A
note from Ms. Poteet…
As you know, your
child has been bringing home books from their guided reading groups all
year. Please make an effort to read
these books with your child when they bring them home. Rereading books helps build fluency, an
important skill for proficient readers. Your child may read the book to an older
or younger sibling. This can even be
considered all or part of their nightly reading homework (depending on the
length of the book). Please feel free to
call or e-mail if you think the books your child is bringing home are too hard
or too easy (Keep in mind that shorter books are often read at least twice
during school). Thanks for your help!
Look for information
to come home about our 100th Day of School Fashion Show!
Important Dates this Month:
January 16th:
Martin Luther King Jr. Day- No School
January 24th:
100th Day of School!
January 25th:
Early Release Day
January 26th:
MegaSkills Assembly
What are we learning?
Reading Workshop
The kids are keyed
up over the nonfiction books we have been exploring. They have learned all about bees, pumpkins,
sharks, spiders, France, and even penguins while searching nonfiction text
features (table of contents, labels, diagrams, maps, charts, fun facts,
etc). We will continue investigating
nonfiction text features this week.
Writing Workshop
This week we will continue
working on our All About Me books. The
kids are so excited about writing a book all about themselves and their
family! They cannot wait for you to read
them. Family journals will be sent home
on Friday. Please take time over the
weekend to read your child’s letter to you and respond.
Word Study
This
week, we will be reviewing our previously learned word families. We will also
learn how to read and write these words that will be added to our Word Wall: would,
me, will. Have your child sing you the songs for these words.
Math
In
math, we are learning shape vocabulary (side, corner, and angle), about
attributes, and the differences and similarities between 2-D & 3-D
shapes.
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Everyday Math Home Link
Family Note:
Manipulating,
exploring, and discussing 3-dimensional objects helps children learn the
names of these objects and build spatial sense. Many familiar objects are common 3-D
geometric shapes: balls are spheres, dice are cubes, for example. Children have been learning about 2-D and
3-D shapes and noticing shapes all around them. At home, encourage your child to think
about 2-D and 3-D shapes as he or she looks for objects to place in our
classroom Shape Museum.
Activity:
Look around your home for objects that have 3-dimensional
geometric shapes.
See if you can find examples like these:
Sphere: ball, globe
Cube: dice, square box
Cylinder: can of food
Cone: ice cream cone, party hat
Rectangular Prism: cereal box, book
Bring
in a few objects to add to our classroom Shape Museum on Thursday or
Friday.
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Social Studies
Ms. Hammons our counselor will be coming in to teach us
about Good Touch and Bad Touch.
Reminders
*Send
in a healthy peanut-free snack and water bottle (with a pull up spout) every
day.
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Our classroom gets very chilly sometimes.
Please send in a light jacket or sweater for your child to keep in their
back pack.
*
Sign your child’s weekly planner every night!
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Library book due every Friday!
Related
Arts Schedule
Monday Art
Tuesday Art
Wednesday Art
Thursday Art
Friday Music
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