Hello Families! I hope everyone is staying warm! Enjoy the photos from the Nature Center! Thank you to our parent volunteers! It was a great trip! Here is our classroom update:
February Field Trip- We will go the Botanical Gardens on February / See the permission slip in today's Friday folder for more details.
Subtraction Smarties- We started subtraction facts tests last week. Our end of the year goal is 54. As a class, most of us have much lower scores on our subtraction tests than addition. If you kept the fact triangles from past homelinks, those are ideal for practicing facts. It really shows kids the strong relationship between addition and subtraction. I encourage the kids to practice facts at home for 5 minutes several nights a week. Practice is the key to improvement.
Keyboarding: We are immersed in keyboarding. We will finish all the letters today. It is proven to be a very difficult skill that requires a lot of discipline and focus. It is much EASIER and FASTER for the kids to just use their pointer finger to type all the keys. I am really trying my best to encourage kids to go slow and practice using the correct keys. Taking short cuts now will hurt them as they grow as typers in third grade...fourth..fifth.. You can help encourage your child when typing at home to use the correct fingers for each key.
Book Series: The class is doing an excellent job diving into a book series and analyzing characters and author choices. I have been impressed with their book club conversations. I think watching a video of our peers, from the Marley book series, talking in a book club really elevated the conversations.
TGIF Journal: Thank you for taking time to write a friendly letter to your child every weekend. This is our last letter. The kids have really enjoyed writing and reading letters with you.
Ask Your Child:
Who is JJ in the class read aloud? What mystery is he trying to solve?
Show me how your fingers should look when they're "online" on a keyboard (home keys)
What are the 3 ways seeds travel? (wind, water, animal)
What are some patterns you have noticed across your book series?
What is the verb game?
On The Lookout For 100 Acts of Kindness- We started this new bulletin board in hopes of writing 100 clouds by the 100th day of school (early February) The kids are eager and on the lookout for kindness!
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