk to them about writing stories and creating art. If you would like to order one of his books for your child prior to his visit, please fill out the form that was sent home with your child or click on the link below and have it back to school by Friday, Feb. 23.

If you have any questions please email: KDeGram@hpseagles.net

Book order link: Aaron Zenz Book Order

Save the Date!! Kick off to Reading Month Night!

What better way to kick off reading month than a night out with your family?! Come to Bauer on Wednesday, February 28 from 6:30-7:30 to help us kick off Reading Month. All Bauer students that attend will receive a free book! There will be popcorn, a photobooth, and a lot fun reading activities! We are looking forward to a fun family night.

Please RSVP so we can get an idea of about how many will be attending the event: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/16679428388

Writing:

On Wednesday, it was our 100th day of school, so the kids each finished this sentence, "I wish for 100..." during writing time.  They came up with some great ideas!  On Thursday, we worked more on our small moment stories.  Next week we will wrap up our unit on small moments (personal narratives.)  

Word Study:

This week we learned different sounds for the "ea" spelling.  The picture shows what each child wrote on his/her whiteboard.

Math:

On Wednesday, we practiced counting all the way up to 100 with the objects that you sent in.  We made piles of ten and then counted by tens to make 100!  On Thursday, we completed the Unit 3 review pages in our math books to prepare us for the test.  We will take the test next week.