Reminders

Well, we have officially finished half the school year. The students has learned and grown so much. We still have a lot to learn to get them ready for 1st grade. Please read with your child every night. They should be bringing a home a Ziploc bag with a book they read with me in small group guided reading Monday through Thursday. Please have them point and read with you and sign the reading log. After reading, ask your child to tell you what happened in the story in the order the events happened. This helps with comprehension. Have them read the book 2 or 3 times. It helps them to develop fluency when they're reading. Everyone should come home with a book every night. Please remember to send the book in the bag with the reading log back to school each day. The books come from our literacy library that we share with the whole school. I will not send your child home with a new book until they have returned the one they already have. Also our library day is Friday, please send all library books to school with the children on Friday morning. If your child has overdue books at home, please send them to school as soon as possible and we will return them the same day.

Our Valentine party will be Friday Feb. 12th. I will be sending home information and a class list this week. If your child brings Valentines, please send a Valentine for each student in the class. We don't want any one's feelings to get hurt.

Walk for Diabetes will be happening in PE Feb 8th-12th. More information will be coming home about that as well. Our PE days are Monday and Tuesday, please have your child wear a red shirt on those days in honor of our walk.

I had taken a ton of pictures of our Polar Express day and Winter party. Once I got my camera home after the break, my 3 year old got it and deleted all the pictures. I have a very tech savvy friend who has recovered pictures for me before who has had my camera. Unfortunately he was unable to recover the pictures. My sincerest apology. That is one of the reasons I haven't updated in so long.

Remember I'm always available to meet with you about any questions or concerns you may have. Please do hesitate to set up a conference or give me a call. I also promise to start posting regularly again now that I have my camera back. We have two big days this week Tuesday is Groundhog day and starts our project groundhog. Wednesday is the 100th day of school. Check back later in the week for updates!

January Work

Make a Smilebox photobook

Merry Christmas!

I want to wish all my students and parents a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I have pictures of our Polar Express day and Winter party. However, I left my camera at school, so I'll update after we return to school on January 4th. Good thing, I bought my mom a camera for Christmas or I would be taking pictures with my phone. When we return on January 4th, we will be learning about New Year's traditions. If you get a chance, talk to your child about something new they want to learn in 2010.

Story Time with Mr. B!

Every other week, we go to the library for storytime with Mr. B. Mr. B spends 20 minutes just reading us different stories for fun. The students look forward to this time. Mr. B always reads the stories using different voices for the characters. We love Mr. B!

Force and Movement

We are learning about force and movement. We went to the science lab and learned that most objects need a push or pull (force) to move. We worked in small groups to create something that would move down a ramp. Then we tested to see which group's would go the furtherest. We learned that the groups who truly worked to together made objects that moved farther.

Make a Smilebox photobook

Graphing Fun

We have been constructing and interpreting graphs in math. We took one bite out of a gingerbread man cookie and graphed which part we bit off. We sorted and graphed candy canes by color. We also tasted eggnog, hot chocolate, and apple cider and graphed our favorite winter celebration drink! We also sorted and graphed hard Christmas candy by shapes. Then we analyzed our data and drew conclusions. We used comparative language (more than/less than/same as) to describe our data.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Christmas Presents

For our December family project, the students were given a present cut out to illustrate on the inside a present they want to give someone and then decorate the outside of the package.

Make a Smilebox invite