Goodness, it’s nice to have a healthy class! It’s never fun when we’re all sick, and it’s been a month of that. We’ve had a lovely week. Kids have been working really hard in all subjects. It’s been fun to see them sit down and get straight to work. We still have good moments of laughter when we get completely off task (like when I spilled hot coffee all over the front of my pants or when the kids challenged me to see how many words I could type per minute)! Those strange little brain breaks that happen during the day, do give us the energy and focus we need when it matters! I love being your child’s teacher. What a wonderful class!
RED FOLDER: RED Folders are due tomorrow. The folder should only take about 20-30 minutes a night. Students should be doing about 5-10 minutes of Math practice, 10 minutes of word practice (they can choose from the nonsense words, poem worksheet, spelling words, sight words, or sight word sentences) and 10-15 minutes of reading with you or another person.
VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY: I am looking for a parent to plan a little Valentine’s day party. If that’s something you’re interested in doing please e-mail me. We will have the party on February 14 from 1:30-2:30 PM. If this is something you’re interested in helping to plan, let me know ([email protected]).
CONFERENCES: I am sending home a conference time sign up for parents I haven’t gotten a conference note back from. Please read over it and indicate whether you want to conference with me or not, and what times work well for you and your family. I will send home conference times over e-mail.
5210 CHALLENGE: The schools on the move challenge purple sheet log is going home today. During the month of February students and staff will be tracking their 5210 habits with the goal of getting at least 60 checks to earn a t-shirt. Your child will be logging if they eat 5 fruits and vegetables a day, have 2 hours or less of recreational screen time, 1 hour or more of physical activity, and 0 sugary drinks!
READING GOALS: We have new reading goals. Students who meet their reading goals will get a reward at the end of February. We are going to vote as a class on what that reward is.
Specials Next week
Mon: Computer
Tues: Music, Library
Wed: Science Lab
Thurs: P.E.
Friday: Art
Here’s What We’re Learning Next Week
Reading
- Comprehension
- Genre: Expository
- Strategy: Ask Questions
- Skill: Retell
- High-Frequency Words
- better, buy, change, move
- Oral Vocabulary
- Accomplish, agree, argue, attempt, goal
- Fluency
- Repeated Reading: Prosody
- Phonemic Awareness
- Rhyme, Phoneme categorization, Phoneme blending/segmentation
- Phonics
- Long o: o, oa, ow, oe
- Grammar:
- Go and do
- Capitalize proper nouns
- Story: We are going to begin learning how to write stories with characters, setting, a problem and a beginning, middle, and end.
- Spelling words:
- Phonics words: low, boat, no, row, coat, go
- Challenge words: better, buy, change, move
- Extra Challenge Vocabulary: accomplish, agree, argue, attempt, goal
- Students will work on making different combinations of 10. This will help them in adding double digit numbers when they realize what numbers that can fast add to make 10.
- Students will learn to add three single digit numbers together (5 + 3 + 2)