Hopefully this newsletter finds you doing well after all of the power outages from last week.

The Book Fair will extend to Wednesday, March 1st.

Lunch with Grandparents’ has been reschedule to Tuesday, February 28 during our lunch at 11:20.

Core Values Assembly has been reschedule to Wednesday, March 1 at 2:15.

New Dismissal procedure will begin soon. Please watch for communication to come. Your patience and cooperation is appreciated during this transition. Again, please watch for communication to come.

• Monday, February 27 – Pizza Monday

ELA

Writing – We are finishing up our informational writing assessment this week. Informational writing shares facts with a reader. We will start learning how to write an opinion. An opinion states how you feel and gives reasons for feeling that way about a topic.

Reading – We are a bit off on our small group reading instruction due to the “snow” or should I say “ice” days. We will get back small group instruction this week

Spelling – This is a bit of a mess, to be honest. Per communication last week, I was going to push the test to Friday, March 3, but I think I need to change that. The kids were mostly ready last Friday. So this is what we are going to do. We will test on Tuesday the long o words. I will start instruction on the ee and ea words on Tuesday. We will test on Friday the new list. (Pacing is crucial when it comes to our ELA Benchmark series. They must be aligned.)

• street
• greet
• fleet
• feed
• seed
• seat
• meat
• cheat
• all
• where
• people
• draw

MATH – We are learning to measure with centimeter cubes this week. It is important to have a common endpoint and no spaces between cubes when measuring. It stresses the convenience of having a ruler with the unit measurement.

SCIENCE – We are finishing up our Earth and Space Systems unit with learning about a thermometer. A thermometer is a tool that measures the temperature of the air around it. It measures in 2 different units: Fahrenheit and Celsius. We will learn how to read a thermometer and understand what this tool is telling us about the air temperature.

SOCIAL STUDIES – We are continuing our geography unit. We only dabble in this subject because our focus was on Science for the past month. We will shift the focus to Social Studies. Please start practicing your address with your first grader. This is crucial for the foundational understanding of an absolute location. When your child is older they will learn that an absolute location is more the longitudinal and latitudinal location. For us, it is an address.

Thank you for your patience and understanding last week and this week.

Mrs. Korte