Friday, January 31

Friday, January 31
Happy Birthday Levi! (tomorrow)
Character Education: Each Friday for the remainder of the year, the children will be visited by Mrs. Weninger, our school Social Worker. She is working with the children on building character, recognizing and understanding feelings, and other social-skill concepts. She will visit from 8:25-8:45.

  Stories: Go To Sleep, Groundhog!  By: Judy Cox
Double Trouble Groundhog Day  By: Bethany Roberts
Groundhog Literacy: Short Vowel i & u Sort
                                                              Groundhog Color Word Book 

Projects: "Groundhog, where is Spring?" The children are making a pop-up groundhog puppet. We are looking for Spring by wearing a groundhog headband!
Math: Groundhog's Weather Patterns & Dice Roll
Library today!
 Smart Room: It is the last day of the penguin theme...Looking forward to a 'heart-filled' room beginning Monday.

Enjoy the weekend! 

Thursday, January 30

Thursday, January 30

 Popcorn Word: had
 Word Family: -at
Color Word Focus: white

  Language Arts: Retell the events of the story Katy's First Day of School. Again, the kids will work on making inferences during the oral reading of the story.
  Writer's Workshop: The kids are writing a note to you for conferences.
Handwriting: Lowercase s
  Math: Double Compare  
With a partner, the kids will flip over two cards and add the sum. The child with the larger sum takes all the cards for that round. Their work focuses on:
~Combining two amounts.
~Comparing two quantities to determine which is more.
 DAILY 5!

Time For Kids: Ruby Bridges

~Conferences are this evening from 4-7. Plan on writing your child another note to keep on their locker! The supplies will be ready for you on the table.

Wednesday, January 29

Wednesday, January 29

Our shining star this week is Levi!
 Popcorn Word: had

Word Family: -at
Language Arts: Using the story Katy's First Day of School, the kids will make connections as to how it felt on their first day of school.

Color Word Focus: white
A storybook reader is scheduled for 10:10 to read A Snowman Named Just Bob.

Math: Ipads (20 min.)
Computer Class Today!

DAILY 5!
 Smart Room: My apologies for not sending the 'Giraffe Stretch & Rocking Horse' info home last Friday. Look for it today and give it a try with your child!
 
~I am looking forward to visiting with those of you who I am conferencing with tomorrow night!

Friday, January 24

Friday, January 24

Story: The Snow Family  By: Daniel Kirk

 Phonics: Review 'th, sh, ch, wh' 
 Writer's Workshop: I will be modeling another entry on chart paper and send the kids on their way to work on theirs!

Project: Snowkids (Making ourselves in a snowsuit.)
Math: Day 2: One More, One Fewer 
In this activity, the kids turn over a number card and write that number down as well as showing it on a ten frame. Next, a -1 or +1 cube is rolled to change that number to one more or one less than the number written down. Their work focuses on:
~Developing an understanding of more than and fewer than.
~To add and subtract numbers.
~To model the action of combining and separating situations.
No library today...It is in use for Battle of the Books for grades 3-6.

 Smart Room: Watch for an explanation of the 'Giraffe Stretch & Rocking Horse' to come home today. Follow the guidelines and give it a try with your child!

Enjoy the weekend!