Hello Families! I hope you all are staying very warm on these two chilly days! With report cards coming up, next week will definitely be busy! Here is what is going on in the classroom:
Reading: Everyone has been working really hard reading independantly, with a buddy and in small groups. We are finishing up our Nonfiction unit. We will be switching reading groups this week. You may notice your child brought home a Caldecott book from the library (award for best illustrations). We will be discussing these books further in February.
Writing: Yet again we postponed our Authors Celebration. I will not give a definite day for next week, but we will have our celebration. The kids have been working very hard on writing small moments from their lives. As we finish this unit, we will begin a letter writing unit. As I discussed at PIN, students will have a Kid Connection Journal in which they will write about their week to you and I ask that you take time over the weekend to write back to them.
Science/SS: We are finishing our Mapping unit in Social Studies and beginning our new science unit on Plants. We will plant brassica seeds next week.
Math: We just finished our unit on 2D and 3D shapes. We looked over the tests and sent them home on Wednesday. We have begun a new unit on Number Stories. This is a challenging unit. Please be sure to help your child with math links every night.
Spelling: Spelling tests from last week were sent home with your child on Wednesday (/ow/ /aw/ and /ou/ words) We will continue "are" and "not" contractions next week so we will test next Friday.
Scholastic: Book orders were suppose to be due today. The online username is Dahms and the password is Allstars click here to order. If you prefer to send a check, you can still send it to school on Monday!
Other News: Zach was our Star of the Week. Jacob will be our star starting on Monday. Thank you to all families who donated stickers to our classroom! It is much appreciated! To celebrate the upcoming 100th day on February 13th, we have started a class bulletin board "On the Lookout for 100 random acts of Kindness!". Once an act is seen, that person will write a "cloud" stating the kind person and what he/she did. Then it is placed on the bulletin. Ask your child if they have recieved a cloud or written one.
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