Ms. Smith's Fabulous Firsties: February 2019

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

February 25-March 1, 2019

March is quickly approaching! This semester seems to be flying by!

If you are ordering Scholastic books for your child. Please make sure to order and pay online at www.scholastic.com. Our classroom code is HL96Y. This is super easy!

This week…

Monday (2/25): Daily folder comes home. Return daily!

Homework bags went home.

Tuesday (2/26): Tuesday folders come home

Wednesday (2/27):

Thursday (2/28):

Friday (3/1): Caraway Academies

This week in Reading…

We will begin reading and analyzing poetry. We will think like a poet and use our senses to create a picture of the poem in our mind. We will listen for rhythm and rhyme.

This week in Writing Workshop…

We will begin our poetry unit. We will talk about how to think like a poet and listen for rhythm, rhyme and line breaks. We will try to apply this to our writing. We will talk about how poems are different from stories with a beginning, middle and end.

This week in Math workshop…

We will wrap up our unit on place value. We will be assessing what we have learned about numbers up to 99, using base 10 blocks to build the numbers, and using the expanded form of a number to compose and decompose numbers.

This week in Science…

We will begin learning about animals. This week, we will be learning about frogs and their life cycle. We will record facts in our science notebook.

This week in Social Studies…

We will be thinking about how the weather can affect our choices and decisions about what clothes we wear, what we eat & drink, shelter we seek, and our activities.

Our Life Skill of the week is Sense of Humor! Having a sense of humor means that you are able to laugh and be playful without hurting others.

That’s all for now! Have a great week!

Important Dates:

Mar. 2- Caraway City Limits

Mar. 8- Last Spring Academy

Mar. 11-15- STEAM week

Mar. 18-22- Spring Break

Mar. 27- Author Visit: Liz Scanlon

Apr. 9- STAAR testing- No Visitors

Apr. 19- No School

Apr. 26- Field Day

Apr. 29-May 2- Book Fair

May 13-15- STAAR testing- No Visitors

May 23- Last Day of School

Monday, February 11, 2019

February 11-15, 2019

Please continue to speak with your child at home about the importance of being a respectful learner in the classroom community, listening to and following teacher instructions, and using a calm body in the classroom. Thank you so much for your support!

This week…

Monday (2/11): Daily folder comes home. Return daily!

Tuesday (2/12): Tuesday folders come home

Homework Bags come home

Wednesday (2/13): Spirit Night @ Newk’s

Thursday (2/14): Valentine’s Day Party @ 10:00-10:45

Friday (2/15): Caraway Academies

This week in Reading…

We will continue researching. Last week, we learned about Sloths. This week, we will be learning about Dinosaurs! We will read different types of nonfiction texts to find information.

This week in Writing Workshop…

We will continue writing information we collect from nonfiction books on sticky notes. We will use the sticky notes to publish the information we collect. We will also choose topics we already know about and write facts about that topic.

This week in Math workshop…

We will continue learning about place value. We are learning about and exploring numbers up to 99. We are using base 10 blocks to build the numbers, and using the expanded form of a number to compose and decompose numbers.