Dear Parents and Guardians,
This week we will be starting a "Set to Learn" unit during our snack time. We will be learning about what it means to be a good listener and we will be completing different activities to help build our listening skills.
As I continue to work on reading assessments with the students it sure is exciting to see how much growth they've made since the beginning of the school year! We have really been working hard in guided reading to think of a word that would make sense, when we are stuck. We move on from there to check that word, and make sure it also looks right (that the letters in the word match the sounds we hear when we say the word). These are two things you can support at home with the books that come home for your child to read. The language sounds like this: "What word would make sense?" and then "Check it, does that look right too?"
We will continue How-to writing this week. We will continue our community writing piece on How to Build a Snowman, which is perfect timing with all of the snow we are getting! The kids will be looking at "How-to Draw a ____" books about animals, robots, and dinosaurs in the art center, so look for some fun drawings to come home this week!
We will continue How-to writing this week. We will continue our community writing piece on How to Build a Snowman, which is perfect timing with all of the snow we are getting! The kids will be looking at "How-to Draw a ____" books about animals, robots, and dinosaurs in the art center, so look for some fun drawings to come home this week!
This week in Math we will explore measuring length using nonstandard units of measurement. We will measure objects using paper clips or Unifix cubes. We will also continue solving problems with unknowns (Sam made 6 snowballs in the morning. In the afternoon he made some more. He made 14 snowballs altogether. How many snowballs did he make in the afternoon?). A homework packet will be coming home today. Please have your child complete this and return it to school on or before Friday. Thank you!
This week we will be starting a "Set to Learn" unit during our snack time. We will be learning about what it means to be a good listener and we will be completing different activities to help build our listening skills.
Scholastic book orders are due this Friday, January 19th! Place an order so we can earn some new great read-alouds for our classroom! You can go online to order www.scholastic.com/bookclubs and type in the Online Code: JBVLX
Special Points of Interest
- We will be taking our Math MAP test on Tuesday
- Family Wellness Night is this Friday, January 19th
- No school next Friday, January 26th. It is the end of second quarter and teacher record day.
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