January 16th Newsletter

Important Dates
January
19 - No School - Martin Luther King's Birthday
20 – Book Orders Are Due
23 – Ronald McDonald Assembly
30 – Movie Night (at Prairieview)



February
9,10,11,&12 – Iowa Test of Basic Skills
13 – Valentine's Day Party
19 – Robert Crown Field Trip
20 – Paper making Assembly




Iowa Test of Basic Skills
Our Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) was switched to the week of February 9-13. More information will be sent home as the date gets closer. Sorry about the confusion.








Exploration Station
This month's Exploration Station deals with the flag, monuments, and famous Americans, such as George Washington, Martin Luther King Jr., and Abraham Lincoln. It also discusses voting – how it works and why it's important to vote.

Student of the Week
Richard Youngfelt was our “student of the week” this week. He did a nice job of feeding the fish and taking the attendance to the office.

Computers
Last week and this week we explored Jan Brett's website during computer time. The children enjoyed working on the section entitled “On Screen Computer Games.” You may also access this website at home. Her website is:
www.janbrett.com

Reading
We will be reading The Kite and How to Make a Kite.

Comprehension Strategies
The children will be learning how to read directions, cause/effect, and monitoring/clarifying

Vocabulary Words
The vocabulary words will be weather words and:
anywhere, beautiful, convinced, easy, news, perfect, raining, & weather

Phonics Skills
Our phonics lessons will be centered around blending long i words. We will also review the soft sound of “g” /j/ and “c” /s/.

Grammar Skills
We will practice using I and me in sentences.

Spelling Words
Our spelling words for next week are:

five, nine, kite, ride, like, time, prize, smile, write, and light.

Enjoy the long weekend!