week of February 2, 2015

This week in class:

Math:  Our topic is still: Topic 7, Addition.  We will have: stories about joining, joining groups, using the plus sign, find sums, and making addition sentences.  We hope to finish the chapter next week in order to take our assessment.  The children did a great job with using Little Quack to act out addition sentences. In Math Meeting, we have been counting by ones, fives, tens, tens, and been counting from one number to another (like starting at 65 and counting to 83).  We will also continue to practice counting to 100 and more 100 fun on the 100th day of school. (See attached note)

Reading/Phonics:  Our new story is called: “The Lion and the Mouse” and the skill we will be focusing on is: main idea.  We are also working on Oo in the beginning of words and middle of words. We will be working on listening to: poems and sentences.   Our amazing words for this story are: jungle, nibbling, trembling, beast, snarled, entangled.

Science:  We started: Chapter 7, Matter and Mixtures.  We will: identify and measure solid objects, observe how liquids take the shape of their containers, tell that gases fill their containers, tell how water changes by freezing/melting/boiling, and tell what is in some mixtures.  We will also be using attributes to compare and contrast objects.

Reminders:
Sight Words: I, am, the, little, have, is, to, a, my, we, like, he, with she, look, see, they, you, of, are, do, that, one, two, three, four, five, here, go

The Jump Rope for Heart information is coming home and will take place in February at NSE.  Any donations must be placed in the envelope.

If you need any more information about Nonsense Words, Reading Fluency, AR books, or anything else, please let us know.  We try and send home as many samples and practice pages as possible to keep you informed.

Thanks for all of your cooperation with: completing homework, filling out paperwork, signing and returning tests, and keeping the folders cleaned out and organized.   Important Dates:

*February 2, AR Book Logs due back

*Monday is Day 5, Please see new calendar

*Wednesday  is Day 2, Please remember you library books

*Friday is Day 4, please wear sneakers

Please see note about the 100th day!!!!  Thank you!

*January 30- Report cards go home, please sign and return just the envelope and the rubric.  The report can stay at home.