Hello!

Welcome back from Mid-Winter Break!

We will be celebrating 100 Days of School on Thursday with some special activities and we are asking for donations.  We are in need of:

2 large boxes of Fruit Loops cereal (can be the generic brand)

2-3 packages of the Avery Color Coding Labels (I will post a picture) –

If you are able to help with a box or package of labels please let me know by commenting below!

Thanks for your support!

DON’T FORGET SPRING PICTURES ARE TOMORROW.  NO MONEY IS DUE AT THIS TIME BUT THERE IS A PICTURE PAGE THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE A POSE FROM.

Thank you to all of the parents who donated goods for our Valentine Party and for all of our parent helpers!

Spring Pictures

Spring Pictures will be taken on Tuesday, February 25^th (after winter vacation).  Order forms can be found in your student’s folder.  No money is due at this time.  You will be able to view proofs and decide if you would like to order at a different date.

100 Days of School

We will celebrate 100 Days of School on Thursday, February 27^th.  There is a “100’s Day” assignment in your student’s folder.  These collections can be displayed/glued on poster board or simply be brought in a Ziploc baggie.

Science Night

Mark your calendars for the night of March 12^th.

Science night will have some family friendly experiments and all of the student’s display boards from their grade level Science Experiment will be displayed.

In the Young Fives class we will be “Growing Gummy Worms!”   I will model the experiment in class the week after Winter Vacation and then all the materials for you to try at home will be sent home on Friday!

What We Did This Week

1. Our AlphaFriend was Ollie Octopus, Letter Oo
2. Our new sight word was, “we”
3. Our New Poem was, “My Friend”
4. We practiced stamping our sight words in “Word Work” during Daily 5
5. We did a number of Valentine activities and crafts
6. We worked with our number grids in Math
7. We wrapped up our work with “Sink and Float” in Science and after vacation we will begin to study “Push and Pull”
8. We had 2 days of OUTDOOR RECCESS!!!!!!!!  

Thank you for your generosity!  We have just about all the supplies we need for our party Friday.

If you are interested and attending the Party Friday you are more than welcome to come help us pass out cards, eat, and play BINGO!

We will begin about 9:00 a.m.

We are preparing to make Valentine’s Day mailboxes to collect our Valentine cards in!  Please send in an empty tissue box or a small shoebox.  If you have an extra you can send that in as well!

Please write your student’s name on the bottom of the box (in ink or sharpie).

Thank you!

News and Information

Reading Logs

January reading logs can still be turned in for a Pizza Hut reward.  You will find February reading logs sent home in the folders today.

Show and Tell

There is a “SHOW AND TELL” schedule also being sent home today.  Your child may bring something to share with the class only on their assigned day.

Weekly vs. Monthly Behavior Reports

You will find a different format on the back of the folders next week to report daily behavior.  The change is being done to help preserve paper.

Book Fair

Our class will “BROWSE” the Scholastic Book Fair on Monday, February 3^rd.  They will bring home book titles and costs Monday as well.

What We Did This Week

Our Alpha Friend this week was Zelda Zebra, Letter Zz

Our new high frequency word was, “my”

In math we continue to count by 1’s, 5’s and 10’s.

In Science we continued our study of Sink and Float

In Writer’s Workshop our focus is on using the alphabet chart to “STRETCH” our sounds

Book Orders

January Scholastic Book orders are due tomorrow,  January 24^th.  Directions for how to order online can be found on the front page of our classroom Blog.

Dome Theater

Thank you to the PTA for bringing “Dome Theater” to the Lindbergh gym yesterday.  The students enjoyed viewing a Science movie about Space on a giant blow up dome!

What We Did This Week

Our Alpha Friend was Dudley Duck, Letter Dd

Our new “high frequency word” was the word, like.

In math we continue to count by 10’s and now 5’s.

In Writer’s Workshop we are working on using the alphabet charts to find sounds for our stories.

In Science we explored “Sink and Float.”  We made predictions, carried out our experiment and reported our results.

Calendar Reminder:

Monday, January 20^th:  No School

Thursday, January 23^rd:  Half-Day of School, School is dismissed at 11:45

Friday, January 24^th:  No School, Teacher Professional Development

What We Did This Week:

The majority of the week was spent assessing students for the end of the card marking period.

The students are making great progress!

• Our AlphaFriend was Queenie Queen, Letter Qq
• Our “High Frequency Word” was the word, I.
• We rotated through Daily 5
• We now have a “Ring of Words” we will be adding to every week (high frequency words)
• We got new Writer’s Workshop journals
• We worked on counting by 10’s, using Tally Marks, Writing the “Tricky Teens”, and locating numbers on our number grid.

Have a good weekend!