Monday, February 16, 2015

Feb. 17th

PTO is currently hosting PIZZA*4*PAPER. More information can be found below. Any help with this is greatly appreciated.


Reminder about 100th day this Wednesday, students 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:

2/18: 100th day of school- Projects are due!
2/23: Black History Month Performance 1:30-3:00
-We will be singing a Martin Luther King song
-Feel free to have students practice the song at home
2/26 Awards Assembly



Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:
  • Story: Unit 4-Week 1 "Rooster's off to see the world"

Math:
  • Finish Chapter 10: Ordinal Numbers
    • Students will be able to sequence events
    • Students will be able to understand first, second and third in terms of position
    • Students will be able to rank, first, second and third.
  • Begin Chapter 11:Calendar Patterns
    • Students will know the days of the week
    • Students will know the months of the year
Science:
  • Begin Chapter 7: Matters and Mixtures
    • Students will be able to identify and measure solid objects.
    • Students will be able to observe how liquids take the shape of their containers.
    • Students will be able to tell that gases fill their containers
Social Studies:
  • President's Day
Leadership:
  • Resilience- Black struggles for equality

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

100th Day of School Projects



I AM SO SORRY this is last minute. But, I think it would be fun to do a 100th day of school project. Since you will have a 4 day weekend, this should give you ample time to create something with your child.

The assignment is to create something out of 100 objects. Get creative! You can use tooth picks, legos, food items, popsticle sticks, etc.

Below are some items that might help you along. As you and your child complete the project, please make sure your child practices counting to 100.

Sunday, February 8, 2015

This Week Feb. 9th

2/11: Coffee with Director
2/12: Valentines Day celebrations 
-Students are allowed to bring in Valentines this day
-We have 27 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 and Practice Drill @9:00 am
2/20: Family Lunch Friday
2/23: Black History Month Performance 1:30-3:00
-We will be singing a Martin Luther King song
-Feel free to have students practice the song at home
2/26 Awards Assembly



Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:
  • Story: Unit 3-Week 6 "The lion and the mouse"

    • Unit 3 test:
      • HFW covered this unit: me, with, she, see, look, they, of and you
Math:
  • Finish Chapter 9: Comparing Sets and test
    • Comparing sets up to 10
      • Students will be able to understand fewer and less and identity each group
    • Comparing sets 11-20
    • Comparing sets to find the difference
      • Students will be able to count the difference through comparing sets in one-to-one correspondence.
    • Combining sets
      • Students will be able to add using number trains and count on using fingers
  • Begin Chapter 10 : Ordinal numbers
    • Sequence events
      • Students will be able to sequence events

Social Studies:
  • US presidents
    • Abraham Lincoln and George Washington
Leadership:
  • Resilience- Black struggles for equality

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

This week

2/4: Day of play
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 and Practice Drill @9:00 am
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




Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:
  • Story: Unit 3-Week 5 "Then and Now"

    • Weekly comprehension exam: Draw Conclusions 

Math:
  • Continue with Chapter 9: Comparing Sets
    • Comparing sets up to 10
      • Students will be able to understand fewer and less
    • Comparing sets 11-20
    • Comparing sets to find the difference
      • Students will be able to count the difference through comparing sets in one-to-one correspondence.
Science:
  • Begin Chapter 7: Matters and Mixtures
    • Students will be able to identify and measure solid objects.
    • Students will be able to observe how liquids take the shape of their containers.
    • Students will be able to tell that gases fill their containers
    • Students will be able to tell how water changes by freezing, melting and boiling
Social Studies:
  • Valentines Day
    • Fun projects all week long
Leadership:
  • Perseverance: The Civil Rights Movement

Sunday, January 25, 2015

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




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
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?

Monday, January 19, 2015

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




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
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

Sunday, January 11, 2015

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