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!

January Book Orders were sent home in the Red Folders yesterday.  Directions for ordering online can be found on the homepage of our classroom BLOG.  Book Orders are due Friday, January 24th.

Another opportunity to order a school shirt at SALE prices!  Order forms for school shirts were sent home yesterday.

Have a great week!

Happy New Year!

Hope everyone had an enjoyable winter vacation!

Calendar

Monday, January 20^th     – No School

Thursday, January 23^rd   – ½ Day of School, Students dismissed at 11:45 a.m. (End of the Semester)

Friday, January 24^th         – No School, Teacher Professional Development Day

Reading Logs

December Reading Logs can still be turned in for a Pizza!  January Reading Logs are being sent home today!

What We Did Thursday and Friday!

• Our AlphaFriend was Keely Kangaroo, Letter Kk
• We rotated through “Daily 5”
• We reviewed writing our numbers and representing them on our Ten Frames

Change in lunch schedule due to snow days:

Monday- Chicken Nuggets

Tuesday- Hot dog

Wednesday- Spaghetti

Thursday- Bosco Sticks

Friday-   Fish Nuggets

Have a good weekend!

Thank you to all of the parents who volunteered or donated to our Holiday party.  I appreciate your help in creating a fun time for the students.

I am overwhelmed by the generous holiday gifts and thank you for Target gift card.  I plan on doing some much needed shopping over winter break.

I wish each of our families a happy and HEALTHY holiday and look forward to watching the Young 5’s continue to grow in 2014.

January 8^th – Late Start, School will begin at 8:35 a.m.

January 20^th – No School, MLK Day

January 23^rd – Half-day of school, School ends at 11:45 a.m.

January 24^th – No School, Teacher Professional Development Day

What We Did This Week

• Our Alphafriend was Iggy Iguana, Letter Ii
• We sorted capital letters vs. lower case letters during Daily 5
• We listened to many Holiday stories
• We wrote to Santa in our Writer’s Workshop!
• We are working on counting by ten’s in math.

Just a reminder that our Holiday Party is Thursday morning at 9:00.

If you plan to have your student participate in the gift exchange please spend no more than $5.00 and please bring it wrapped.  Boys bring for a boy.  Girls bring for a girl.

Thank you already for the donations that have come in!

Holiday Party

Our Holiday party will be next Thursday morning beginning at 9:00 a.m.

We will decorate an ornament, decorate a cookie, enjoy a snack and participate in a gift exchange.  If you wish to participate in the gift exchange please spend no more than $5.00 and have your student bring it to school wrapped by next Thursday.  Girls are buying for girls.  Boys are buying for boys.

Winter Vacation

School will be closed December 23^rd-Jan. 3^rd.  School will resume on Monday, Jan. 6^th

What We Did This Week

• Our Alpha Friend was “Larry Lion”, Letter Ll
• We rotated through Daily 5
• We enjoyed Christmas story read alouds
• We wrote in our Writer’s Workshop books
• In math we used our geometric shapes to make pictures, our play dough to form numbers, and we ordered from least to greatest.

**We welcomed Ms. Donna as our new classroom parapro.  Ms. Renee took on a different position in the district.