Dates to Remember
Jan. 25 - 29 - Aimsbweb and Benchmark Testing
Thurs. Jan. 28 - Spelling test Note the date change
Fri. Jan. 29 - Author Visit
Reading Incentive Pajama Day
Wed. Feb. 3 - Early Dismissal SIP Day
Fri. Feb. 12 - No School due to P/T Conferences
Mon. Feb. 15 - No School Presidents' Day
Week of Feb. 15 - Parent Teacher Conferences
* The winter conferences are being held on an "as needed" basis. If you don't receive an invite but would like a conference, please contact me.
Shoe Boxes Needed - Please send in a shoe box with your child's name on the inside. We'll be decorating them to use for Valentine mailboxes!
Volunteers Needed - If you are available to help cover our shoe boxes (the week before Valentine's Day), please let me know! I SO appreciate your help.
Reading - We're reading 2 texts this week, Biblioburro and My Librarian is a Camel. They are both nonfiction stories about traveling libraries that bring books to children in faraway villages in many different ways. Some children receive books by mail, boat, bus, camels, donkeys, and even elephants!
We will be discussing the comprehension strategies of understanding key details in a text as well as using text features to locate facts.
Vocabulary words: access, biblioteca (library), burro, cuento (story/tale), isolated, remote, impassable, and obtain.
Grammar focus will be possessive nouns.
Spelling Test will be taking place on Thursday instead of Friday next week due to our unusually busy day next Friday (Paul Orshoski, poet author visit, pajama day).
Math - We'll continue working with money this week. We'll review on Monday and take a chapter test on counting coins and ordering them by value. If your child is struggling with this concept, please take time to practice at home.
Our next chapter in math will focus on money as well, but this time we'll be learning about using money. We'll begin by comparing amounts of money and problem solving using money amounts in word problems. We'll finish the week by adding and subtracting amounts of money.
January Birthdays
Sara - Jan. 13
Jack W. - Jan. 17
Jack B. - Jan. 28
Christine - Jan. 29
Emily - Jan. 31
New Student of the Week - Christine
Positive Paw Winner - Ava
Estimation Jar Winners - Jack B., Jania, Ariana, Ken, David, and Ben
Jack W. - Jan. 17
Jack B. - Jan. 28
Christine - Jan. 29
Emily - Jan. 31
New Student of the Week - Christine
Positive Paw Winner - Ava
Estimation Jar Winners - Jack B., Jania, Ariana, Ken, David, and Ben
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