January 12-16

Good morning parents and guardians, 
I hope your kiddos had a great first week back! We are starting to get back into our classroom routines with only minimal setbacks. Please remind your child to continue to follow all the classroom rooms, we have had to stop a few times to review them, especially rule number 4: Raise your hand to speak or stand. Other than this, my students are doing a great job and are even closer to being first graders!

Here are some quick reminders from our awesome PTO

January Dates to keep in mind:

-1/12: PTO mtg @ 4 pm & REACH Board mtg @ 7pm

1/14: Coffee with Director @ 8am

1/19: MLK-NO SCHOOL

1/21: Wacky Wednesday (more information to follow soon)

1/22: Parent technology meeting @ 6pm

1/26-1/30: Nation School Choice Week

1/28: Prospective Parent Info Mtg @5pm

1/29: January Awards Assembly @ 8am

Here is a look into our week:

Language Arts:

• Unit 3-Week 2-"Little Quack"

• Weekly comprehension exam: Plot
• CVC word reading and high frequency word reading exam this week
• 5 points-read CVC with out sounding out word-"Cat"
• 4 points-sounds out word aloud and reads word again-"/c/ /a/ /t/-Cat"
• 3 points-reads sounds of each letter but does not blend word again-"/c/ /a/ /t/"
• 2 points-reads only 2 letter sounds-"/c/ /a/"
• 1 point-read only 1 letter sound-"/c/"
• 0 points-no letter sounds read

Math:

• Begin new chapter-Chapter 8:Numbers to 100
• Students will be able to count by 2s.
• Students will be able to count by 5s.
• Students will be able to count by 10s.
• Students will be able to count to 49.
• Example:
• -Count on using 1 group (rod/group) of 10 (begin to count on from 10)
• -Count on using 2 groups (rod/group) of 10 (begin to count on from 20)
• -Count on using 3 groups (rod/group) of 10 (begin to count on from 30)
• -Count on using 4 groups (rod/group) of 10 (begin to count on from 40)  

Social Studies:

• Unit 6: L3-How have things changed?

• Students will understand how people lived in earlier times and how their lives would be different today.

Leadership:

• Leadership-Try your best

Science:

• Finish Chapter 3: Living and Nonliving things
• Students will be able to identify the needs of living things
• Students will be able to tell some ways animals are the same and different
• Students will be able to tell some ways plants are the same and different
• Chapter test on Friday

I will be out of the classroom all day Wednesday, but will still be on campus. Please remind your son and our daughter to listen to the substitute and follow all the rules. They should act exactly the same way as if I was there, if not even better!

Please feel free to email me or stop by if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you and enjoy the weekend, 

Miss. Maciel