Important Dates
January
31 - Pro Kids Assembly
- Cozy Pajama Day
(reading incentive)
February
4 – Early Dismissal – 12:00
14 – Valentine's Day Party
17 – President's Day – No School
Daniela will be
our student of the week next week.
Valentine's Day
Party
Our Valentine's Day party will be on Friday,
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. There are
currently 18 children in the class. Thanks.
After reading The Mitten by Jan Brett, the children
colored and cut out the characters and stored them in a mitten bag. We then worked on retelling the story using
the important facts and details. Ask
your child to retell the story to you.
Reading
The story from our
Making Meaning curriculum for next week is Hearing by Sharon Gordon.
Comprehension Strategies
The children will be exploring
the difference between fiction and nonfiction, using schema to help them
understand nonfiction, making text-to-self connections, and identifying what
they learn from nonfiction.
Vocabulary Words
The vocabulary words for
next week are: outer ear, inner ear,
tube, and cup your hands
Phonics Skills
The children will be learning about the sound
of /wh/.
Grammar Lesson
We will be focusing on past
tense and future tense of verbs. (Example:
I cook.
Yesterday I cooked. Tomorrow I will cook.)
Spelling Words
Next week’s
spelling words are:
did,
cut, twin, whale, wheel, white, whisper, what, when, whenever
Monthly Reading Charts
Our January reading chart is due on Friday,
January 31. A new chart for February
will be sent home soon. Happy Reading!
