Tuesday: Reid, Reagan, Grace, Elsie, Nathan
Wednesday: Morgan. Arie, Abe, Addie,
Thursday: Avery, Bailey, Aiyana. Bryce, Lydia
Friday: Owen, Paige, Evelyn, Riley, Gabby
Important Dates and Reminders:
Jan. 19th: ½ Day, 11:30 Dismissal
Jan. 22nd: NO SCHOOL
Jan. 23rd-26th: Celebrate New Directions Week
Jan. 23rd: Family Art Night
Jan. 23rd: Game Day Wear (Characters, Twister, Mario, Etc.)
Jan. 24th: Backwards Wear Day
Jan. 25th: Family Gym Night
Jan. 25th: Active Wear Day
Jan. 26th: Camping Wear Day
Math: This week in math we will review the importance of recognizing 5 groups in larger numbers and will use 5 groups to compose teen numbers. We will also work on sorting and classifying shapes in many ways (size, color, number of sides). Another focus will be on using equal and not equal signs to compare numerals and groups of numbers. As we continue to build our addition and subtraction fluency, we have been studying patterns that will help us to understand and automatically know the answer to an equation. We have recently studied +0 and -0 and realized that any time an addition or subtraction equation includes a zero, the other number in the equation stays that same. This week we will review this concept and work to identify and solve problems with a zero quickly and correctly when presented with a page of various addition and subtraction equations.
Reading: Well, we have now declared ourselves Super Avid readers after realizing we still need to carry our super powers around with us to get lots of reading done. This week we will discuss and practice how to handle distractions that may come about while we are independently reading. We will also begin something called "Reading Playdates" during partner reading time. This means students will work with a group of 2-4 other students and they will get to plan they type of reading work they will do during partner time. Some options they will have are: playing school and reading aloud to one another, playing games and hunting for snap words, guessing character feelings and making predictions or playing pretend and acting out the book. Giving students choice over how they interact with books will be so motivating to them and will really set them up to transfer the hard work of decoding, fluency and comprehension.
Writing: This week we will learn to be a bit more BOSSY with our writing! We will add the word you to directions we are writing so those reading our books know we are talking right to them. We will look at a mentor text and study different ways the author shared information in pictures and words and will look for new ways to make our writing better. As a way to elaborate in our writing we will be working to use more precise words and detailed pictures with labels.
Science: This week we will begin to study animals. We will compare and contrast different types of animals and will discuss where they live, how they act and what they need. We will use our research skills to look more closely at the needs of fish as we will prepare a fish habitat for our classroom. This will be SUCH exciting work!
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