DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Thursday, Feb. 13th—Valentine’s Party, (Jump Rope for Heart—1st-4th Grades), Parent Teacher Conferences 4:00-7:00
-Friday, Feb.14th—No School/PD for Teachers
-Mon., Feb. 17th—No School/Presidents Day
VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY:
24 Bowls—Lily
24 Napkins—Cyle
24 Spoons—Lily
1 Carton of Vanilla Ice Cream—Akira
1 Carton of Vanilla Ice Cream—Madelyn
Chocolate Syrup—Grayson
Caramel Syrup—Akira
Strawberry Syrup/Topping—Miley
Sprinkles—Madelyn
1 Can of Redi-Whip—Wesley
1 Can of Redi Whip—
Parent Volunteers—12:30-3:00
Gail Cook
Brandi Shepardson
Tiara Valle
READING:
Our focus text for this week is Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes; we will also be reading some other books by this same author. Our focus letter for this week is Pp and our new sight words are yellow & green. We will continue to practice both of our new Comprehension Strategies: Repair Bear—monitoring as we read & Digger the Dog—digging for the ‘big idea,’ important details, and the author’s purpose in the texts that we read. At stations, we will continue to work on reading and writing our sight words, rhyming, retelling, word study, and writing. Students are becoming more and more independent during stations, which allows me to work with small groups to build literacy skills. Please continue to practice reading and writing sight words at home.
WRITING:
Last week we began writing a see-saw pattern book about things we like to do in Michigan in the Wintertime. This week we will finish up those books by taking some time to conference with a friend, edit & revise, add a title, and add a ‘WOW’ cover. We will be editing our January Journals to bring home to share and complete a journal page about hibernating animals. We will finish the week by introducing pattern books with a Question & Answer Structure and begin writing our own books using this type of structure.
MATH:
This week we will practice writing and building our teen numbers using base 10 blocks. We will continue to work on addition and subtraction stories, as well as identifying 3D/Solid Shapes (cubes, spheres, cylinders, rectangular prisms, & cones). Students will be introduced to Attribute Blocks this week and practice different rules for sorting.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
We will begin our week by learning about Groundhog’s Day; we will check in with Punxsutawney Phil to see if he did OR did not see his shadow on Sunday and what that means for the upcoming weather forecast. We will also read several narrative and informational texts related to polar animals this week and learn about how they adapt to their cold environments.
