January 30th Newsletter

Important Dates
January
30 – Movie Night (at Prairieview)

February
10,11,12, & 13 – Iowa Test of Basic Skills
13 – Valentine's Day Party 2:00-3:00
16 – No School – President's Day
19 – Robert Crown Field Trip
20 – Paper making Assembly

Ronald McDonald Bookin' Assembly
Last Friday we had an assembly featuring Ronald McDonald. He read a story and stressed the importance of reading. His motto was “Readers are Leaders.” Each child received a yellow coupon which is good for either an ice cream cone or apple dippers. Thank you to the PTO for arranging this assembly.

Student of the Week
Raaja Vengatesan was our “student of the week” this week. He has done a nice job of taking care of the fish and frogs and also leading the calendar.

Math
This week we completed chapter 8 and began chapter 9. We will be working on data, graphs, & probability throughout this chapter.

Valentine's Day Party
Our Valentine's Day party will be on Friday, February 13th from 2:00-3:00. The children will pass out their valentines before the party. Do not address the valentines, just have your child sign his/her name, this makes passing them out much easier. Thanks.

Reading
The stories from our anthology for next week are: EEK! There’s a Mouse in the House and Animals Big and Small.

Comprehension Strategies
The children will work on noting details and asking questions while reading a selection.

Vocabulary Words
The vocabulary words for next week are: barn, dancing, elephant, laying, marched, mercy, mouse, tangled, and rhyming words.

Phonics Skills
The children will work on the following skills: blending long “e” (CV, CVCe), vowel pairs “ee", " ea”, long “o” (CV, CVCe), long “u” (CVCe) and final clusters “ft”, “lk”, and “nt”.

Grammar Skills
The children will learn about naming words for places and things.

Spelling Words
eat, feet, he, me, mean, see, maybe, sheep, these, and house

Have a great weekend!