Hello parents and families and Happy Friday!!
This week, we began our five week long unit on the five classes of animals! Our first animal class we introduced was FISH! We learned different facts about fish such as how they breathe (gills), how they move (fins and tail), what they eat, and where they live (habitat). At the end of our animal unit, each student will be picking their favorite animal and completing an animal report at home and at school. Make sure they keep that in mind as we go through the next few weeks! We completed a few fun art projects about fish including our rainbow fish (and we wrote what it would say if it could talk!) and our goldfish aquarium! We also estimated how many goldfish crackers were in our jar, and then counted them to see how close we were! Wednesday was our Cowboy Count Day! THANK YOU to you all for making sure your children were present on this day! The kids looked adorable!
In reading groups this week, we continued to work on identifying sounds in CVC (consonant/vowel/consonant words) throughout the text, sight words, and sounding out unfamiliar words. Please make sure the kids are practicing their sight words as much as possible as this is what will help them increase their reading levels! Also make sure you are reading every night on RazKids to become more confident with reading! In math, we continued to work on addition, practicing daily addition. We are just about ready to begin subtraction; we are set to start that on the 21st! Some Montessori math lessons taught this week were the hundred board and the number chart, making complex numbers, the ten board, missing number, more than/less than, and the teen board. In writing, we began working on our "How To" writing. We started off using a graphic organizer to write the steps of how to build a snowman/how to make fruit salad... Next week, we will write them into books. Then, the kids will come up with their own topic and write and illustrate their own How To books! We will be working on that until the end of February! In social studies, our unit was learning about the continents and their location on the globe. We will be completing our continent globe art project within the next few weeks. In Nutrition this week, they were introduced to the dairy group.
Next week, in addition to Valentines Day (Tuesday) and the 100th Day of School (Thursday), our animal class unit is MAMMALS! We will talk about different important facts about mammals and complete a project relating to a very well known mammal. Should be a very exciting week!
Valentines' Day
Don't forget that our Valentine's Day celebration is this coming Tuesday, February 14th!!! We will have a celebration in the morning from 9-11am. We are in need of volunteers for this day. A form has been sent home in your child's folder explaining what will take place on this day. If you have not already turned in your child's Valentine's box and valentines, please do so by Monday at the latest! Make sure that the children ONLY put their own names on the Valentines so it doesn't take a long time to pass them out.
100th Day of School
Don't forget that our 100th Day of School celebration is this coming Thursday, February 16th!!! We will have a celebration in the morning from 9-11am, completing lots of fun projects! DON'T FORGET that every student needs to wear their 100 day shirt (with 100 items glued securely onto it) and also needs to bring in their Ziploc bag of 100 pieces of snack that was assigned to you. We will be putting them altogether for snack in the afternoon! We are also still in need of volunteers for this day! Please let us know if you are available!
Homework
Sight word homework - please make sure to be completing this each week and turning it in on Mondays! This is a grade on your child's report card!!
Reading Logs - Don't forget to be working on these every night and filling them in! Please remember these ARE also a grade on your child's report card so it is VERY important that they get turned in on time!Also, remember that your child gets to sign our 100/200/300 train if they reach a new milestone of books!
Sight Words
Week of 2/6 -- pretty, that, well, say, too
Week of 1/30 -- soon, this, was, white, with
Week of 1/23 -- what, want, please will, saw
Week of 1/16 -- now, out, ride, so, they
Week of 1/9 -- at, brown, like, do, good
Week of 11/7 -- not, one, said, to, where
Week of 10/31 -- down, look, is, in, go
Week of 10/24 -- my, run, three, we, big
Week of 10/17 -- away, come, funny, I, little
Week of 10/10 -- me, red, the, up, you
Week of 10/3 -- and, can, for, here, jump
Week of 9/26 -- yellow, to, make, play, see
Week of 9/19 -- a, blue, find, help, it
Winter Clothing
Please remember that we DO go outside if the temperature (with the wind chill is 25 degrees or higher). If the kids do not have boots, coats, hats, gloves and snow pants, they are not allowed to go in the snow. The absolutely minimum they must have is a coat, hat, and gloves. In addition, if you send your child to school in boots, they MUST have a pair of shoes to change into. Please check individual classroom pages for GYM schedules as well, to make sure they are prepared with tennis shoes for gym. Another important note - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LABEL EVERYTHING you send to school! We are getting A LOT of items lost with NO NAMES! Thank you in advance for your help with this! :)
This week, we began our five week long unit on the five classes of animals! Our first animal class we introduced was FISH! We learned different facts about fish such as how they breathe (gills), how they move (fins and tail), what they eat, and where they live (habitat). At the end of our animal unit, each student will be picking their favorite animal and completing an animal report at home and at school. Make sure they keep that in mind as we go through the next few weeks! We completed a few fun art projects about fish including our rainbow fish (and we wrote what it would say if it could talk!) and our goldfish aquarium! We also estimated how many goldfish crackers were in our jar, and then counted them to see how close we were! Wednesday was our Cowboy Count Day! THANK YOU to you all for making sure your children were present on this day! The kids looked adorable!
