2/25

Hello Families!

Upcoming Dates:

Feb. 28th: Homework is due

March 1st: Spring Pictures (UNIFORM ONLY)

March 4th: Field Trip Money Due

March 7th: FIELD TRIP!   Field Trip Online Permission Slip

-Sack lunch and mask! Masks need to be worn on the bus to and from the field trip. Sack lunch means that everything is disposable and labeled!

-Students must show outstanding behavior before and on the field trip. Please review expectations.

-I have filled all chaperone positions, but don't fret we will have more field trips!

March 11th: Half Day (pickup @11:30)

March 21-25: Spring Break NO SCHOOL

April 15th: NO SCHOOL

Academics:

Moral Focus: Next week we start looking at Encouragement. What is it and when we should use it!

Phonics: We are going to focus on vowel teams that make the long e sound. These are ee, and ea. We will also introduce sneaky -y. Y at the end of a two-syllable word makes the long e sound as well. For example, lady, study, many.

Comprehension: We will continue to explore characters and how they can change in a story.

Writing/Grammar: Students have been working hard on identifying types of sentences and now we are going to focus on expanding our simple sentences into compound sentences. Students will be looking at how to combine sentences with the words and or but.

Math: We are going to review next week, and I will pull students to do a quick skills check. This will help me tailor my instruction to help meet student's needs.

Science: We are going to wrap up our space unit!

2/16

 HAPPY MID WINTER BREAK!

I hope everyone has a great long weekend! 

Students are responsible for charging their computers at home. If a student does not have a charged computer they will now receive a consequence. I often give reminders at the end of the day and this has been an expectation since day one. Please help remind your student.

Upcoming Dates:

Feb. 17th, 18th, 21st: NO SCHOOL

Feb. 28th: Homework is Due!

March 1st: Spring pictures UNIFORMS ONLY

March 11th: 1/2 day Pick up @ 11:30, no lunch provided

March 21-25: SPRING BREAK NO SCHOOL

Academics: 

Phonics: We will be working on vowel teams ai and ay in addition to review multisyllabic words.

Comprehension: We will be identifying character traits. Characters have positive and negative traits, that can help or hinder them solving the problem of the story.

Grammar: Next week we will be focusing on identifying the four types on sentences. 

• Declarative: statement or telling sentence   .
• Interrogative: asks a question    ?
• Exclamatory: strong emotion    !    
• Imperative: command or request    .

Math: We will be wrapping up number lines and skip counting. Try skip counting by tens! Extra challenge start with 22 and count on by tens from there!

Science: We are going to continue to explore the solar system! The students are loving it!

2/11

Hello families!

This communication is short and sweet but full of important information.

Upcoming dates:

Feb. 14th: Valentine's Day Celebration (see below for more details)

Feb. 17: NO SCHOOL

Feb. 18: NO SCHOOL

Feb. 21: President's Day NO SCHOOL

March 11th: Early release @ 11:30 AM

March 21-25: Spring Break

Valentine's Day Celebration: Students can bring decorated boxes to collect their valentine cards in. Students may bring valentine cards to pass out to all students in our class. Please address the cards "To: friend" and signed with your student's name. We have 29 students in our classroom.

Academics:  

Next week is super short so we will be reviewing in all subject areas. 

2/4

 Upcoming Dates:

Feb 11th: HALF DAY (pick up @ 11:30)

Feb 14th: Valentine's Day Celebration

Feb. 17, 18, 21: NO SCHOOL 

Feb. 28th: HOMEWORK DUE

For the Valentine's Day Celebration I sent home a hot pink flyer with info on it. It said student may decorate a Valentine's mailbox  and bring in valentines to pass out to all students (29). Please address them to "friend."

Academics:

Moral Focus: We are exploring courage and what that looks like in school and home.

Phonics: We are going to explore words with the Vowel-Consonant-E syllable type. Most people know this are magic or silent e. Words with this syllable type have long vowel sound. Examples: bike, take, Pete, note, and cube.

Comprehension: In reading we will be looking at characters and how they change over the course of the story. Their attitude or mental state may change as they learned to solve their problem.

Writing: Students will explore verbs and nouns and how they often relate. We will also be starting narrative stories.

Math: Students will continue to use number lines in various ways. Students will also work on skip counting. 

Science: We have started our space unit and will look at different phases of the moon.