Monday News

We had a great day together!

We started with morning work (again focusing on hidden partners, numbers before and after, counting by 10's). We then went right into morning message and calendar (focusing on the letter Ll, /l/ sound, and our new sight word - and). Calendar was filled with singing, counting, place value, and graphing. We then published our Monday Daily News.

We had to do indoor recess due to the cold temperatures.

After recess we had reading groups. Group time focused on the /l/ sound, blending, ABC books, sight words, and listening.

After groups, we did some conference prep work and read our Alpha Tale book. We also did our picture guess - all pictures started with the Ll sound.

Our afternoon was filled with lunch, recess, math, PE, snack, show and share, quiet time, recess, and free choice centers.

One other special activity we got to do today was listening to our 4th grade buddies read their narrative stories. They are amazing writers and really impressed us! 

Letters Taught
*Please also have your child practice writing lower case letters!

-Mm

-Aa

-Ss

-Tt

-Nn

-Ii
-Ff
-Pp
-Oo
-Cc
-Dd
-Hh
-Rr
-Ee
-Ll

Sight Words Taught

*Practice Reading and Writing Words*

-I

-like

-the

-we

-see

-go

-of

-in

-can

-she
-is
-at
-a
-on
-from
-play
-little
-have
-as
-are
-his
-you
-for
-do
-this
-and

Please continue to practice the Magic Five! If your child can do all the parts, please practice writing lowercase letters correctly, counting past 100, counting on from a number (not starting at 1), and writing all our sight words. Click the picture below to enlarge. 

Important Information:

1. Communication folders came home today!
Please note: Silverwood reading log forms will be in their folders (if students read for 10 hours at home, they receive a free Silverwood ticket). The forms are due back on March 9th (I'm sorry, but we are not allowed to accept late forms).

2. Take Home Books were collected, exchanged, and returned today.

3. Conferences are Feb. 14, 15, 16. Feb. 14th is a half day and Feb. 15-16 are non student days (meaning, no school). 

4. If you haven't yet done so, please log in to pickatime.com and schedule your child's conference. 

5. Please help your child make a Valentine's box. Remember, this can be super simple (a large piece of paper folded in half and stapled on the side OR something fancy). Just do what works for your family! 

6. We will pass out and read Valentines on Feb. 14 (10:15-10:50am). If you'd like to join us, we can always use help passing out Valentine cards and reading cards. You are welcome to send in/bring a treat to share (just let me know so I can set up a place for it). Just a loving reminder that we are NUT FREE, meaning absolutely NO nuts in our classroom. Thank you for being considerate of this!

7. Feb. 20th is the 100th Day of School!!! If your child would like to, they can dress up as their 100 year old self. No pressure, though! :)