Ms.

Budde’s Class News

January 11, 2019
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Welcome back! I hope you all had a
wonderful and relaxing break. Here are Chicken Threaten
some reminders as we being again: Eleven Caterpillar
• Because of allergies and dietary
restrictions, any birthday treats sent in Brother Paddle
must be nonedible, like pencils, Jungle Animal
stickers, etc.
• Breakfast is important! Please make Natural Pitcher
sure your child is having breakfast Together Shelter
before they come to school.
• Information will be going home soon
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about our field trip to Lansing! Needle Frighten
• Kids Heart Challenge (formerly Jump
Rope for Heart) will take place during
Several Mumble
the first week of February. Donations Summer Deliver
can be collected starting today.
Information about this event and
donation collecting is coming home Star student
in Friday Folders today.
Ian Reinhard

What Are We Learning?

Math
This week we reviewed skills that we
will see on our Interim Assessment
that we be taking next week. Skills
we reviewed: adding fractions and
mixed numbers, multiplying,
dividing, and word problems.
ELA
This week we began a unit on
poetry and figurative language.
Students learned to identify and use
similes, metaphors, and
onomatopoeias in poetry. We also
continued to work on our news
articles.
Science
We began a new science unit this
week. We explored how waves
move objects in deep water and
close to shore, and the difference
in movement between both.

Mark your Calendar

Next Week
January 18: K-5 Assembly
January 18: 3-8 Talent Show
This Month Future
January 21: No School February 1: Half Day
January 31-February 1: February 8: Sweetheart Dance
Conferences February 13: Count Day
February
February 22: Lansing Field Trip
Ms. Budde’s Class News
January 11, 2019
a note from the Office
Dates coming up:
Y5-5 Assembly – Friday, January 18 @ 8:45am
Talent Show – Friday, January 18 @ 1:00pm
No School – MLK Day January 21st
Parent Teacher Conferences – January 31 and February 1st
Sweetheart Dance – February 8th at 6:30 -8:30 invites to our ladies this Friday!

Re-Enrollment – It’s important that you have re-enrolled your child for next year and saved their
seat. Please login to your parent portal and on your home page will be a link to complete this
process. It’s imperative that we have your re-enrollment decision before the end of January.

Car Signs – Replace your TODAY if you do not have one. Contact your homeroom or Mrs.
Schweitzer in the office. Rainy and wintery weather is upon us and we need to get your child
to the cars safely and quickly. Ask your teacher for your replacement car sign. Thank you.

Responsible Choices Presentation – Knapp is excited to welcome speaker/presenter Jeff Veley

to Knapp on Wednesday, February 13! Jeff will be presenting to students, staff, and parents on
bullying information/prevention, problem solving, and empowerment. The schedule for the day
will be: *8:45-9:45 - Parent Presentation, *10:00-11:00 - Y5-2, *12:50-1:50 - 3-5 and *2:05-3:05 -
Middle School. Please consider joining us for both the parent session, as well as any of the
student sessions that apply to your family. For more information on Jeff, visit his
website: https://www.jeffveley.com/youth-motivational-speaker/

Knapp’s Artists - It is hard to believe that we are halfway through the 2018-19 school year
already. From Ms. Brumwell: From here on out as your Knapp student completes works of art,
here at school, photos will be taken of the finished pieces and they will be uploaded to
Artsonia.com. You may have recently received an email and/or printed invitation to
participate. Artsonia.com is an online portfolio of your student’s art work. We have been very
busy in the Art Room. YOUNG FIVES & KINDERGARTEN has been learning how lines create
shapes, and how shapes can be turned into all sorts of things! They are making great progress
with their cutting and gluing skills. FIRST GRADE has been working with lines and patterns,
symmetry, and texture. SECOND GRADE has made an upcycled multimedia piece using
cardboard from lunch deliveries, scraps of construction paper from last year and sand found in
the back of the storage closet. THIRD GRADE has been working on a watercolor winter
landscape. Look for them to be coming home within January. FOURTH GRADE has been
exploring color and are finishing up their first couple watercolor paintings of the school year.
FIFTH GRADE has created paper snowflake sculptures that are hanging in the library area
making for a whimsical theme. MIDDLE SCHOOL is transitioning from two dimensional media to
three. Their ceramics unit was started right when we got back from holiday break. When you
have a chance please check out what Artsonia.com is all about and check back regularly to
view your student’s art portfolio.