2. No school on Monday, February 1st.
3. We're going on a field trip to Kensington on February 9th from 9:30-2:30! Students should dress for the weather. Each student will need to bring a bagged lunch to eat during the field trip. If you need a packed school lunch, please contact me via email by this Tuesday (2/2) to let me know.
4. Scholastic Book Orders are due by February 12th.
5. Mid-Winter Break (no school) February 15th-19th.
6. Special Kid is Daniel!
Coming up this week:
- Writing- we'll be learning how to write introductions and closings for our "How-To" books
- Phonics- students will review short vowel sounds and learn about long vowel spelling patterns /ai/ and -ay
- Science- we put a pause on our motion unit because our snails were delivered (pictures below), so this next week we'll be doing motion. We'll be thinking about distance, speed, and pushes/pulls
- Math-comparing large numbers with number stories, counting up/writing numbers 0-1,000 (number scrolls), missing addend (___ + 6 = 14)
- Reading-all students in reading group are reading books at their reading level, answering comprehension questions/discussing the books with others, and organizing their thinking using Brain Frames
Snails
Here are some random pictures I've had on my camera for you to view!