Thank you all for coming to our Fairy Tale Parade and cheering for us and thank you for helping the children to dress up as their favorite fairy tale or fable character.  I was especially amazed at the creativity that you put in dressing up or making the children look like the characters.  Way to Go! The kids had so much fun!

READING and WRITING
This week we will begin our guided research unit.  We will learn how to do research to find about information that we are interested in.  Researches choose a topic they are interested in and they think about what specific information they want to know about their topic.  Researches look at different books or resources to find information and they record important information in an organized way. We will record things that we have learned and things that we still wonder about.  We will also notice the important and main ideas vs. interesting details. 

MATH 
This week we will work with addition that involves single-digit addends that are beyond ten (eg: 9+4).  We will learn a different strategy called Make-ten addition Strategy or Bridge to 10 Addition Strategy to solve these problems.  We will work on different number combinations that total 10.  We will learn that in addition, 3 numbers can be added in any order.  Students will use their idea of the make-ten addition strategy which involves an addend that is close to ten (7, 8, or 9).  For example when adding 9 and 4, some students may count up from 9 to get to 13. Other strategy would be to say 9+1 is ten and 10+3 is 13.

SCIENCE

We will continue learning about force and movement and move on to Magnets.  Magnets can pull or push certain objects.  The push and pull caused by magnets is also a force. We will do different experiments to observe what happens when a magnet is placed near another object or predict weather a magnet will push or pull an object.

THANK YOU!
Thank you for supporting your child's learning at home.  Your child's success and education is a result of, us working together! So thank you for being a partner in your child's learning!

IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
*Tuesday folders come home.  Please sign and return the folders the next day.

*Agendas:  Please initial the behavior calendar and send it back every day.

*Snack:  Please send a healthy snack with your child every day.

*PE:  Group A will have PE on Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

       Group B will have PE on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday.

          *Please make sure your child wears Tennis shoes on those days*

        *You can see what group your child is in on the right side of this blog*

*Next library day is Tuesday, December 15.

*Homework bags come back to school every day.  Please leave the books and response notebook in the bag.  We will use them during the day at school!

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Feb 2:  PE Program

Feb 3:  Early Release @ 12:45, Spirit Night @ Catfish Parlour

Feb 12:  Valentine’s Day Parties <3

Feb 25:  Talent Show

Mar 2:  Early Release @ 12:45, Skate Night @ Playland Skate Center

Mar 5:  Family Dinner Night

Mar 11:  Family Fun & Fitness Night

Mar 12:  Field Trip to ZACH Theater

Mar 14-18:  Spring Break!

Week of Mar 20-24:  We are getting our eggs! 

Mar 24:  Individual & Class Pictures

Mar 29-30:  STAAR Testing

Mar 31:  Science Night

Apr 1:  Family Fun Night

Apr 7:  Science Night

Apr 8:  ShamRock ‘n Roll

Week of Apr 11-15:  Chicks will hatch!

Apr 23:  Earth Day Clean Up

May 2-6:  Teacher Appreciation Week

May 4:  Early Release @ 12:45

May 6:  Field Day

May 19:  Spring Open House

May 27:  Career Fair

May 30:  No School- Memorial Day

June 2:  End of the Year Party, Last day of School