Reading
We will start Theme 4 in our series which is entitled Amazing Animals.
The first story in the theme is a humorous story about a policeman who loves to give safety tips to school children but no one ever listens...until he brings a dog named Gloria.
The comprehension strategies we will cover are monitoring and clarifying, fantasy and realism, and cause and effect.
The vocabulary words for the week are: accident, attention, audience, commands, officer, and safety.
The phonic lessons will cover the r-controlled vowels of ar, or, ore, and the syllables -tion and -ture.
Math
We are working on telling time. They are doing pretty good but keep practicing at home. They especially need to review the time before the hour...20 minutes before 11. They get 10:40 but have a harder time doing it the other way.
100 Day
In honor of being in school for 100 days each classroom is collecting at least 100 cans of food for the local food pantry. Please send in any donations by next Wednesday which is our 100th day of school....can you believe it!
Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day is a week from Tuesday. The children can bring in cards for their friends, however, they cannot bring in candy treats. This is a school wide practice so your cooperation is appreciated. The children will have treats at the party.
Snowflake Ball
The Snowflake Ball will be on Saturday, February 25th. Be sure and send in your registration if you want to attend. It is always great fun!
Student of the Week
Our special student was Ashanti. She has two sisters and one brother. A few of her favorite things are the color blue, cats, cheese pizza, Junie B. Jones books and soccer. At school Ashanti likes reading and gym. At home she likes to watch movies. When she grows up, Ashanti would like to be a doctor.
