Week of 2/27-3/3

Good afternoon parents and guardians, 

Be sure to check our our Shutterfly page for our latest classroom pictures. If you would like access, please email me for a special invite. Also, don't forget all parents/guardians were given access to teachers grade books. I try to update my grades right away after the students take a test.

With a new year upon us, some of our classroom supplies have begun to run low. Donations of the following items would be greatly appreciated!

-glue sticks
-Large writing pencils

-Disinfecting wipes
-Gently used board games or card games

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 Please continue to reinforce the following hand signals and rules: 

Hand Signals: (show me the number of fingers in the air)

1 finger: restroom

Encourage your child to use the restroom before school, during recess, during lunch, during PE and after school.

2 fingers:water

Children may bring their own water bottle to keep in class, please LABEL it with their name

3 fingers: pencil

Student may replace their dull or broken pencil for a new one

4 fingers: tissue

when needed, please ask student to sit back down right away

5 fingers: question

question for me to give more information on

Classroom rules:

#1: Listen while the teacher is talking

#2: Follow directions quickly

#3: Respect others, respect yourself, respect your school

#4: Raise your hand to speak or stand

#5: Keep your hands to yourself

#6: Keep your dear teacher happy

If you have any question or concerns please feel free to email me, text back to the reminders I set or stop by the classroom.

School News:

Students have free dress as long as they participate each day!

2/28: Black History Month Assembly
Our class will be performing a song @ 1pm

3/1 VOTING BEGINS
Voting is allowed on a daily basis

3/2: Read Across America

3/7: NO SCHOOL

3/15: Wacky Wednesday
We will be making Solar ovens
Our class is in need of:

Cereal boxes

Pizza boxes
Saran wrap
Foil
Gram crackers
Marshmallows
Chocolate

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THE DONATIONS!

Here is a look into our week

Songs to practice at home:

Syllable song

Letter sounds

Count to 100

Count by 10s

Language Arts: Unit 4-week 4: "Goldilocks and the three bears"

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

• Letter(s) of the week: Gg
• Letter G song-ABC Mouse
• Letter G song-Have Fun Teaching
• Letter G song-StoryBots
• Home activities: Look for the letter Gg (in all types of fonts)
• Say words that begin with the letter Gg
• Draw pictures that begin with the letter Gg
• Sound  out  blend CVC words (determine if real or silly)
•  gap, geb, gib, got, gum, glob, glim
• Make a list words with these endings
• -ag, -eg, -ig, -og, -ug
• Weekly reading comprehension test: Every Friday (Based on the comprehension skill of the week)
• Song we review in class:  Parts of a story song
• This week's focus:  Characters
• High Frequency Words (HFW-also known as Sight words : Same set of words last for two weeks. These words are meant to be read just by seeing them.
• This week's words: one, two, three, four, five

Math: Unit 9-Comparing Numbers to 10

• Begin Unit 9-Comparing numbers to 10
• Comparing numbers game song
• Number gator
• Build numbers up to 10, determine which has more/less
• Card games: War
• Hand Games (Rock, paper, Scissors with numbers)
• Roll Dice-Draw one more/less

Science: Chapter 6- Objects

• Students will be able to identify and describes what they observe with the senses
• 5 Senses

Social Studies: Dr. Seuss

Writing: The Writing house

• Write sentences with a "WHO" and "WHAT"
• Practice paper (print and use at home)








Please feel free to stop by with any questions or concerns. If you are unable to, you may always email me or text back via my reminders.

Have a great rest of the day. See you all tomorrow!

Mrs. Gil