February 23rd Newsletter

Announcements
IMPORTANT DATES

Friday, March 9th – End of the 3rd 9 Weeks
Monday, March 12th- Spring Portraits
Monday, March 19th-Friday, March 23rd – Spring Break
Tues., March 28th & Wed., March 29th – Parent/Teacher Conferences
Friday, March 30th – March Birthday Celebration

HOMEWORK
President Interview
Due Monday, February 27th

What are we learning about?

Literacy:
Character Adventures in
Stories
Key Details in Text
Writing Opinions

Phonics:
Letter Rr
Distinguishing Sounds
Rhyming

Math:
Subtraction Strategies

Sight Words:
went
then

The end of the 3rd 9 Weeks is quickly approaching! Please make sure you are looking over the 3rd 9 Week rubrics and working with your child at home. If you have any questions, please let me know!

February 16th Newsletter

IMPORTANT DATES

Thursday, February 16th- PTO Chili Supper 6pm
Monday, February 20th- No School
Thursday, February 23rd - Book Orders Due
Monday, March 12th- Spring Portraits

What are we learning about?
Literacy:
President's Day
Character, Setting, and Events
Writing Informative Text

Phonics:
Letter Uu
Distinguishing Sounds
Rhyming

Math:
Addition – using money to add up to 10

Sight Words:
said, there

HOMEWORK
Addition to 10

Thank you to all the parents who sent items for our valentine's party. The kids had a blast!

Please don't forget to send in box tops!

National Symbols, Building to 5, Writing, and Centers

Last week we studied National Symbols. We discussed the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell, the White House, the Bald Eagle, and the American Flag.

The Statue of Liberty:

I learned it is tall and it is green

In NYC, made in France, she is holding a tablet

The Liberty Bell:

It rang on the president's birthday, the bell has a crack, it is gold

It doesn't ring anymore, it has a crack, a spaceship was named after the bell

The White House:

In Washington D.C., has an oval office, it is a famous house

Oval office, Washington D.C., it is big

The American Flag:

Our flag is red, white, and blue! Our flag has 13 stripes!

Flag brace map

The flag has 50 stars!

We worked on building 5 in math last week:

Here is some writing from last week:

Pete the Cat was walking in his white shoes. Pete was stepping in the puddle.

I love my Pete the Cat book. I like my Pete the Cat book because is has songs.

Some new centers: Thank you Pinterest and Teachers Pay Teachers!

February 9th Newsletter

Announcements

IMPORTANT DATES
Tuesday, February 14th- Valentine’s Party/ February Birthdays (1:30pm)
Thursday, February 16th- PTO Chili Supper 6pm
Monday, February 20th- No School
Monday, March 12th- Spring Portraits

HOMEWORK
Create a family flag, due Monday February 13th

What are we learning about?

Literacy:
Valentine’s Day
Character, Setting, and Events
Writing Informative Text

Phonics:
Letter Bb
Distinguishing Sounds
Rhyming

Math:
Addition – up to 10

Sight Words:
Be, Have

Valentine’s Party
The Valentine’s party will be on Tuesday, February 14th at 1:30pm. All parents are welcome to attend.

If you would like to send snacks or dinks please let me know! Thanks for all you do!

The Week about Arkansas!

We have spent a lot of time discussing Arkansas this week! What better way to celebrate Arkansas than by singing the Arkansas Fight Song?!

It has been fun teaching the kids the fight song!

We talked about Arkansas State Symbols and the kids created their own books:

We talked about measurement this week in Math:

We created anchor charts to sort our thoughts

Then the kids measured their feet using cubes

We did a fun SmartBoard activity this week too! The kids had to figure out which elephant was small enough or big enough to jump and make the ball land on the seal's nose. This was a fun way to practicing using measurement!

And here is a cute writing from this week!

I will have new centers next week!!

Week of February 6th Newsletter

IMPORTANT DATES
Friday, February 3rd – Field Trip
Week of February 6th – Valentine’s Due
Tuesday, February 14th – Valentine Party
Thursday, February 16th – PTO Chili Supper
Monday, February 20th – No School

HOMEWORK
Addition Word Problems
Due Monday, February 6th
Make Class Valentine’s (see note)

What are we learning about?

Literacy:
National Symbols
Key Details in a Text
Writing Informative Text
Sight Word:
home
Phonics:
Letter Hh
Distinguishing Sounds
Rhyming
Math:
Addition – Fluency up to 5

FIELD TRIP TOMORROW!!!
WHEN: Friday, February 3rd
WHERE: AR Arts Center in Little Rock & 5th Avenue Park
WHAT: Goldilocks & Little Red Riding Hood, play & eat at the park (weather permitting)

Buses will leave Ellen Smith at 8:30 a.m. You are welcome to follow the bus but your child must ride the bus. The play will start at 10:00 a.m. After the play is over, we will head to 5th Avenue to play and eat lunch. We will return to school around 2:00 p.m.