READING
Our next story is called The Great Ball Game: A Muskogee Story. It is a fable about how the birds and animals play ball to decide who is better. The birds don't allow the bat on their team, but he ends up winning the game for the animals.
In phonics we will be focusing on the vowels pairs oa and ow.
Vocabulary words are accept, advantage, argument, penalty, quarrel, and guarded.
Comprehension strategies are rereading for understanding, cause and effect, and summarizing.
In grammar we will be working on plural possessive nouns.
Our new chapter is on plane figures and spatial sense. We will be learning how to identify plane shapes, plane figures and combining the figures to make shapes.
Juli is the Student of the Week! She likes being a girl scout, coloring and reading. Her favorite animal is a golden retriever. Her favorite colors are pink and purple. When Juli grows up she wants to be a music teacher.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Feb. 27 - Great America Sheets are due
Mar. 1 – Reading Logs are Due
Mar. 5 – Casimer Pulaski Day – No School
Mar. 7 – Report Cards go home
Mar. 9 – No School – Parent/ Teacher Conferences
Feb. 28-Early Dismissal at 12:00
