Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed this time off with your family. Time to get back to our daily routines and finish off this school year! 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.
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!
-Large writing pencils
-Baby wipes
-Disinfecting wipes
-Kleenex
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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:
1/10: Substitute (I will be out for a conference) Please remind your child to be on their best behavior
Jog-A-Thin-during PE (12:45-1:15)
Students may bring an extra clothes to change into after
1/16: No school
1/18: Wacky Wednesday (sing up list can be found outside the classroom)
1/23: Singapore Math night
1/27: Awards @ 8am
2/1: Global School Play Day
2/10: 100th day of school (more information to come really soon)
2/14: Valentines day Celebration (More information to come really soon)
2/17: No school-Lincoln's Birthday
2/20: No school-Presidents day
1/10: Substitute (I will be out for a conference) Please remind your child to be on their best behavior
Jog-A-Thin-during PE (12:45-1:15)
Students may bring an extra clothes to change into after
1/16: No school
1/18: Wacky Wednesday (sing up list can be found outside the classroom)
1/23: Singapore Math night
1/27: Awards @ 8am
2/1: Global School Play Day
2/10: 100th day of school (more information to come really soon)
2/14: Valentines day Celebration (More information to come really soon)
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 3: "George Washington visits"
- CVC reading test on FRIDAY
- 5 points-students reads CVC word without sounding out loud "cat
- 4 points-students sounds out word then reads whole word "c-a-t, cat"
- 3 points-student only says sounds for letters but not does blend word correctly or does not blend sounds at all "c-a-t" or "c-a-t cap"
- 2 points-student only says 2 letter sounds
- 1 point-student only says 1 letter sound
Words to talk about: words found in the story
Words to read: HFW/Sight words
- Letter(s) of the week: D and K
- Letter D song-ABC mouse
- Letter K song-ABC mouse
- Letter D song-Have Fun Teaching
- Letter K song-Have Fun Teaching
- Letter D song-Storybots
- Letter K song-Storybots
- Home activities: Look for the letter D and K (in all kinds of fonts)
- Say words that begin with the /d/ and /k/ sound
- Draw pictures that begin with the /d/ and /k/ sound
- Sound out CVC words (determine if real or silly)
- day, Dex, dip,dog, dut
- kat, kip, kit, kom, kug
- Make a list words with these endings
- -og, -ip,-en, -at, -um
- 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: Cause and Effect
- Cause and effect video
- 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: see, look
Math: Unit 5-Shapes
- Begin Unit 5: shapes-TEST FRIDAY
- Identify similar solid shapes
- name shapes
- look for 3d shapes outside of the classroom
- Shape song
- 3D shape song
Science: Chapter 3-Living and non-living things
- Students will be able to identify living and nonliving things.
Social Studies: Unit 6-lesson 2: Who are people in history?
- Students will know the triumphs in American legends and historical accounts through the stories of people
- "I like" sentences
- Writing test next week
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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