Feb. 1st-3rd=No School due to snow and iceFeb. 4th=Report Cards Go Home!Feb. 15th=Snow Make-up Day for Jan. 26thFeb. 24th=3rd Quarter Progress Reports Go Home
What we're currently studying

Reading:  In the new year, we will finish Theme 3:  Neighborhood and Community.  We will read "Big Bushy Mustache", "Jamaica Louise James", and "Grandpa's Corner Store."  Then we will start Theme 4:  Amazing Animals. We will work in small groups where the learning can be more individualized and more time can be spent helping the students.  Mrs. Hosey will teach grammar skills to the students, and I will use the leveled readers with the students.  They will practice their spelling words and their handwriting.  The students will also get a chance to R.I.P. (Read In Peace) and respond to what they have read.  We will also write back and forth in their Reader Response Journal.  We will be very busy during our Literacy Block.   

Writers Workshop:   We began the year by reviewing our parts of speech.  We completed mini-projects on nouns, verbs, and adjectives.  Then we learned the difference between the "who" and the "what" of a sentence.  We worked on identifying and learning the different types of sentences:  telling sentences, questions, commands, and exclamations.  Remember to capitalize and punctuate all sentences correctly.  In the new year, we will work on another story, using the same format that was shared during our Author's Celebration. I will be giving the students a "pretend" writing assessment like the one they will take in March.  They cannot be helped on this assessment in March, so I want them to have the experience of taking the test to better prepare them for the real thing. 

Math: For the first nine weeks of school, we will review place value for numbers up to 100. We will learn more about the hundreds place and connect a number with its model and its word form. We will also read numbers, compare and order numbers, estimate, and identify odd and even numbers. We will also review addition and subtraction using multiple strategies.

We will begin to graph and conduct probability experiments. We will also tell time to the five minute interval.

Social Studies: We began the year by learning what it means to be a responsible citizen. Now we will move into Unit 2:  Our Community Leaders.  We'll talk about mayors, judges, and even our president.  We might even have a class election!

   

Science: We are going to begin our study in science learning about Changes in Weather.  With the cooler weather of fall, we will graph weather changes and learn different weather words.

Our Schedule

 

Monday, Tuesday, and Fridays

8:30-10:00 Math

10:00-11:20  Literacy Block

**Friday 10-11

11:20-12:20  Writer's Workshop

**Friday 11-11:45

**Friday MUSIC 11:45-12:15

12:20-12:50 Lunch

12:50-1:45 Science/Social Studies/Health

1:45-2:15  Recess

2:15-2:50  Conferences and Remediation

Wednesdays

8:30-8:50 Math Problem of the Day

8:50-9:20  P.E.

9:20-9:50  Media/Guidance

9:50-11:00  Math

11:00-12:20  Literacy Block

12:20-12:50  Lunch

12:50-1:45 Science/Social Studies/Health

1:45-2:50  Writer's Workshop

 

Thursdays

8:30-8:50  Math Problem of the Day8:50-9:20 Art9:20-10:20 Math10:20-11:20  Literacy Block11:20-12:20  Writer's Workshop12:20-12:50  Lunch12:50-1:45  Science/Social Studies/Health1:45-2:15 Recess2:15-2:50 Conferences and Remediation

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