Mueller Messenger

Volume 2, Issue 18 January 7, 2010

What’s New? SOARing High

January Character Trait is With the beginning of 3 rd
Quarter comes the beginning of a new
Integrity!! quarter of earning SOAR bucks. We have been re-teaching our
Doing what is right even when no school-wide expectations and will continue to reinforce positive
one is watching!!  behavior by rewarding students with SOAR bucks. These SOAR
bucks will allow students to gain entry to the BIG EVENT at the end
Weekly Quizzes & Work (week of Jan.10-14) of the quarter. This quarter students need to earn 6 SOAR bucks
in order to attend. Ask your child what they did to be a Safe,
Friday ~ Math Check Up, Spelling Test, Reading
Skill Assessment Outstanding learner, who is Always respectful and Responsible.
Daily- Reading towards 100 minutes for the week, Let’s SOAR!!
DLR

Great Start to the New Year!

Future Plans! We have had an unbelievable start to the New Year. Everyone
Jan. 17th No School-Martin Luther is working hard and putting forth their best effort in
King Jr. Day (2ND Snow Day) everything they do. We would like to encourage these
Jan. 25th Boot Camp behaviors to continue throughout the remainder of the year.
Jan. 27th Tropical Thursday Please remember to continue to encourage responsibility and
Feb. 11th Valentines Parties sustained effort. Please continue to check and sign your
Feb. 15th Spring Pictures
child’s Brain Book each night. I hope that you are finding
Feb. 15th, 17th,Parent/Teacher
them to be useful and informative. I am already beginning to
Conferences
Feb. 18 th No School (3rd Snow Day) see improvement in grammar, punctuation, and handwriting.
Feb. 21st No School We are also looking for continued reading practice. Students
Mar. 10 th End of 3rd quarter/PBS should be choosing and completing chapter books on a regular
Big Event basis.
Mar. 14th-18th Spring Break
Mar. 29th Boot Camp Our Caring Kid for December is:
Mar. 30th-Apr. 8th MAP Testing 
Lexi Carpenter

What’s Coming Up?

(week of Jan. 4-7)
Reading: Inferring; Drawing Conclusions
Writing: Effective Beginnings
Working With Words: by, sometimes, didn’t, irresponsible, misunderstand, powerful, thoughtful, cheerful,
peaceful, painful Prefix: mis- ir- Suffix: -ible -ful
Math: 3-D Geometry
Social Studies: Government and Principles of Constitutional Democracy