President's Day
During the month of February we celebrate President's Day to honor all our presidents past and present. Since George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were born in February they tend to be the focus of our month. In keeping with that tradition and to familiarize our children with these two men who were so influential in our countries history, Mrs. Onorato and I have planned a joint activity. Mrs. Onorato's class will research George Washington and "teach" our class about him. Our class will become experts on Abraham Lincoln and impart our knowledge on the students in Mrs. Onorato's class. Feel free to visit your own library to check out a biography on Mr. Lincoln (and George Washington, if you'd like) and read it with your child at home.
Reading/Writing Workshop
In reading we will focus on biographies. The children will work on a timeline after reading a biography of a famous person.
Math
Counting money and making change has been our focus the last few weeks. Most of the children have done well on counting a pile of change. Now they really need to work on making change. This is not as easy for them and they need to review this very important skill at home to master it.
Student of the Week
A.J. was our special student last week and we will let him continue this week since we missed two days. A.J. has one older sister in 5th grade. A few of A.J.'s favorite things are the color black, dogs, lemon chicken, Geronimo Stilton, wrestling, and sports in general. When A.J. grows up he would like to be an astronaut.
Have a Heart...Lend a Can
We are collecting cans for the Woodridge Community Pantry. Since 100th day is on February 9th we are trying to collect at least 100 cans in each room. Currently we have 18 items.
