Welcome back! We had such a great week! I was so happy that we were able to earn our ice cream reward on Thursday. We worked really hard together as a class family to earn those compliments. I know we are going to have a fabulous next week too.

 

Academic focus-

Reading- Comparing and Contrasting Characters in Kevin Henkes Stories

Writing- Opinion Writing

Math- Place Value

Grammar- Verb Tenses

Social Studies- Teddy Roosevelt

Phonics- ee ea with r

 

Reminders-

Monday is Read Across America Day. We will be celebrating Dr. Seuss and rotating into other 1^st grade classrooms for activities all day! So fun!

If you did not bring back your baggie books you can turn them in on Monday. Remember that when you fill out the reading log with 25 books you can eat lunch in the classroom on Fridays.

Log your minutes also online for the Six Flags challenge. I sent another email with a link for registration into the portal. All minutes are recorded online this year.

The homework for next week is attached and will be uploaded to the blog.

The March specials calendar will also be uploaded to the blog.

Five-Star Tiered Homework due 3-6-20 Grecko Edition

I hope everyone has a great Valentine’s day. We had fun passing out valentines and making Love Monsters! This is a reminder that there isn’t any homework over break besides reading and filling in both reading logs. (six flags and class log) If you need a new log, the link can be found on my blog.

I did include in your child’s backpack today an optional winter break menu board of different activities. Our next day back is Monday, February 24^th.

Here is a peek at our academics when we return:

 

Math: Place value- subtracting tens

Reading: Central Message with Kevin Henkes’ books

Phonics: variant vowel /or/(word lists will come home on 2/24)

Writing: Opinions

Grammar: Plural agreement between nouns and verbs

Social Studies: Teddy Roosevelt

We had a great week! We started off with Electronic Day and we have been doing so well it looks like we will get to have Show and Tell next week. I will email when that will take place but we are very close to attaining our goal! We also had the PE show! Congratulations to our girls; Addy, Spring and Loryn! They represented us very well last night.

We will have a new student starting full-time with us starting on Monday. Domenic has been coming to our class for awhile (he is listed on the Valentine list 😊) and is ready for the big move! We are so proud of him. He is a great friend and role model to have in our class.

Next week we have Valentine’s day on Friday. Please send in your child’s Valentine box and valentines by Friday. If you do not have a box to send in a large gift bag with a handle also works very well. The Dollar Store has a great variety. We will do a few activities with our valentines so I’m excited for that on Friday. The next following week is February Break. School will be closed 2/17- 2/21.

Next week I am asking your child to bring in a small collection of items. For a complete list of ideas please see the attached letter to the homework. Collections are due on Monday. We will send them all back home on Thursday.

There is also a letter in your child’s backpack explaining the Second Step Skills for Learning program. There are lessons coming up that if you don’t want your child to participate in learning, you have to sign to opt out your child. Otherwise, you do not have to send the letter back signed.

 

Here is a peek at our learning next week.

Reading- Retelling, Problem/Solution, Central Message

Writing- Opinion writing (Our collections)

Math- 10 more 10 less,  Adding and Subtracting multiples of 10

Social Studies- Geography- Oceans and Continents (test next week)

Phonics- ir, er, ur

Grade 1 CPU letter

Five-Star Tiered Homework due 2-14-20 Grecko Edition

I hope this finds everyone enjoying their weekend. The class earned “electronic day” and they can bring something electronic to school on Monday. We will take our recess time and morning time to enjoy our reward. To bring an electronic device that connects to the internet, a BYOD form needs to be filled out, signed and returned with the device. A copy went home on Friday, and one is attached here. We will have our other devices available in the classroom for students who do not have a device to bring to school. I reminded them, that an electronic does not have to be a tablet or phone. It can be an electronic game or something that runs on batteries. For example- Operation Game, Simon, V-tech toys, Robots. Please do not send a device that you are worried could get broken. We will take every precaution in the classroom but accidents happen to and from our classroom.

 

Here is a peek at our learning this week-

 

Reading- Point of View- Who is telling the story?

Writing- Opinion Writing

Math- Comparing numbers (< > =)

Grammar- Singular nouns & verbs

Plural nouns and verbs

Phonics- variant vowel pattern /ar/

Social Studies- Landforms test, Continents & Oceans

 

Mark your calendars-

Wed 2/5- Q3 4 ½ weeks end

Friday 2/7- Last Day to purchase Valentine Grams

Wed 2/12 – Q3 progress reports go home

2/17-2/21 – No School – February Break

Five-Star Tiered Homework due Feb 7,2020

Grecko class list 2019-20-valentine edition

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