{"id":525,"date":"2017-02-03T11:23:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T16:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrsvensko\/?p=525"},"modified":"2017-02-03T11:24:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T16:24:00","slug":"news-from-mrs-venskos-room-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrsvensko\/2017\/02\/03\/news-from-mrs-venskos-room-10\/","title":{"rendered":"News From Mrs. Vensko’s Room"},"content":{"rendered":"

Upcoming Events<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

2\/10 Family Valentine\u2019s Dance (in gym)<\/strong><\/p>\n

2\/6 \u2013 2\/9 Valentine Gram Sale<\/strong><\/p>\n

2\/14 Valentine\u2019s Day Party<\/strong><\/p>\n

2\/15 Late Start \u2013 9:45am<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2\/17 Exotic Zoo Assembly<\/strong><\/p>\n

2\/17 Haigh School Store open during lunch hours<\/strong><\/p>\n

2\/17 100th<\/sup> day of school!<\/strong><\/p>\n

2\/20 – 2\/24 Mid-Winter Break<\/strong><\/p>\n

2\/28 PBIS PARTY \u2013 Beach Fun<\/strong><\/p>\n

Agenda for the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reading\/Writing:\u00a0<\/strong>We engaged in another R.A.N strategy this week. The R.A.N strategy is reading and analyzing non-fiction text. We talked about what we already knew about hibernation and then we read stories about hibernation and confirmed the facts we knew and discussed knew facts we learned. Next, the children were split into groups to do research on a specific animal and how that animal hibernates. The children practiced informational writing by including facts from the text in their writing. We also made crafts to go along with our research writing. We researched the hibernation habits of bears, groundhogs, bats, and ladybugs.<\/p>\n

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Spelling words for next week will be in the homework packet coming home on Monday<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Please continue to have your child practice writing at home. Here is what I am looking for in class:<\/p>\n

Uppercase to start the sentence<\/p>\n

End punctuation (. ! ?)<\/p>\n

Finger spaces between words<\/p>\n

Does the sentence make sense? Are the words in the correct order?<\/p>\n

Does the picture match the words?<\/p>\n

Did you stretch your sentence? (Is there a noun, adjective, and verb?)<\/p>\n

Math:\u00a0<\/strong>We took our +5 math quiz. Today, I sent home the +6 flashcards. We will take the +6 quiz on Friday, February 10th<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Please continue to practice counting by 1\u2019s, 5\u2019s, and 10\u2019s to 100 with your child at home. Also practice counting to 30 by 2\u2019s (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20\u2026..).\u00a0 Other activities you can practice at home are using tally marks to count objects, identifying 2D\/3D shapes around the house of community, and really making sure your child has good one-to-one correspondence when counting (this means that they touch each object as they are counting and count all objects correctly).<\/p>\n

Social Studies:\u00a0<\/strong>We will begin our geography unit and take a few months to learn about the world around us, our community, maps, and globes.<\/p>\n

We watched Phill come out of his hole and see his shadow for Groundhog\u2019s Day. We also completed several activities for Groundhog\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

Science:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0We began learning about the basic needs of living things. This unit will take a few months to complete. While we are learning about the needs of living things, we will research hibernation and migration as an extra project and complete a R.A.N strategy where we pull the evidence (facts) right from the text and practice informational writing with the information we learn. We started our R.A.N strategy about hibernation and learned about what different animals do to prepare for the long winter.<\/p>\n

Housekeeping Items:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Children need a snack each day!<\/strong> Please do not send candy as a snack. The children need a healthy snack each day such as fruit, crackers, cheese, yogurt, granola bars, etc.\u00a0 As a reminder, no juice is allowed in class for snack.<\/p>\n

Please make sure reading books are placed back\u00a0in<\/strong>\u00a0the green book pouches each night and returned to school every morning.<\/p>\n

Please make sure to record the reading that you do with your child each night on the reading log in the homework.<\/p>\n

Please make sure to\u00a0empty\u00a0<\/strong>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Upcoming Events 2\/10 Family Valentine\u2019s Dance (in gym) 2\/6 \u2013 2\/9 Valentine Gram Sale 2\/14 Valentine\u2019s Day Party 2\/15 Late Start \u2013 9:45am 2\/17 Exotic Zoo Assembly 2\/17 Haigh School Store open during lunch hours 2\/17 100th day of school! 2\/20 – 2\/24 Mid-Winter Break 2\/28 PBIS PARTY \u2013 Beach Fun Agenda for the Week…
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