This Week

1/30: Jump Rope for Hearts @ 1:30

-Please be sure your child returns their participation form (even if no donation is made)

2/11: Coffee with Director

2/12: Valentines Day celebrations 

-Students are allowed to bring in Valentines this day

-We have 26 students in our class

-To make it easier on the students to pass out cards please fill out "To: Friend"and "From: student's name"

2/13:Lincoln's Birthday-No school

2/16: President's day-No school

2/18: 100th day of school

2/20: Family Lunch Friday

2/26 Awards Assembly with performance

-We will be singing a Martin Luther King song

-Feel free to have students practice the song at home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kd07Tyxcc0

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

• Story: Unit 3-Week 4 "Farfanilla and Marcel"






• Weekly comprehension exam: Plot 

Math:

• Finish up Chapter 8: Numbers to 100
• We are focusing on teaching the students how to make  and count groups of ten and ones
• Exp: 
  
  10, 20, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39
• Here is a song that shows the students the teen numbers (using tens and ones) this is a great way to "see" what we are trying to show them so they can then count higher with more tens and ones
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uedvwH6Ay18

Science:

• Continue with Chapter 4: Plants and animals
• Students will tell how people chance as they grow
• Students will tell about plants and animals that live on land
• Students will tell about plants and animals that live in water

Social Studies:

• Groundhogs Day
• What is this day?
• What is a groundhog?

Leadership:

• School Choice: Why do you choose REACH?

This Week

I hope you are all enjoying this three day weekend! We have two celebrations coming up (more information to follow from myself and the room parents): Valentines day and 100th day of school.
Our Valentines day celebration will be Feb 12 and our 100th day celebration will be Feb 18. Some big news about 100th day, students this year are allowed to dress up as 100 year old!  Here are some ideas:

Here are is some important new from the PTO and dates to keep in mind:

1/19: MLK-No school

1/20: Wacky Wednesday 

-If you would like to help this day please feel free to email me or stop by to let me know

1/29: Awards Assembly

2/11: Coffee with Director

2/12: Valentines Day celebrations 

-Students are allowed to bring in Valentines this day

-We have 26 students in our class

-To make it easier on the students to pass out cards please fill out "To: Friend"and "From: student's name"

2/13:Lincoln's Birthday-No school

2/16: President's day-No school

2/18: 100th day of school

2/20: Family Lunch Friday

2/26 Awards Assembly with performance

-We will be singing a Martin Luther King song

-Feel free to have students practice the song at home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kd07Tyxcc0

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

• Story: Unit 3-Week 3 "George Washington Visits"




• Weekly comprehension exam: Cause and Effect

Math:

• Continue with Chapter 8: Numbers to 100
• We are focusing on teaching the students how to make groups of ten and then count on
• Students are having a hard time showing numbers using rods of 10 (groups of ten) and cubes of 1 (ones)
• Here is a song that shows the students the teen numbers (using tens and ones) this is a great way to "see" what we are trying to show them so they can then count higher with more tens and ones
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uedvwH6Ay18

Science:

• Chapter 4: Plants and animals
• Students will be able to match young animals with their parents.
• Students will describe how animals change as they grow.
• Will focus on the life cycle of a frog and a butterfly
• Students will tell how plants chance as they grow

Social Studies:

• Unit 2-Lesson 1: What are symbols?
• Students will recognize nation and state symbols and icons

Leadership:

• Excellence: Confidence

January 12-16

January Dates to keep in mind:

-1/12: PTO mtg @ 4 pm & REACH Board mtg @ 7pm

1/14: Coffee with Director @ 8am

1/19: MLK-NO SCHOOL

1/21: Wacky Wednesday

1/22: Parent technology meeting @ 6pm

1/26-1/30: Nation School Choice Week

1/28: Prospective Parent Info Mtg @5pm

1/29: January Awards Assembly @ 8am

Here is a look into our week:

Language Arts:

• Unit 3-Week 2-"Little Quack"

• Weekly comprehension exam: Plot
• CVC word reading and high frequency word reading exam this week
• 5 points-read CVC with out sounding out word-"Cat"
• 4 points-sounds out word aloud and reads word again-"/c/ /a/ /t/-Cat"
• 3 points-reads sounds of each letter but does not blend word again-"/c/ /a/ /t/"
• 2 points-reads only 2 letter sounds-"/c/ /a/"
• 1 point-read only 1 letter sound-"/c/"
• 0 points-no letter sounds read

Math:

• Begin new chapter-Chapter 8:Numbers to 100
• Students will be able to count by 2s.
• Students will be able to count by 5s.
• Students will be able to count by 10s.
• Students will be able to count to 49.
• Example:
• -Count on using 1 group (rod/group) of 10 (begin to count on from 10)
• -Count on using 2 groups (rod/group) of 10 (begin to count on from 20)
• -Count on using 3 groups (rod/group) of 10 (begin to count on from 30)
• -Count on using 4 groups (rod/group) of 10 (begin to count on from 40)  

Social Studies:

• Unit 6: L3-How have things changed?

• Students will understand how people lived in earlier times and how their lives would be different today.

Leadership:

• Leadership-Try your best

Science:

• Finish Chapter 3: Living and Nonliving things
• Students will be able to identify the needs of living things
• Students will be able to tell some ways animals are the same and different
• Students will be able to tell some ways plants are the same and different
• Chapter test on Friday

January 5th

January Dates to keep in mind:

-1/12: PTO mtg @ 4 pm & REACH Board mtg @ 7pm

1/14: Coffee with Director @ 8am

1/19: MLK-NO SCHOOL

1/22: Parent technology meeting @ 6pm

1/26-1/30: Nation School Choice Week

1/28: Prospective Parent Info Mtg @5pm

1/29: January Awards Assembly @ 8am

Here is a look into our first week back

Language Arts:

• Unit 3-Wk 1: "Little Panda"

• Weekly Comprehension Exam: Compare and Contrast

Math:

• Chapter 7-Shapes
• Students will be able to recognize and name basic solid shapes.
• Students will be able to describe basic solid and flat shapes
• Students will be able to say name and draw flat shapes
• Students will be able to make pictures using basic flat shapes
• Students will be able to identify and extend a shape pattern

Social Studies:

• Unit 6: L2-Who are people in history?
• Students will know the triumphs in American legends and historical accounts through the stories of people

Leadership:

• Excellence-What does excellence look like?

Science:

• Chapter3-Living and Nonliving thing
• Students will be able to identify living and nonliving things.