Monday, February 1, 2016

February 1-5, 2016

FIRST GRADE P.E. PROGRAM
First Grade P.E. Program start time has been changed.  Please join us Tuesday February 2nd at 6:20 pm in the cafeteria.  This is a chance for our first graders to shine and show some of the skills that they have been practicing this year. Please meet in the cafeteria.
                          
VALENTINE’S PARTY
The Valentines party will be on Friday, February 12th (1:30-2:30).
 Please check your child's Tuesday Folder for a list of their classmates' names and have your child make a small valentine for each classmate.  You may choose to buy these from stores or have your child make their own valentines. We have almost two weeks, so there should be plenty of time for the kiddos to write their classmates' names on their valentines. The kiddos can bring their Valentines to school on Thursday, Feb. 11 to begin passing them out.

READING and WRITING
We will continue our guided research unit.
 This week we will review the research process, pick a topic that we are interested in, think about what we want to know about our topics, look at different resources, and non-fiction texts to find new information, take notes in our own words, and then present our findings in an organized form so others can use our information and learn from our research too.
MATH 
This week we will connect addition and subtraction by introducing the fact families, part-part- whole, and missing addend.  The parts join together to make a whole (addition).  If we know the whole and a part, we can find out the missing part using both addition and subtraction.  We will use our knowledge of part-part-whole to solve a variety of math problems.

SCIENCE
We will continue learning about our natural resources such as water, rocks, soil, trees, sun, air and more.  We will brainstorm and discuss why it is important to conserve these natural resources, keep them clean and to pollute them.  We will start the week by exploring water, its properties, its movement, and uses.  Why is it important to conserve fresh water? Why is it important not to pollute water? What are the different natural sources of water.

THANK YOU!
Thank you to Mandy Hubbard for coming in to read with the kiddos!
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, January 26.
*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 @ 6:30 pm
Feb 3:  Early Release @ 12:45, Spirit Night @ Catfish Parlour
Feb 9:  101st Day of School, Ms. Smith out
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

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