January 20th Newsletter

Important Dates
January
25 – Early Dismissal – 12:00
27 – Pajama Day (reading incentive)
30 – Book Orders Are Due
February
14 – Valentine's Day Party
21 – President's Day – No School

****I am sending home a book order this week which should arrive before Valentine's day. Orders are due by Monday, January 30th. Please make checks out to Scholastic Books. Thanks.

Emily will be our student of the week next week.

Our Valentine's Day party will be on Tuesday, February 14th 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. If you signed up to help or to bring food or paper products, someone will be contacting you soon. Thanks.

Math
In math, we have been working on comparing numbers. We have been using the terms greater than, less than, one more, one less, ten more, ten less, & putting mixed up numbers in order. We have been using number lines, number grids, and computer games to practice these concepts. Thank you for having your child complete the weekly math homework. It helps to reinforce the skills that we are working on at school.

Reading
We will be reading The Sleeping Pig and What Is a Desert?

Comprehension Strategies
The children will be learning about story structure and summarizing a story. We will also talk about how to read a social studies article.

Vocabulary Words
The vocabulary words will be words that name fruits and vegetables and the following words: began, celebrate, coyote, cricket, howl, rabbit, tail, and watermelon.

Phonics Skills
We will be working on long o (CV-CVCe), long u (CVCe), final clusters (-ft, -lk, -nt), long i (CVCe)(review), and segmenting phonemes.

Grammar Skills
We will be identifying naming words for people and animals.

Spelling Words
six, pad, smell, bike, time, smile, prize, like, have, & bridesmaid