Important Dates
February
18 – President's Day – No School
19 – Reading Anthologies Are Due
21 – Spring Pictures
22 – Fuzzy Friend Day
23 – Snowflake Ball 6:30-8:00
26 – Early Dismissal
27 – Field Trip
Black
History Month
Since February is black
history month, we have been reading some books to go along with this
theme.
The
class really enjoyed the book called Almost
to Freedom.
It's a story about slaves escaping to the North as told from a doll's
point of view. Ask your child to tell
you about it.
Math
We just started Chapter 13 in math. We will be studying solid shapes (3-D) &
plane (flat) shapes. There are a lot of
new vocabulary words in this chapter, such as sphere, cube, cylinder, pyramid,
rectangular prism, etc. The children are
doing a fine job with it so far.
Owen
will be our student of the week next week.
Reading
The story from
our anthology for next week is: If You Give a Pig a Pancake.
There is also a health link entitled Blueberry
Pancakes.
Comprehension Strategies
The children will work
on the following strategies: questioning, fantasy and realism, how to read a
recipe, and viewing categories.
Vocabulary Words
The vocabulary words for next week are: born, bubbles, closet, favorite, maple
syrup, music, piano, probably, & remind
Phonics Skills
Next week the children
will be working on the vowels oo, ew, ue, ou, u, u_e, and the long /i/ as in ie
and igh. They will also be reviewing the
oo sound and compound words.
Grammar Lesson
We will be working
on adjectives.
Spelling Words
The spelling words for next week are: lip, his, went, night, high, might, light,
any, many, frightening
