Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Weekly Newsletter for the week of January 4-10, 2010

I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas break! The kids were so excited to be back yesterday and I loved hearing all about what Santa brought them:)

Please send glue sticks and dry erase markers to school with your child as soon as you can. All of my "extra supply" has been used up. Thank you


We are reading Farfallina and Marcel in reading this week. Our comprehension skill is plot. Our Amazing Words are: goose, gosling, caterpillar, butterfly, reflection and cocoon.

We will have our Spelling test on Friday.
This week the words are: fan, fib, fin, if

Focus Letter Letters to review
Ff Mm, Tt, Aa, Ss, Pp, Cc, Ii, Nn, Bb, Rr, Dd, Kk

High Frequency Words
see look
I am the little to a have is we my like he for me with she

In Math we will begin Chapter 8. We will use story details to solve problems related to measurement, identify longer and shorter, use nonstandard units to estimate and measure length, and know the tools used to measure.

Announcements
Please continue to save Box Tops, Best Choice, Tyson and Campbell's labels for our school.

Don't forget that the school store is open every Friday morning if your child wishes to purchase something before school starts. I've seen lots of cool stuff!

Thursday, January 14 Out at 11 Parent Teacher Conferences 1-6
Friday, January 15 NO SCHOOL Staff Development
Monday, January 18 NO SCHOOL Martin Luther King, Jr Day

HOMEWORK Please help your child complete their homework each night and return the next day. Make sure their NAME is on their paper.