weeks of January 12 and January 19, 2015

*We appreciate all of your patience and support with getting back into routine from holiday break, days off, delays, and end of the marking period assessments.  Homework resumes next week.*

Last week and this week in class:

Math:  Our topic is Topic 6, Numbers to 100.  We have counted to 30, estimated about how many, counted to 100 and used a 100 chart.  We will be working on groups of ten, finding a pattern on a 100 chart and looking for a pattern.  In Math Meeting, we have been counting by ones, fives, tens, and been counting from one number to another (like starting at 65 and count to 83).  We will also continue to practice counting to 100 and more 100 fun on the 100th day of school. (More info to follow)

Reading/Phonics: Our new story is called: “Farfallina and Marcel” and the skill we will be focusing on is: plot.  We are also working on Ff in the beginning of words and end of words. We will be working on using verbs in future and present tense.  We also will be working on captions.  Our amazing words for this story are: goose, caterpillar, reflection, gosling, butterfly, cocoon. This is a fiction story about how friendships change and the metamorphosis of animals.

Science/Centers: We have been working on how to sort objects, describing them by color, using your 5 senses, materials objects are made of, size, weight, and shape of objects.  We have been sorting blocks in Math and have been using shapes in Math as well.  We also have been using comparing and contrasting in Reading.  All of these are concepts are being tied together in Science.
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.

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.

Getrude Hawk Fundraising went home from PTO.

Great Job on the Dinsoaur Reports!!  We were so impressed with the quality of the reports and presentations.  Way to go!!

The weekly Reading Fluency will now only be on the weekly Reading assessments.  We will still send home sheets to practice reading, but will only be assessed on one paper instead of two.  Any questions, please let us know. Important Dates:

*Monday is Day 2, Please bring library books

*Wednesday is Day 4, Please wear sneakers

*Monday, January 19- School for students

*Wednesday January 21-1st day of the 3rd Marking Period

*January 29- Report cards go home, please sign and return