Happy February Break!

Hello Families,

I hope you are all looking forward to a nice February break. I know the students need the mental break because they have been working so hard and have shown so much progress since the start of the year!

Here is a look at this week, filled with both learning and celebrations:

Reading: 

We will finish unit 9 of Adventures of Superkids. Our memory words for this unit are: would, could, one, new, some, were. Feel free to practice these at home with your child. The word pattern we are working on for this unit is the vowel team. As mentioned in a previous post, students have been introduced to the saying, "two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking." When two vowels are together in a word we hear the long vowel sound of the first vowel and the second vowel is silent. Some examples are: read, keep, goat, glue, reach, pie. Students will work on inferring throughout the week as a comprehension skill. We will use Pixar clips to help with this.

Math:

We will be wrapping up the first portion of our place value learning. Students learned the ones, tens and hundreds place and some worked on thousands. We identified numbers with base-ten blocks and built numbers, showing each place and groups. Students wrote numbers in expanded form and learned how to add and subtract 10 from a number using their knowledge of place value. I introduced students to how we can take 2 digit numbers and write them in expanded form and then add our 10's and 1's and put them back together, when adding two 2-digit numbers. We are also looking at pennies and dimes as it relates to our 10's and 1's. You can practice counting money at home over the vacation. We will learn more about coins after the vacation.

Writing:

Students will wrap up their YELP reviews and have a chance to share them with Ms. D.'s class later in the week. I will be posting these online over the vacation, so be sure to check them out! After vacation students will be start a unit on realistic fiction. 

Celebrations:

Wednesday is our "Friendship Party". If your child would like to bring cards to hand out, feel free to send them. I have sent two copies of class lists homes over the last two weeks. Let me know if you need another copy. I am providing a snack and juice but if your child would like to bring treats too, that is great. On Friday we will be celebrating with Ms. D.'s class all their hard work with a mellow activity in the afternoon. 

Wish List:

Table wipes
glue sticks
pencils


HAVE A WONDERFUL VACATION!