{"id":1413,"date":"2016-02-07T20:41:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T01:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2016-02-07T20:50:41","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T01:50:41","slug":"week-of-february-8-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/2016\/02\/07\/week-of-february-8-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of February 8, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hope you enjoyed your weekend.\u00a0 I spent Saturday with my granddaughter Lucy, as we celebrated her 6th birthday.\u00a0 Since she is in Kindergarten, we like to share information about what&#8217;s going on in each other&#8217;s class.\u00a0 We always have a lot to discuss. Her little sister, Mollie, likes to be in on the action too, so it&#8217;s always fun when we&#8217;re together!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the agenda for the week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>READING-Week 3 of Unit 6 <strong>NEIGHBORHOODS.<\/strong>\u00a0 We&#8217;ll talk about <strong>Neighborhood Workers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>COMPREHENSION STRATEGY-Summarize<\/p>\n<p>COMPREHENSION SKILL-Retell<\/p>\n<p>WRITING-Writing a list<\/p>\n<p>SPELLING-The students had their first Spelling Test last Friday and most did very well! Here are this week&#8217;s words:<\/p>\n<p>(We&#8217;ll work with the <strong>&#8220;it&#8221;<\/strong> chunk.)\u00a0 <strong>pit\u00a0 hit\u00a0 fit\u00a0 slit\u00a0 are\u00a0 for\u00a0\u00a0 (<\/strong>I might toss in <strong>&#8220;the&#8221;<\/strong> as an extra, since some folks like to mix up the letters in spelling it.\u00a0 Be Prepared)<\/p>\n<p>MATH-We will be creating <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>graphs. <\/em><\/span>\u00a0 We will also work with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nickels and dimes.<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 Practice counting coins at home, using nickels and dimes.\u00a0 The students have been counting by 10&#8217;s and 5&#8217;s for quite a while and should be able to count up coins.<\/p>\n<p>SCIENCE-We will be using our opportunities in Math with creating <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Bar Graphs <\/em><\/span> to help us construct other graphs using new information.<\/p>\n<p>Coming up this week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Monday-Monday Book Bags due<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday-Tuesday Book Bags due\u00a0\u00a0 **<strong>Please have your child bring in a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">small <\/span>stuffed animal for a\u00a0 math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>graphing lesson.**<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday-Wednesday Book Bags due\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LIBRARY BOOK due<\/p>\n<p>Thursday-<strong>Thursday AND Friday Book Bags due <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will celebrate St. Valentine&#8217;s Day with exchanging Valentines and a party!\u00a0 The students always enjoy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 this day because they get ALL that mail for themselves!\u00a0 Here is a list of the students&#8217; names:<\/p>\n<p>Sarah\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eman\u00a0\u00a0 Mahdi \u00a0 Noor \u00a0 Hassen \u00a0 Lana \u00a0 Adriana\u00a0 Jonah\u00a0\u00a0 Ameer \u00a0 Alina \u00a0 Mia \u00a0 Juliette \u00a0 Kareem \u00a0 Jordan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Derek \u00a0 Emily\u00a0 Khalil \u00a0 Keelan \u00a0 Joelle \u00a0 Lily \u00a0 Nabil \u00a0 Zahra \u00a0 Avalina \u00a0 Jacob \u00a0 Hussein \u00a0 Zachary<\/p>\n<p>Friday 2\/12-Monday 2\/15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NO SCHOOL\u00a0 (MID-WINTER BREAK)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Have a good week and <strong>Happy St. Valentine&#8217;s Day! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>A good life<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>is when you<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 assume nothing,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>do more, assume less<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>smile often, dream big,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>laugh a lot, and realize<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>how blessed you are.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope you enjoyed your weekend.\u00a0 I spent Saturday with my granddaughter Lucy, as we celebrated her 6th birthday.\u00a0 Since she is in Kindergarten, we like to share information about what&#8217;s going on in each other&#8217;s class.\u00a0 We always have a lot to discuss. 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