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.
We will be finishing our chapter on spatial shapes and have a chapter test on Tuesday. Our next 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.
Dale is the Student of the Week! He likes to wrestle, play football and do science experiments. His favorite animal is a dog. His favorite is green. When Dale grows up he wants to be a Mailman.
Valentine’s Day Party
Thank you our Valentine’s Day party was great! Thank you to Mrs. Norkus, Mrs. Marten, and Mr. Burisek who organized our games and ran our party. A special Thank You to Mrs. Norkus who covered all our valentine boxes. Your support and generosity are greatly appreciated! The children had a wonderful time!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Feb. 18 – President's Day – No School
Feb. 21 – Spring Picture Day
Feb. 22 – Six Flags Reading Logs are due
Feb. 22 – Fuzzy Friend Day – Bring a fuzzy friend that will fit in your backpack and a book to share
Feb. 26 – Early Dismissal at 12:00
Mar. 1 – Reading Logs are due
