February 11-15

Vacation February 17-22. Please take the time to rest, play, and relax. Our students all need some time to get healthy again. Have fun! See you on February 25th.

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Morning Procedures:
Start the week off right by getting to school on time. Students should be dropped off between 7:45-7:55. It's important that your child has time to unpack and get ready for the day. It's very disruptive when your child is late!

Sharing:
Week of 2/25: If I were President of the United States
Week of 3/03: Ways to spend a rainy day

Preparation Tips: PLEASE TRY TO COME UP WITH AN INTERESTING TOPIC SENTENCE! Try a question, a poem, or a song. Brainstorm ideas first.
1. Start with your topic sentence to tell your audience what you're going to share about. DO NOT introduce yourself or say "Hello, class".
2. Add 2 or 3 sentences to describe your topic. Use transition words such as first, next, last.
3. Stand up straight, look at your audience, and speak clearly.

Something extra: Bring a picture to show your audience!

Book Bags:
No book bags the week of Febuary 25th. Please look for a homework packet in your child's spelling folder on Monday. Book bags will resume on February 29th.


Language Arts:
This week we worked on oi/oy and ay sounds. Practice these word families at home.

This week we continued learning about the many holidays in February. We read more about Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president, and George Washington, our 1st president. It was interesting learning why these two men where good citizens.
The kids did a great time prepping valentines this year. They loved exchanging valentines. It was fun to see how creative our students can get.

Teammate of the Week:
We continued our expository writing program this week. Each student in our village will have a chance to be "Teammate of the Week". This is a great opportunity for students to share information about themselves with their family rooms. As students learn about the Teammate of the Week, they will be writing an expository paragraph using Step Up to Writing Program. We will be keeping the writing at school to create a book for each child. Not only is this a wonderful memory of our classmates, but a great writing portfolio too.


Math:
We started our math investigations strand this week. The students did projects in his/her family rooms. We spent time measuring classroom objects, learning about symmetry, and practicing our graphing. It was busy and active this week.

Science:
Do you know what fabric is the best to wear on a rainy day? We did experiments this week to test different kinds of fabrics with water. Ask your child about the results. You may change your jacket next time you go out in a rainstorm.



Have a good weekend,
Little Blue Teachers