Dates to Remember:

Monday, January 21 – No school. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Tuesday, January 22 – Half day of school. School is dismissed 11:45 am.

Thursday, January 24 – Kindergarten will take NWEA Math assessment.

Peek at the Week:

Sight Words of the Week – she, did 

Literacy/Daily Five – Learning long vowel sounds – long “i”  Learning words that begin and end with digraph “ch”

(church, cheetah, chimes, cheat, rich) Reviewing rhyming words – identifying and producing rhyming words.

Comprehension – understanding narrative stories along with transitional words like; first, next, last.

Writing – Informational unit on arctic animals. We will begin studying Polar Bears. Students will study information/facts on Polar Bears and write facts about Polar Bears that they found interesting.

Math – Comparison of Numerals – visualizing quantities to compare two numerals. Clarification of Measurable Attributes – observing equal volume, equal weights, comparing rectangles of different lengths to create structure, describing measurable attributes of single objects.

Science – Identifying and charting daily weather conditions and looking for patterns to aid in forecasting the weather. Predicting and following weather patterns.

Social Studies – Learning about historical narratives. Understanding important events in history with historical figures.

Reading groups and book bags will go home on Wednesday. Please continue to review weekly sight words. Your child should be able to spell and read weekly sight words given.

Report cards and NWEA reports will be distributed some time next week.

I am very pleased with the growth in reading as I have been working on assessments over the last two weeks. Also, my class met their goals/RIT score on the NWEA reading assessment for the middle of the year. This is quite an accomplishment! Thank you parents for your continued support at home.

We will continue to focus on reading strategies; comprehension, fluency and word to help build skills in reading. As your child becomes more confident with word strategies, decoding words and knowing their sight words their writing will improve too!

Have a great weekend! Stay warm – Winter is finally here!

Mrs. Polgar