Important Dates
January
10 – Ide Movie Night at PV
15 – Early Dismissal – 12:00
20
- No School
-
Martin Luther King's Birthday
31 – Cozy Pajama Day
Author of the Month
Jan Brett is our author for the month of
January. We read a couple of her books
this week. She gives many picture clues
in her books that help children to predict what might happen next.
Computers
We explored Jan Brett's website as a group in class and will do so
individually during computer time. We
worked on the game called Mouse Concentration which can be found under Computer
Games.
You
may also access this website at home. It
has many different activities for children to do. Her website is:
Michael will be our student
of the week from January 13-17.
Comprehension Strategies
The children will be learning about referring
to a story to support their thinking. We
will be reading the nonfiction book called, George Washington and the General’s Dog.
Vocabulary Words
The vocabulary words will be: heroes,
colonists, general, troops, and supplies.
Phonics Skills
We will be working on long o (CV-CVCe), final
clusters (-ft, -lk, -nt), long i
(CVCe)(review), and segmenting phonemes.
Grammar Skills
We will be working on adding -ed to verbs
to make the past tense. For example:
(talk
+ ed = talked, smile + ed = smiled)
Spelling Words
Our spelling words are cod, lot, snap, bone, nose, home, globe,
live, give, tadpole
Thank
you for all the gifts and cards you gave me for the holidays. I had a nice break, but it felt good to get
back to school and see the children again. I hope everyone had an enjoyable
holiday also.
