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