What a fun week! The kids had a great time dressing up differently every day of the week. Special thanks to our guest readers on Thursday! The kiddos really enjoyed listening to some new Dr. Seuss books!
Also, new MARCH family project went home this week. Some ideas can be found below!
STAR testing will begin this week. Please remind your child to try their very best and listen to all the directions.
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
-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:
3/1 VOTING OPENED
Voting is allowed on a daily basis
www.ThankAmericasTeachers.com
Please feel free to share with family and friends
3/7: NO SCHOOL
3/15: Wacky Wednesday
We will be making Solar ovens
Our class is in need of:
Cereal boxes
3/1 VOTING OPENED
Voting is allowed on a daily basis
www.ThankAmericasTeachers.com
Please feel free to share with family and friends
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!
3/15 Begin to turn in March Family Projects
Here are some ideas:
Saran wrap
Foil
Gram crackers
Marshmallows
Chocolate
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THE DONATIONS!
3/15 Begin to turn in March Family Projects
Here are some ideas:
Here is a look into our week
Songs to practice at home:
Language Arts: Unit 4-week 5: "If you could go to Antarctica"
Words to talk about: words found in the story
Words to read: HFW/Sight words
- Letter(s) of the week: Ee
- Letter E song-ABC mouse
- Letter E song-Have Fun Teaching
- Letter E song-StoryBots
- Home activities: Look for the letter Ee (in all types of fonts)
- Say words that begin with the letter Ee
- Draw pictures that begin with the letter Ee
- Sound out blend CVC words (determine if real or silly)
- get, vet, zet, wet, det, chet, plet
- Make a list words with these endings
- -ed, -el, -en, -ep, -et
- 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: Classify and Categorize
- 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: here, go, from
Math: Unit 9-Comparing Numbers to 10
- Finish Unit 9-Comparing numbers to 10
- TEST ON WEDNESDAY
- 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: Solar System
- Students will be able to state facts about the planets in our solar system
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
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