The Week of Jan. 31 - Feb. 3

Monday we are celebrating the 100th day of school!!! We will be doing all sorts of fun activities all day. Don't forget to send your student to school with their 100 items for Hide and Tell.

In Math, we are learning about more and fewer. Please continue to work with your child on determining how many more or less objects there are as it is a difficult concept for them.

In Science, we are learning about objects in our sky.

In Reading, our sight words are dear, for, or, had. Our word family is -ad. We are continuing to use our reading strategies in reading informational, non-fiction books. 

In Writing we are using our non-fiction books to do research and write facts in complete sentences. By this time in the year students should be writing complete sentences with capitalization and punctuation.  

In Social Studies, we are talking about traditions and celebrating Groundhog Day! 

Homework: 

Bring 100 items Monday. Keep reading at least 20 minutes, have your child read to you! 

Important Dates: 

1/30- 100th Day of School!  

Other Information:

Parent Conferences- Please send in your conference forms as soon as possible. They went home last week in Tuesday folders. I will be sending home appointment reminders later this week. 

Box Tops- Keep sending them in! All the money goes back to our school. 

Websites- A new favorite in the computer lab is ABCya, they also have an App for the IPad and Iphone.

The Week of Jan. 23 - Jan. 27

In Math we are continuing to focus on learning to identify and write our numbers up to 20. Next Monday is the 100th day of school, look for more information coming home this week.

In Science we are being scientists and conducting experiments about motion.

In Reading this week we are continuing to use our Helping Hand reading strategies to help us decode new words. Our sight words for the week are you, are, by and bed.

In Writing Workshop the students are writing about the books we are reading during Reader's Workshop. We are focusing on using neat handwriting, using spaces and punctuation.

In Social Studies this week we are learning about George Washington.

Important Dates: 
Monday Jan. 23- We are celebrating Chinese New Year!
Tuesday Jan. 24- Money for Math/Science night is due.
Thursday Jan. 26- Math/Science Night at AFE 5:30pm

Announcements:
Keep sending in box tops! Make sure you are sending the actual box top and not the advertisement from the front of the box.

The due date for money for Math/Science Night has been extended to Tuesday January 24th. Don't miss this opportunity to tailgate at AFE and learn all about the Math, Science and Technology projects going on at our school!

We are running dangerously low on several necessary items in our classroom right now. If you can help by donating any of the following things we would very much appreciate it!
-Tissues
-Glue Sticks
-Crayons

Have a great week!

The Week of Jan.17-20

This week we are starting to learn about numbers 10-20. Please practice writing these numbers neatly and the correct direction with your child. We are almost to the 100th day of school, ask your child what day of school we are on...

In Science, we are using magnets to talk about motion.

In Reading we are reading the book "Snow." Our sight words are one, day and get. Keep reading with your child at home. With your help we are becoming awesome readers!

In Writing we are talking about including setting in our writing. Keep working on handwriting at home!

In Social Studies we are finishing up learning about Martin Luther King Jr. and starting to learn about Stephen F. Austin.

Important Information:

Box Tops:  We are starting to collect box tops to raise money for our school. Click here to see a list of products you can find box tops on.

Important Dates:
1/20- Last day to turn in food order forms for Math/Science Night next Thursday. We are selling hot dogs, chips and drinks and for $5 you can get a football themed picture.

Homework:
Keep reading and working on sight words. Have your child retell the story after they read to you. DRA testing is coming up and being able to retell is crucial to succeeding.

Week of Jan. 9-13

What an exciting week it has been so far, we have survived our first tornado! Sorry I have been slacking on updating the blog recently but my new year's resolution is to get better about updating at the beginning of every week.

In Math we are continuing with sorting. This week we are sorting magazine pictures with similar attributes.

In Science we are learning about motion and the different ways objects can move.

In Reading our new sight words are of, was, and saw. Our word family is -ug. We are reading the book The Mitten all week and working on retelling. Look for students to bring home their own mitten and animal puppets and ask them to retell the story to you.

In Writing we are working on writing our own New Year's resolutions as well as stories about ourselves. We are focusing on using our neatest handwriting and making sure we have spaces between all of our words. I have seen SO much improvement in the students writing in the past month, I can tell a lot of you are working with them at home. Keep up the great work!

In Social Studies we are finishing up learning about Christopher Columbus, ask your child where he was from and where he was trying to go. In honor of the upcoming holiday we are also learning about Martin Luther King Jr. and his importance. We are going to write our own "I have a dream" speech.

Homework:
Keep up reading and practice blue sight words.

Events this Week:
Friday- We are supporting our local football team in the playoffs with Texans Day. Wear your favorite Texans shirt or red/blue to show your support!

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a great break.

In Math we are revisiting sorting, this time with our 3D shapes too!

In Science we are learning about magnets and performing experiments to find out what objects are magnetic and what are not.

In Reading we are focusing on finding beginning and ending sounds in our names. We are also starting a new tradition of Fairy Tale Friday where we are going to be reading a new fairy tale every week. Our sight words this week are he, she, said and big. I will be sending a list of blue words home with students who finished their yellow words already.

In Writing we are continuing to work on writing complete sentences and telling stories.

In Social Studies we are starting to learn about historical heroes starting with Christopher Columbus this week.

Homework: 

Keep reading 20 minutes a night!