*REACH* Leadership Academy: Look into our week 1/23-1/27

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

-Baby wipes

-Disinfecting wipes

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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:

1/27: Last day to turn in January monthly project
If weather permits Jog-A-Thin-during PE (12:45-1:15)
Students may bring an extra clothes to change into after
1/31: Awards @ 8am

2/10: 100th day of school (sign up sheet should be up this week)

2/14: Valentines day Celebration (sign up sheet should be up this week)
2/17: No school-Lincoln's Birthday
2/20: No school-Presidents day

Here is a look into our week

Songs to practice at home:

Language Arts: Unit 3-week 5: "Then and Now"

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

Letter(s) of the week: Oo

Letter O song-ABC mouse
Letter O song-Have Fun Teaching
Letter O song-Storybots
Home activities: Look for the letter O (in all kinds of fonts)
Say words that begin with the /o/ sound
Draw pictures that begin with the /o/ sound
Sound out CVC words (determine if real or silly)

hot, fox, pot, jop, dot, rom,

Make a list words with these endings

-ot, -op, -ob, -om, -ox

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: draw conclusions

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: they, you, of

Math: Unit 7-Comparing sets

Begin Unit 7-comparing sets

Comparing numbers game song
Number gator
Intro to non-measurement units
Nonstandard unit song
Key concepts: Nonstandard units and cm cubes, length, height, width, size, comparing length and size
At home practice: lay foundation for comparison of numbers, introduce rules of measurement-aligning endpoints, no gaps or overlaps, same size unit