Please be sure to check your child's backpack everyday to clean it out and look at important papers.
Scholastic Book Orders
March Book catalogs will be going home this Monday. Even though there is deadline to submit orders, feel free to order books online whenever you would like. As soon as you place an order, let me know so I can approve it. The system is no longer notifying teachers when there is a new order.
Scholastic Books-not only do they have monthly books for $1, but you help the class earn point to purchase books. Feel free to place an order using the link below and use our classroom identification code. Book orders are usually delivered in a week and a half.
Classroom code: M9M7P
Be sure to check out the new school calendar
Be sure to check out our Shutterfly page for our latest classroom pictures. If you would like access, please email me for a special invite.
Don't forget to use SMARTYPANTS at home. This new, fun reading program can be accessed at home. All students received their log in information last month. If you have any question, let me know.
Don't forget to use SMARTYPANTS at home. This new, fun reading program can be accessed at home. All students received their log in information last month. If you have any question, let me know.
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Please help me 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 both recesses, lunch 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:
March Family Project Due 3/15
March family project went home this past Thursday. Please check it out!
Here are some examples below:
2/27 Last day to turn in Six Flags reading log
3/2: Read Across America Day aka Dr. Seuss Day
SPRING PERFORMANCE IS AROUND THE CORNER
Our class has been practicing our song for about a month now.
For our perforce I would like for the kids to wear all BLACK! Black shirt, black jeans and if possible black shoes along with a pair of sunglasses!
Here is a look into our week
Songs to practice at home:
Language Arts: Unit 4-week 5
- Theme: Health
- Story of the week: "Open Wide, tooth school"
- Poem of the week: "Brush your teeth"
- Letter(s) of the week: Ee
- Songs of the week for the letter(s) Ee
- ABC mouse
- Have Fun teaching
- StoryBots
- Home activities: Look for the letter(s) Ee (in all types of fonts)
- Say words that begin with Ee
- Draw pictures that begin with Ee
- Sound out blend CVC words (determine if real or silly)
- get, kef, vet, ped, web, ten, hen, leg, bep
- 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
Science: Health-Personal Hygiene
Have a great rest of the day!
- Test-Tuesday
- Students will be able to compare numbers to 10
- Students will be able to draw more or less than a given number
- Examples
- Draw more than 5
- Draw less than 10
- Student will be able to decide which set has more, match the sets and determine how many more or less
- Example
- OOOOO
- XX
- Circle has more, by 3 more
- X's has less, by 3 less
- Students will be able to describe ways to stay clean and healthy
- Students will be able to describe community helpers and describe their jobs
Writing: The Writing house
- Review writing house and lines
- Practice writing a sentence that contains a "who" and a "what"
- The cat is running.
- My dog will sit.
- Practice pages to 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.
Be sure to check grades online. Parents were given access to teacher grade books. I try to update my grade book every weekend.
Have a great rest of the day!
Mrs. Gil
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