Week of February 13-17, 2017

The weather has been causing some changes in our plans. However, we were still able to celebrate Valentine’s Day on Friday. The students enjoyed the fun time with their friends and the special messages they received from each other. Thank you for the sweet Valentines!

Reading:  We will complete “My Lucky Day” this week. Cause and effect is still the focus skill.  The next story we will start is “One Little Mouse.” This is an animal fantasy that answers the question “What adventures can animals have?” Story sequence will be stressed in these lessons. The amazing words presented are: woodland, vale, comfortable, nest, hollow, and shadows. The targeted sight words are: one, two, three, four, and five. We will also learn what parts are needed in a sentence to make it complete.

Phonics:  Consonant blends will be introduced this week. The students will learn how to blend two sounds together in a word. (ex. /s/ and /l/ together make a /sl/ sound, as in slide.

Math:  Topic 7 (Understanding Addition) will be introduced. We will use stories showing how to join groups and count how many items there are altogether. The plus and equal sign will be used to write addition sentences.

Reminders:

~Thursday is a dress down day. Students may donate $1.00 to wear a Spartan shirt along with jeans or sweatpants.

~Friday (2/17/17) is an Act 80 Day for teachers. Students do not have school.

~Monday (2/20/17) is President’s Day. School will be closed.

~ Please continue to practice sight words daily. We are striving to attain and possibly surpass that goal of 96 words!

~Continue practicing counting to 100 and writing numbers 0-20.

Specials:

Monday- Gym       Tuesday- Music       Wednesday- Computers      Thursday- Book Exchange

(If there is a snow day, the specials are pushed to the following day.)

Happy Valentine’s Day! Have a great week!

~ Mrs. Green