February 7, 2014

READING

                        Our story for next week will be Mrs. Brown Went to Town, by Wong Herbert Yee.  This story is about a woman whose farm animal move into her house while she is away.  They have a lot of fun! 

            We will be working on the comprehension strategies of predicting outcomes and connecting and comparing.  Phonics lessons will  include the long vowels a and i following a cvce pattern (consonant, vowel, consonant, silent e)  Vocabulary words will be commotion, wearing, delivered, tire, feathers, releases.  High-frequency story words are floor, letter, move, poor and word.  Our grammar lessons will focus on verbs.                                       

  

           
                   MATH

                        We started counting on using various coins.  We are counting with half-dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies.  Practice counting money with your child , it will help them to know how to count on various amounts of coins and values.  Please continue to work on flashcards at home.

           

 Student  of the Week

Drew is the Student of the Week!  He likes to go to waterparks, ride his snow motorcycle and build with legos.  His favorite animal is a penguin. His favorite colors are black and red.   When Drew grows up he wants to be a Construction Boss.

Valentine’s Day Party

On Friday, Feb. 14^th we will have a Valentine's Day party.  Your child may bring one valentine for every child in the class (21 students).  Please make sure that your child signs the valentines but doesn’t address them.  We will be passing them out to our classmates before the party.

Thank you to the PTO for the Prokids Assembly last Friday.  We enjoyed it!

Valentine Cereal Boxes

Each child needs to bring in an empty cereal box for our valentines.  Please bring these in by Tuesday so we can complete a special valentine project.

Service Project

We are collecting 100 can of food for the West Suburban Food Pantry.  We will be collecting these items until our 100^th day of school which will be on Feb. 13^th.  Thank you.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Feb. 14 – Valentine’s Day

Feb. 17 – President's Day – No School

Feb. 20 – Spring Picture Day

Feb. 24 – Six Flags Reading Logs are Due

Feb. 28 – Institute Day – No School

Happy Valentines

           Day!