In reading groups this week, we continued to work on identifying sounds in CVC (consonant/vowel/consonant words) throughout the text, sight words, and sounding out unfamiliar words. Please make sure the kids are practicing their sight words as much as possible as this is what will help them increase their reading levels! Also make sure you are reading every night on RazKids to become more confident with reading! In math, we continued to work on addition, practicing daily addition. We are just about ready to begin subtraction; we are set to start that on the 21st! Some Montessori math lessons taught this week were the hundred board and the number chart, making complex numbers, the ten board, missing number, more than/less than, and the teen board. In writing, we began working on our "How To" writing. We started off using a graphic organizer to write the steps of how to build a snowman/how to make fruit salad... Next week, we will write them into books. Then, the kids will come up with their own topic and write and illustrate their own How To books! We will be working on that until the end of February! In social studies, our unit was learning about the continents and their location on the globe. We will be completing our continent globe art project within the next few weeks. In Nutrition this week, they were introduced to the dairy group.
Next week, in addition to Valentines Day (Tuesday) and the 100th Day of School (Thursday), our animal class unit is MAMMALS! We will talk about different important facts about mammals and complete a project relating to a very well known mammal. Should be a very exciting week!
Valentines' Day
Don't forget that our Valentine's Day celebration is this coming Tuesday, February 14th!!! We will have a celebration in the morning from 9-11am. We are in need of volunteers for this day. A form has been sent home in your child's folder explaining what will take place on this day. If you have not already turned in your child's Valentine's box and valentines, please do so by Monday at the latest! Make sure that the children ONLY put their own names on the Valentines so it doesn't take a long time to pass them out.
100th Day of School
Don't forget that our 100th Day of School celebration is this coming Thursday, February 16th!!! We will have a celebration in the morning from 9-11am, completing lots of fun projects! DON'T FORGET that every student needs to wear their 100 day shirt (with 100 items glued securely onto it) and also needs to bring in their Ziploc bag of 100 pieces of snack that was assigned to you. We will be putting them altogether for snack in the afternoon! We are also still in need of volunteers for this day! Please let us know if you are available!
Homework
Sight word homework - please make sure to be completing this each week and turning it in on Mondays! This is a grade on your child's report card!!
Reading Logs - Don't forget to be working on these every night and filling them in! Please remember these ARE also a grade on your child's report card so it is VERY important that they get turned in on time!Also, remember that your child gets to sign our 100/200/300 train if they reach a new milestone of books!
Sight Words
Week of 2/6 -- pretty, that, well, say, too
Week of 1/30 -- soon, this, was, white, with
Week of 1/23 -- what, want, please will, saw
Week of 1/16 -- now, out, ride, so, they
Week of 1/9 -- at, brown, like, do, good
Week of 11/7 -- not, one, said, to, where
Week of 10/31 -- down, look, is, in, go
Week of 10/24 -- my, run, three, we, big
Week of 10/17 -- away, come, funny, I, little
Week of 10/10 -- me, red, the, up, you
Week of 10/3 -- and, can, for, here, jump
Week of 9/26 -- yellow, to, make, play, see
Week of 9/19 -- a, blue, find, help, it
Winter Clothing
Please remember that we DO go outside if the temperature (with the wind chill is 25 degrees or higher). If the kids do not have boots, coats, hats, gloves and snow pants, they are not allowed to go in the snow. The absolutely minimum they must have is a coat, hat, and gloves. In addition, if you send your child to school in boots, they MUST have a pair of shoes to change into. Please check individual classroom pages for GYM schedules as well, to make sure they are prepared with tennis shoes for gym. Another important note - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LABEL EVERYTHING you send to school! We are getting A LOT of items lost with NO NAMES! Thank you in advance for your help with this! :)
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