We created neighborhood maps and we will continue to review important aspects of maps after break. Below are pics of our process:

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2-14 homework page 2

2-16 homework page 1

2-16 homework page 2

Happy learning!

-Ms. Mohamed

Review Week: Neighborhoods/Community Celebrations!

Reading: This week is all about celebrations! We will be reading Alicia’s Happy Day; Is this the job for you? (community helper jobs); Why is the moon in the sky?; Elves and the Shoemaker.

Strategies: Connecting to the text-

• Think abut a celebration you enjoy with your family or community. It maybe Christmas, Eid, Thanksgiving, A Block Party, etc.. Talk about it!
• Think about what you want to be in your neighborhood. Think about what community helper you would like to be when you grow up. It maybe a teacher, doctor, librarian, etc..Talk about it!

Letters of the Week: Jj, Uu

Sight word focus: do, for

Word Family: -et (met, pet, set, jet, vet, forget, get, fret, net, let, wet, yet)

Spelling Words: The words practiced are called hot words:

 pet, set, met, for, a, see, do, love

The word I will add as a bonus will be a cold word from the word family -et

Writing: We will be creating a book called Do you love me? We will include a question and answer with characters and of course using quotation marks. You will see the book coming home Friday!

Math: We will really work hard on fluently adding within 5, but we will be practicing adding within 10 with manipulatives, drawing and counting on (instead counting from the beginning). Your child at this point should be able to write 0-100. We need to focus on if I say a number it is not written in reverse. For example, if I say “12”, your child should write 1 and then 2 following, not “21” .

Social Studies: We will continue to explore types of maps. We will explore parts of our neighborhood and create group neighborhood maps. We will explore a compose rose. We will learn that we are tiny things in this giant world. Specifically, we will continue working on the project flip book that will state:

My Neighborhood-

• I live in Dearborn.
• I live on Michigan.
• I live in the United States of America.
• I live in North America.
• I live on Earth.

Science: We will explore land forms. Please discuss what each of the land forms listed below:

mountain

river

ocean

plain

Reminders:

• Our Valentines Day celebration is Tuesday, February 14th. If your interested in (not obligated to) sending in Valentines to share please refer to previous post.
• Our 100th day of school is Wednesday, February 15th. Please refer to previous post about that day. Also is a late start date.
• Mid-Winter break begins Monday, February 20th. We will return to school on Monday,  February 27th.

Ms. Mohamed

If you would like to send in (not obligated to) Valentine’s Day cards for your child to share, here is couple things to keep in mind:

• We have 24 students in the classroom
• Make sure your child’s name is on it. (You don’t have to put it to a specific child)
• We are celebrating on Tuesday, February 14

For the 100th day of school on Wednesday, February 15th, you can but not obligated to:

• Send your child dressed as a 100 year old person-don’t go buy anything, just borrow something for the day-it’s just for fun!
• Share a thing that contains 100 items

Ms. Mohamed

Congratulations to the students of the month of January:

Elena Harb

Maci Miller

Great job and keep up the good work!

-Ms. Mohamed

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Week 2: Unit 6: Neighborhoods 

Reading: This week we will continue learning all about a neighborhood and community helpers. We will read Bus Stops; The park; Ms. Mouse needs a friend; Acrefoot the Mailman

Letters of the week: Ee, Yy

Sight word of the week: said, yes

Word Family: -an (man, can, fan, etc..)

Spelling words: We will have our second spelling test this Friday, February 10th.  The list was sent home last week.

Below are the words:

man

can

fan

go

to

yes

said

Writing: We will be writing a narrative. We will be working on writing sentences to our speech balloon characters we created last week. We will discuss the importance of using quotation marks when a character speaks. The sentence will look like: “Meow!” said the cat.

Math: We will explore the dime. We will discuss its value and count by 10’s. We will also exchange the dime with nickels and pennies. We will try to count the amount of coins and write its value in cents.

Social Studies: We will continue to explore types of maps. We will explore parts of our neighborhood and create group neighborhood maps. We will explore a compose rose. We will learn that we are tiny things in this giant world. Specifically, we will continue working on the project flip book that will state:

My Neighborhood-

• I live in Dearborn.
• I live on Michigan.
• I live in the United States of America.
• I live in North America.
• I live on Earth.

Science: We will explore land forms. Please discuss what each of the land forms listed below:

mountain

river

ocean

plain

Have a great week!

Ms. Mohamed

Each child needs a 1/2 inch binder. (some of you may have brought it in the beginning of the year. Ask your child if they are all set.

We are also in need of glue sticks or glue bottles.

Thanks!

Ms. Mohamed

Every student has a folder. This folder needs to be in the backpack everyday. It is labeled on both pockets. I will be sending home homework every Tuesday and Thursday. It is expected to be turned in the next day (Wednesday and Friday). The homework being sent home is a reinforcement of what we learned before and also teaches a sense of responsibility. I taught the kids to empty out the “keep at home” section. The “return to school” section will only have the homework and the reading log.

Attached is the first two homework assignments. I will post the homework weekly when I post the blog.

Happy Learning!

Ms. Mohamed

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