Happy Valentine's Day Week! I hope you are feeling the love this week. Please be sure to turn in your child's Valentine's box or bag on Monday! Also, just a reminder that we will be passing out Valentines in the afternoon on Wednesday. We have 21 students in our class. If your child chooses to bring Valentines, please ensure that they bring one for every child in the class. Thank you for your support and for the supplies for our Valentine's day activities.
As we have hit the 2nd half of the year, we are starting to run low on a few supplies that we use daily. If you are able to send in any of these supplies it would be greatly appreciated!
-Black Dry Erase Markers
-Pencil Cap Erasers
-Paper Towels
We have lots of events coming up. Please the important dates and curriculum updates below!
Important Dates:
February 12th- Valentines Boxes Due
February 14th- Candy Grams/ Valentine distribution
February 16th- Dress Down Day $1
February 16th- Black History Month Celebration
February 19th- 23rd- Mid Winter Break
February 27th- Los Bravos Night
Below you will find an outline of the topics we will be covering in class this week. Please be sure to check and initial the agenda every night and that your child is reading each evening for thirty minutes. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions! :)
As we have hit the 2nd half of the year, we are starting to run low on a few supplies that we use daily. If you are able to send in any of these supplies it would be greatly appreciated!
-Black Dry Erase Markers
-Pencil Cap Erasers
-Paper Towels
We have lots of events coming up. Please the important dates and curriculum updates below!
Important Dates:
February 12th- Valentines Boxes Due
February 14th- Candy Grams/ Valentine distribution
February 16th- Dress Down Day $1
February 16th- Black History Month Celebration
February 19th- 23rd- Mid Winter Break
February 27th- Los Bravos Night
Below you will find an outline of the topics we will be covering in class this week. Please be sure to check and initial the agenda every night and that your child is reading each evening for thirty minutes. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions! :)
- Reading: Fairy Tales/ Fables Unit: Comparing and Contrasting different versions of Little Red Riding Hood
- Guided Reading: Uses reader's theater to deepen our comprehension and fluency, summarizing
- Fluency- Reading like we talk, changing our voice when reading quotes
- Phonics Focus- Suffixes
- Elements of a Fairy Tale, Story Structure, Asking and Answering Questions
- Daily 5 Centers
- Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work, Work on Writing, Listen to Reading
- Learned Words
- under
- after
- over
- because
- down
- Writing: Opinion Writing
- How to state and support your opinion with reasons and examples
- Grammar Focus: Adverbs vs Adjective Usage, Compound Words
- How to state and support your opinion with reasons and examples
- Science:
- Sun and Stars and Celestial Bodies
- Math:
- Addition and subtraction strategies within 1,000
- Adding up to four 2-digit numbers using partial sums strategy
- This quarter we will continue to work on addition and subtraction using the same strategies introduced last quarter but now the numbers we use will be within 1,000 rather than 100. (2 digit vs 3 digit). Please refer to the curriculum tutorial videos for a refresher or don't hesitate to email me if you have any question.s
- Please do not teach your child the standard algorithm (Carrying and borrowing). This is not yet developmentally appropriate or conceptual for their understanding.
- Adding up to four 2-digit numbers using partial sums strategy
- One and Two Step Word Problems within 100
- Please continue to work on 2 digit by 2 digit addition and subtraction within 100
- Example: 24+48=_____ 96-79=____
- Strategies: Base 10, Place Value, Numberline, Expanded form, Partial Sums
- Example: 24+48=_____ 96-79=____
- Number talks will focus on adding and subtracting groups of 10 and 100;
- Please continue to count your pennies, nickles, and dimes and practice telling time to the nearest hour and half hour.