We had a great
full week of learning last week! There will be a lot of things coming your way
in the Tuesday folder this
week! Also, I just wanted to remind everyone that I am keeping samples of the
student's work for their portfolios. The contents of the portfolio will go home
at the end of the year. You are always welcome to come
up and view their work!
Reminders for this week:
Monday (1/16): No School
Tuesday (1/17): Tuesday folders will
come home. Please unload and return them the next day.
Wednesday (1/18): Library
Check out. Please remind your child to
return their books.
Homework will come home. It is due on Friday.
Science Fair and Science Night
Thursday (1/19):
Friday (1/20): Reading
Homework is due.
In the future...
Tuesday, February 7th: First Grade
PE program
This week in Reading Workshop...
We will be exploring the Literary Nonfiction genre. These are nonfiction books that are written more
like a story. We will talk about how these
could be memoirs or stories from peoples experiences. We will use our reading strategies such as monitoring
our comprehension and asking questions while we explore books.
This week in Writer's Workshop...
We are spending the week discussing what writer's do. We will review the different types of writing we
have learned about this year. Some of these
include stories from our experiences, imaginary stories, fact writing, comics,
How to writing, research, expert writing and letter writing. The students will be able to choose their favorite
types and practice writing this week during our "free choice writing"
week.
This week in Math...
We will begin a new unit on Deepening our understanding of 2 digit
place value. We will represent numbers using
pictures, objects and expanded form up to 99. We will
compare two digit numbers using symbols and comparative language. We will look for relationships in numbers such as
10 more, 10 less, 1 more and 1 less. We will work
with numbers lines and hundreds charts to compare numbers as we incorporate
problem solving in to our work.
This week in Social Studies...
We are learning about the World Around Us in our Geography unit. We will explore maps and globes as we look for
landforms. We will use cardinal directions
to help us read and make maps. We will learn
about physical features of places as well as learn about natural resources.
Have a great week!
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Jan. 16: No School
Jan. 18: Science Fair
Feb. 7: 1st Grade PE Program @ 5:45
Feb. 8: Skate night- Playland Skate Center @ 5:30 pm
Feb. 14: Valentine’s Day party
Feb. 17: Jump Rope for Heart
Feb. 24: Engineering Day
March 13-17: Spring Break
March 22: Skate night- Playland Skate Center @ 6:00 pm
March 23: Field Trip to ZACH Scott Theater
March 28-29: STAAR Testing- No Visitors on Campus
April 1: Family Dinner Night
April 5: Early Release Day @ 12:00 pm
April 7: Family Fun & Fit Night @ 6:30 pm
April 14: Spring Holiday- No School
April 20: KnOWLedge Night @ 5:30
April 22: Earth Day Clean up
April 26: Playland Skate Center @ 5:30 pm
May 1-5: Teacher Appreciation Week
May 8-10: STAAR
Testing- No Visitors on Campus
May 19: Field Day
May 26: Career Fair
May 29: Memorial Day- No School
June 1: Last Day of School- End of the Year party
