Ms.

Budde’s Class News

January 25, 2019
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I hope you all had a restful 3-day
weekend! Notes for this week: Village Excited
• Because of allergies and dietary Except Expect
restrictions, any birthday treats sent in
must be nonedible, like pencils, Explain Texas
stickers, etc. Quick Fudge
• Breakfast is important! Please make
sure your child is having breakfast Charge Excellent
before they come to school. Bridge Exercise
• Kids Heart Challenge (formerly Jump
Rope for Heart) will take place during
Knowledge Quart
the first week of February. Please Question Liquid
continue to collect donations and
send in the release form.
Equal Quilt
• Conference forms are coming home Queen Expert
today. Please review your assigned
time and sign and return the form!
• Recorder money is due. Recorders are Star student
$7 each, and students may order up to
2. Make checks out to Meyer Music. Samantha Rios

What Are We Learning?

Math
This week we learned about the
metric system and how to convert
in the metric system. We also
practiced how to find elapsed time.
ELA
This week we took our ELA interim
test. We also worked on revising
and editing our news articles, as
well as write bio poems about
ourselves or a person that is
important to us.
Science
We learned what the wavelength
and amplitude of waves are. We
also learned that we can make the
wavelength smaller by applying
more speed, and making the
amplitude bigger by applying more
energy.

Mark your Calendar

Next Week This Month Future
January 31-February 1: February 1: Half Day
Conferences February 8: Sweetheart Dance
February 1: Half Day February 13: Count Day
February 22: Lansing Field Trip
Ms. Budde’s Class News
January 25, 2019
a note from the Office
Parent Teacher Conferences – January 31st PM and February 1st PM
Y5-2 Assembly – Friday, February 1@ 8:45am
Sweetheart Dance February 8th @ 6:30 - RSVP now.
Jeff Veley Assembly – Wednesday, February 13th – various times, see below.

Sweetheart Dance – Please return your intentions and money for the 8th as soon as possible. This is
going to be a special night for our ladies filled with pictures, dancing, cupcakes, and fun. New to
the event or need some questions answered not on the invite - please call the office or ask your
daughter’s homeroom teacher.

School Wellness Update: It is cold outside, but we need to keep active -all of us. Heart rates need
to be elevated and physical fitness is the key. Healthy lifestyles are promoted at Knapp with our
physical education, recess and lunch, full-school activities and our partnership with the
YMCA. Throughout the year our PE teacher, Mr. Baglenorth, gets our hearts pumping with PE
classes, introduces, reviews and practices healthy physical fitness and eating habits. The Wellness
Committee has posters up around the school promoting healthy snack options and the school sign
is promoting our healthy snack day – remember to send a healthy snack on February 19th – but no
need to wait, start now. We continue to promote snack options, workouts, play, and fun recess,
lunch and afterschool games that increase and sustain an elevated heartrate are the focus for our
“Be Active Your Way” and to see more fun ways to promote an active lifestyle at home. Click on
the link provided. The guide is located at:
http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/pdf/adultguide.pdf Another supporting website is the: “Be
Active and Play 60 Minutes Every Day!” Youth Physical Activity Toolkit which can be found at:
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/physicalactivity/toolkit/userguide_pa.pdf.

Book Fair - Our winter book fair is just around the corner! We need your help...so please visit the
link below to see where you can help. Shopping hours will be Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm,
with extended hours on Thursday. Thursday we will be open until 8:00 pm during
conferences. Students will have the opportunity to visit the bookfair during their library time to fill out
wish lists or shop for books. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F4BACAF23A0FE3-winter

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.

Responsible Choices Assemblies – 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/ Please consider joining us for the
parent or the student presentations!