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

______________________________________________________________________

 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

Look into our week 2/21-2/24

Good evening 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

______________________________________________________________________

 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:

2/22: Last day of Box Top Competition
2/23: Jog-a-thon Pledge envelopes due
2/24: Awards 8 am

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
STUDENTS MAY WEAR PAJAMAS
In need to Volunteers to come and read to the class with a Q&A session right after
Total time should be about 20 mins per reader
Available times are:
8:30
9:30
10:30
1:15
2:15

3/7: NO SCHOOL (Pending board approval)

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 3: "Little Mouse"

• CVC reading test (Friday)
• CVC words and words with beginning blends
• Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF)
• Say all the sounds in words

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

• Letter(s) of the week: Blends
• Blends song 1
• Blends song 2
• Blends song 3
• Home activities: Look for the blends (in all types of fonts)
• Say words that begin with the Sl,Br, Sc, Sn
• Draw pictures that begin with the blends mentioned above
• Sound  out  blend CVC words (determine if real or silly)
•  Slip, Slim, Brat, Brin, Scop, Scod, Snap, Snog
• Make a list words with these endings
• -at, -eg, -ip, -og, -up
• 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:  Sequence
• 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)

Science: Chapter 6- Objects

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

Social Studies: Black History Leaders

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

Look into our week 2/13-2/16

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

______________________________________________________________________

 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:

February Family Project 
Below are some ideas
Please bring in by 2/13

2/9: Color Run (Jog-a-thon) 12:45-1:15
water and orange donations can be brought in the day of

2/14: Valentines day Celebration 1:30-3:00
 (sign up sheet available outside our classroom)
Please let me know if you would like to volunteer!

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:

Syllable song

Letter sounds

Count to 100

Count by 10s

Language Arts: Unit 4-week 2: "My Lucky Day"

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

• Letter(s) of the week: Hh
• Letter L song-ABC Mouse
• Letter L song-Have Fun Teaching
• Letter L song-Storybots
• Home activities: Look for the letter L (in all kinds of fonts)
• Say words that begin with the /l/ sound
• Draw pictures that begin with the /l/ sound
• Sound  out CVC words (determine if real or silly)
•  lap, leg, lig, loj, lup  
• Make a list words with these endings
• -at, -eg, -ip, -og, -up
• 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
• 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: are, that do

Math: Unit 8-Measurement

• Finish Unit 8-measurement (TEST 2/16)
• 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

Science: Chapter 7-Mixtures and Matters

• Students will be able to identify and measure solid objects.

Social Studies: Valentine's Day

Writing: The Writing house

• Writing test 2/16
• "The _____ will_____" sentences
• 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

NEED YOUR HELP (soon)

Good evening parents and guardians, 

What an amazing 100th day of school. I hope your kiddos had a great memorable day.

I wanted to inform you about an amazing opportunity I've been given. 
I was given the chance to apply for a grant, for funds to be used in class (if chosen as a winner). 

This is where I will need your help! Starting MARCH 1st, voting will begin. Please share the website below with as many people as you can. Daily voting is allowed.

I love going above and beyond for my kiddos, winning this grant would let me do so much more.

Thank you in advance!!!!!

Have a great evening and weekend, 

Mrs. Gil

Look into our week 2/6-2/10

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

______________________________________________________________________

 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:

February Family Project 
Below are some ideas
Please bring in by 2/13

2/9: Color Run (Jog-a-thon) 12:45-1:15
water and orange donations can be brought in the day of

2/10: 100th day of school (sign up sheet available outside our classroom)
Please let me know if you would like to volunteer!

2/14: Valentines day Celebration (sign up sheet available outside our classroom)
Please let me know if you would like to volunteer!

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:

Syllable song

Letter sounds

Count to 100

Count by 10s

Language Arts: Unit 4-week 1: "Roosters off to see the world"

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

• Letter(s) of the week: Hh
• Letter H song-ABC Mouse
• Lette rH song-Have Fun Teaching
• Letter H song-Storybots
• Home activities: Look for the letter H (in all kinds of fonts)
• Say words that begin with the /h/ sound
• Draw pictures that begin with the /h/ sound
• Sound  out CVC words (determine if real or silly)
•  hab, hep, hit, hog, hut  
• 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:  sequence
• 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: are, that do

Math: Unit 8-Measurement

• Begin Unit 8-measurement
• 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

Science: Chapter 7-Mixtures and Matters

• Students will be able to identify and measure solid objects.

Social Studies: Unit 2-Lesson 1-What are symbols?

• Student will be able to name well known symbols (USA)

Writing: The Writing house

• "The _____ can_____" sentences
• 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