NOTES FOR PARENTS:

• Thank you so much to all of the parents and grandparents who volunteered in our classroom this week! Here is the sign up for next week.
• Scholastic book club orders are due February 28th! Scholastic is doing an amazing deal where our class gets 100 extra points towards books for every $10 order this month.
• Kids Heart Challenge will run until February 28th!
• Slips with spring parent-teacher conference times will be sent home on Monday. Please sign and return these to school so I know if you can make your assigned time or if I need to reschedule you.

CELEBRATIONS:

Mystery Reader – This week Carter’s grandma surprised us as a mystery reader. She read a book about puffins and gave each student a photo of a puffin to take home!

Valentine’s Day Party – 

Thank you so much to all of the parents who made our last party a success! Here are some photos from the party.

OUR LEARNING:

Reading –  Students learned new strategies to solve hard words. They can think about what word would fit there, break up long words by covering up part of the word with their finger, and use words they already know.

Writing – Students published their book reviews and shared them with the class. You can find videos of your child sharing here!

Math – We began working on Unit 5! Most of this week was spent reviewing subtraction story problems.

Word Study – Students began learning about the vowel teams ee and ea that say the long e sound. We built words together using those vowel teams.

UPCOMING DATES:

• Monday, February 17th
  • PE
  • Star of the Day: Alesha
• Tuesday, February 18th
  • ART
  • Star of the Day: Kennedy
  • Celebrate Kashen’s Half Birthday
• Wednesday, February 19th
  • STEAM
  • Library
  • Star of the Day: Evelynne
• Thursday, February 20th
  • MUSIC
  • Star of the Day: Jacob
• Friday, February 21st
  • PE
  • Star of the Day: Aaron
  • Early Release