Friday Note

Friday Note 1/20/17

This Week:  

• Math-  We continued the unit on joining groups (addition).  We introduced + (plus sign) and = (equal sign).  Your child should now be able to write and solve simple addition problems.  We also discussed what a “sum” is and strategies (drawing pictures, using counters or other manipulates, counting on, etc.) for solving addition problems.

• Language Workshop— We spent the week researching walruses.  We read a variety of books and used many resources to help us find facts (PebbleGO, Kids World Book Online, National Geographic Kids, various websites, etc.).  As we gathered information on walruses, we wrote a list of facts about them.  Next week, we’ll write an informational paper as a class about them.
• Writing Workshop— We continued working on writing complete sentences.  We practiced writing sentences and then cutting those sentences into separate words and then gluing them back into the correct order again.  We differentiated a word from a sentence and then worked on making one word into a sentence (ex. if a child is given the word “house”, he/she may write “I live in a tan house.”)  Your child should be able to tell you the components of a good sentence (begins with a capital letter, ends with a punctuation mark, includes finger spacing between words, and unknown words are “stretched out” (spelled phonetically.  For example, “boat” = “bot”.)
• Reading Workshop—Students are working daily in Literacy Centers.  While students are working independently, I am meeting with small groups to focus on different reading skills.  During independent reading time, students are practicing the skills they are learning during small groups and using their reading strategies.  I hope that you are able to see them using these reading strategies when they are reading with you at home.
• Word Study— We continued to focus on rhyming this week. Please continue to practice at home.  Your child should be able to identify if two words rhyme, as well as be able to produce a word that rhymes with a given word.       

Important Dates:

• January 20: Little Cheer Performance (during the varsity half-time at around 7:30pm)
• Feb 10: Valentines Party (more details to come)
• Feb. 14:  Jump Rope for Heart form and money due
• Feb. 17:  Jump Rope for Heart
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Little Cheer Performance

2 parents/guardians will get in for free with a little cheer participant. Also, all elementary kids will get in for free that night.  If someone that is not a parent is coming for only the performance, they will not be charged. Seniors 55+ are free.  Regular admission is $2 for students and $3.00 for adults.

Book Bags

Keep reading and returning the book bags every Friday.  Also, please encourage your child to read these books several times before returning them (you only have to log them once). It would be best if you are reading the books each night.  Please take care of these books while they are at your house as they belong to our classroom.   

The Character Word for January is:

Perserverance

(Never! Ever! Quit)

Sight Words—Keep practicing!

I   is   like   see   my   a   the   be  it   he   she

  to   can   with   go   we   me   you   and   have   

Next Week:

• We will continue our class research project about walruses.
• We will finish the unit on addition
• Our sight word will be “are”.
• We will learn about syllables.

Have a great weekend!!

Mrs. Wenger