Valentine's Day

Here are a few pictures from our Valentine's Day party. We enjoyed delicious cupcakes, making bookmarks, and a fun game. Later we enjoyed opening up our valentine cards from friends. Thank you to everyone for your contributions to our day!

We are 100 days smarter!

We had a wonderful 100th day of school! Thank you to all of the families that were able to food items for our snack mix. We enjoyed reading a 100th day book, drawing what we would look like in 100 years, writing about what we could be if we had 100 dollars, and making our snack mix. We also made a valentine craft as a class reward we earned last week. It was a fun way to end our week!

If your child has not returned his/her valentines yet, please be sure to send them to school on Monday.

Coming up:

• Tuesday, February 14: Our valentine party will take place at 9am
• February 22-24: Jump Rope For Heart
• February 23: Marco's Pizza Night
• February 24: Popcorn and Hat Day
• March 10: Early Release Day
• March 15-16: Parent/Teacher Conferences

What we have been up to:

• Reading: We have continued to work in the genre of nonfiction. This week and next week we are working on key components of a nonfiction retell. 
• Writing: We are wrapping up our how-to unit. We selected our piece that we are the most proud of, and next week we will head into the computer lab to start typing our stories out. Look for these at parent/teacher conferences!
• Math: Unit 4 wrapped up and we have learned some new math games for unit 5. We will begin unit 5 next week. 
• White Board Practice: We have been working on the /s/ sound. There are 5 ways to make this sound that we have learned about. Have your child write these sounds on their whiteboard, as seen in the picture (only the headings, I have included some examples for you). Then have them search through their books for words with the /s/ sound that and record under the correct spelling. Be careful to make sure the word actually makes the /s/ sound! It may make a different sound - for example, I could record house under se, however I could not record hose. In the word hose, se sounds lie /z/. Be sure to check their work for the correct spellings and as always, make sure they say as they write!