Week of February 19th

Hello!

I hope everyone enjoyed their three day weekend!

This past week your child's weekly homework had a different look! In order to include our learning of high frequency words and word families, I decided to change the format. This format may take a few more minutes each evening, but is a great review of the learning we are doing in class. The homework will continue to come hom on Mondays but the due date will now be Friday OR Monday!! I know how busy your lives are so if you'd rather have your child complete the homework over the weekend and turn it in on Monday please feel free to do so! If you have any questions about the new format, just let me know.

A reminder that presale YEARBOOK ORDERS are due on FRIDAY! If you would like your child to have a school yearbook, now is the time to buy. I have extra order forms in the classroom if you need one.

Classroom Learning:

Language Arts: Your children will continue to read with me on Mondays and Tuesdays in order to send home their Take Home Reading Folders on Tuesdays. We are also focusing on short i and short o word families. We have been spending a few days a week writing at centers, in journals, and as a whole class.

Math: Over the next couple of weeks we will begin a very basic introduction to money and time. We will introduce the value of the penny, nickel, and dime and will show students how to tell time by the hour.

Science: We are beginning the second unit in our Science series: Plants and Animals.

In the weeks to come we will be doing a mini-unit on "The Farm." This unit will give students a look at life on a farm, farm animals, and the differences between farms of today and of the past.

Have a fabulous week!

Amanda

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