Attention Parents!
School Fundraiser Information: This semester, our school is participating in a unique fundraising program with Art to Remember that gives you the opportunity to purchase keepsake items with your child’s artwork on them.
Every purchase supports your child, their classroom, and their school!
Order forms for Art to Remember were sent home with students on 3/2/18 and are due back by 3/13/18. To place your order online visit:
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If you would like to be a guest reader in our classroom,
see me at entry and dismissal time to sign up for a day and time.
Upcoming Events
3/5 – 3/9 Scholastic Book Fair
3/7 Book Fair Night 3:35 – 7:00
3/14 Late Start 9:35 am arrival
3/15 – 3/16 Haigh School Store
3/19 – 3/22 Popcorn Sales (delivery on Friday 3/23)
3/22 Rainforest Live Assembly (Evening shows will be available to the public for $5 per person 5:30 – 6:30 and 6:30 – 7:30)
3/29 PBIS Celebration (board games and puzzles)
3/30 – 4/8 NO SCHOOL!!! SPRING BREAK!!!
Agenda for the week
Reading/writing We worked on the letter Ss. This week we learned the sight word look. We are using I can see a, I like, and I can as sentence starters for writer’s workshop. We have learned the following sight words: I, am, can see, like, my, you and look. Please practice writing sentences at home with the I am and I can and I see a, I like sentence starters. Please continue helping your child write their first and last name at home. We are learning to stretch our words and write the sounds we here and we are learning to put a period at the end of our sentence. We learned how and when to use an exclamation point in our writing.Keep practicing your letters and sounds.DON’T FORGET TO DO READING EGGS AT HOME 3 DAYS A WEEK! We are learning to use our sight words to create new stories during writers’s workshop.
Math We are learning about greater than and less than. We are comparing two numbers to see which is greater. We will continue working on numbers from 0-20. Please have your child work on Math Seeds 3 days a week. We are working on counting to 30. We are learning to show the value of a number in different ways. We are using our fingers, ten frames and tally marks to represent a number. We are playing math games in math workshop to help us learn numbers and their values.
Social Studies We are learning about maps and globes. We are learning how to read a map and use the map key to find things on a map.
Science We are learning about penguins. We are going to read information books to learn more about penguins.
Please make sure to empty the green folders each night! It is very difficult and time consuming to locate homework or important notes when the folder is full of papers from the day before. Remember to initial the communication log and feel free to add any notes to me!
Here is another song the students like to sing.
Upcoming Events
2/13 Valentine celebration (Your child may bring Valentine’s to pass out)
2/13 – 2/14 Valentine Gram Sale (delivered on 2/16)
2/16 Assembly – Journey to the Center of the Earth
2/16 100th Day
2/19 – 2/23 Mid-Winter Break
2/28 PBIS celebration – Solo Cup Competition
Agenda for the week
The winter weather has arrived. Please label all of your child’s winter clothing. If your child wears boots to school, please send in a pair of dry shoes to wear in the classroom. Please help your child to learn to zip, unzip, put on hats, mittens, coats, boots and snow pants by themselves. Parents will not be allowed in the building to help their child. Remember, we are trying to teach independence.
Reading/writing We worked on the letter Cc. This week we learned the sight word my. We are using I can see a, I like, and I can as sentence starters for writer’s workshop. We have learned the following sight words: I, am, can see, like, my. Please practice writing sentences at home with the I am and I can and I see a, I like sentence starters. Please continue helping your child write their first and last name at home. We are learning to stretch our words and write the sounds we here and we are learning to put a period at the end of our sentence. Keep practicing your letters and sounds.DON’T FORGET TO DO READING EGGS AT HOME 3 DAYS A WEEK!
Math We are learning to compare attributes. We are sorting objects with similar attributes. We will continue working on numbers from 0-20. Please have your child work on Math Seeds 3 days a week. We are working on counting to 30. We are learning to show the value of a number in different ways. We are using our fingers, ten frames and tally marks to represent a number. We are playing math games in math workshop to help us learn numbers and their values.
Social Studies We are learning about maps and globes. We are learning how to read a map and use the map key to find things on a map.
Science We are learning about the weather. We are learning about the sun and how it warms the earth.
Please make sure to empty the green folders each night! It is very difficult and time consuming to locate homework or important notes when the folder is full of papers from the day before. Remember to initial the communication log and feel free to add any notes to me!
Dear Parents,
We will be having a Valentine’s Day party on Feb. 13, 2018. Your child may bring a Valentine card and or a wrapped snack for each child in our classroom. Please have your child sign his/her name on the back of each Valentine card. Do not write anything on the front of the envelopes or in the To space on the card. We have 17 students in our class.
Today we learned about Mat Man. His song teaches us how to draw a person.
Please enjoy watching this video and drawing Mat Man with your child.
