This Week In Our Class...

These past two weeks may have been short but they sure were jam packed with FUN! I hope your kiddos had a great time at our 100th Day Celebration! Many thanks to all those families that donated items. 
PTO is currently hosting PIZZA*4*PAPER. More information can be found below. Any help with this is greatly appreciated!

Here is the latest newsletter from REACH and the PTO.

Here are some important news from the PTO and dates to keep in mind:

2/23 Returning students-enrollment packets due!

2/23: Black History Month Performance 1:30-3:00

-Kindergarten will be singing a Martin Luther King song

-Feel free to have students practice the song at home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kd07Tyxcc0

2/25:Wacky Wednesday from 11:00-12:00

Feel free to stop by to help!!

Students will build their own house to keep out the big bad wolf!

2/26 Awards Assembly @ 8am

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

Story: Unit 4-Week 2 "My Lucky Day"

Math:

Finish Chapter 11: Calendar Patterns
Students will know the days of the week
Students will know the months of the year

Chapter 11 Test

Begin Chapter 12: Counting on and counting back

Students will be able to revisit ordering numbers to 10 with one to one correspondence

Students will be able to count on to 10

Students will be able to count back using fingers

Science:

Continue with Chapter 7: Matters and Mixtures

Students will be able to identify and measure solid objects.

Students will be able to observe how liquids take the shape of their containers.

Students will be able to tell that gases fill their containers

Students will be able to tell how water changes by freezing, melting and boiling

On Friday 2/27 we will be making root beer floats to see what happens when you mix a liquid with a solid. If you can donate any of the following items they would be greatly appreciated:
Root Beer
Vanilla Ice Cream
CLEAR cups (27)

Social Studies/Leadership:

Black History Leaders-Bios

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns.
Also, please be sure to check online grades. Parents were given access to our grade books at the beginning of the school year. This is a great way to see how your child is doing in class. If you need your access information please see Sarah in the office.

In Our Class This Week...

PTO is currently hosting PIZZA*4*PAPER. More information can be found below. Any help with this is greatly appreciated.

Here is the latest newsletter from REACH and the PTO.

Reminder about 100th day this Wednesday, students are allowed to dress up as 100 year olds! Here are some ideas:

Here is some important news from the PTO and dates to keep in mind:

2/16: President's Day- No School

2/18: 100th Day of School and Practice Drill @ 9:00 am

2/20: Meet the Masters with Mr. Ruben (Art lesson)

2/23: Black History Month Performance 1:30-3:00

-We will be singing a Martin Luther King song

-Feel free to have students practice the song at home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kd07Tyxcc0

2/26: Awards Assembly @ 8:00 am

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

Story: Unit 4-Week 1 "Rooster's Off to See the World"

Math:

Chapter 10 Test

Begin Chapter 11: Calendar Patterns
Students will know the days of the week
Students will know the months of the year

Science:

Begin Chapter 7: Matters and Mixtures
Students will be able to identify and measure solid objects.
Students will be able to observe how liquids take the shape of their containers.
Students will be able to tell that gases fill their containers
Students will be able to tell how water changes by freezing, melting and boiling

Social Studies:

US Presidents
Abraham Lincoln and George Washington

Symbols

Leadership:

Resilience- Black struggles for equality

Thank you to those families that donated items towards our Valentines Celebration and stopped by to help! It would not be what it was without you. Thank you for all the cards, candy and gifts. I am one lucky teacher!

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns.

Also, please be sure to check online grades. Parents were given access to our grades books at the beginning of the school year. This is a great way to see how your child is doing in class. If you need your access information please see Sarah in the office.

Pizza for Paper

In Our Class This Week...

As mentioned in my previous posts we have two celebrations coming up: Valentine's Day and 100th Day of School.
Our Valentines Day Celebration will be Feb. 12 and our 100th Day Celebration will be Feb. 18. 
I sent home a flier last week regarding the Valentines Day Card box-Family project. Here are some more ideas. You do not need to be limited to a shoe box or cereal box, even water/milk gallons work!

Some big news about 100th day, students this year are allowed to dress up as 100 year old (school wide)!  Here are some ideas:

Here are is some important new from the PTO and dates to keep in mind:

2/11: Coffee with Director

2/12: Valentines Day celebrations 

-Students are allowed to bring in Valentines this day

-We have 27 students in our class

-To make it easier on the students to pass out cards please fill out "To: Friend"and "From: student's name"

2/13: Lincoln's Birthday-No school

2/16: President's Day-No school

2/18: 100th Day of School and Practice Drill @ 9:00 am

2/20: Art with Mr. Ruben

2/23: Black History Month Performance 1:30-3:00

-We will be singing a Martin Luther King song

-Feel free to have students practice the song at home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kd07Tyxcc0

2/26: Awards Assembly @ 8:00 am

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

Story: Unit 3-Week 6 "The Lion and the Mouse"

Unit 3 test:
HFW covered this unit: me, with, she, see, look, they, of and you

Math:

Finish Chapter 9: Comparing Sets and test
Comparing sets up to 10
Students will be able to understand fewer and less and identity each group

Comparing sets 11-20
Comparing sets to find the difference
Students will be able to count the difference through comparing sets in one-to-one correspondence.

Combining sets
Students will be able to add using number trains and count on using fingers

Begin Chapter 10 : Ordinal numbers
Sequence events
Students will be able to sequence events

Science:

Candy Hearts
Sink or Float?
Dissolve in water? Soda? Vinegar?

Leadership:

Resilience- Black struggles for equality

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns.
Also, please be sure to check online grades. Parents were given access to our grades books at the beginning of the school year. This is a great way to see how your child is doing in class. If you need your access information please see Sarah in the office.

In Our Class This Week...

As mentioned in my last two posts, we have two celebrations coming up: Valentines Day and 100th day of school.
Our Valentine's Day Celebration will be Feb. 12th and our 100th Day Celebration will be Feb. 18th. 
I sent home a flier last week about the Valentines Day Card box-Family project. Here are some more ideas. You do not need to be limited to a shoe box or cereal box, even water/milk gallons work!

Some big news about 100th day, students this year are allowed to dress up as 100 year old (school wide)!  Here are some ideas:

Here are is some important news from the PTO and dates to keep in mind:

2/4: Day of play

(More information in my previous post)

2/11: Coffee with Director

2/12: Valentines Day celebrations 

-Students are allowed to bring in Valentines this day

-We have 27 students in our class

-To make it easier on the students to pass out cards please fill out "To: Friend"and "From: student's name"

2/13: Lincoln's Birthday-No school

2/16: President's day-No school

2/18: 100th day of school and Practice Drill @ 9:00 am

2/20: Family Lunch Friday

2/26 Awards Assembly with performance

-We will be singing a Martin Luther King song

-Feel free to have students practice the song at home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kd07Tyxcc0

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

Story: Unit 3-Week 5 "Then and Now"

Weekly comprehension exam: Draw Conclusions 

Math:
Continue with Chapter 9: Comparing Sets
Comparing sets up to 10
Students will be able to understand fewer and less
Comparing sets 11-20
Comparing sets to find the difference
Students will be able to count the difference through comparing sets in one-to-one correspondence.

Science:
Finish Chapter 4 Plants and Animals

Test on Friday

Social Studies:
Ground Hog Day

Leadership:
Perseverance: The Civil Rights Movement

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns.