Friday, January 25th

Next week we have PE on Wednesday. 
Dear Parents,

Our parent/ teacher conferences are February 11th and 13th. An email about signing up will be sent by the office soon. They will be making the sign-ups available to parents beginning January 28 at 6 a.m.  I look forward to meeting with each of you.

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner.  We will not have a class party on this day, but we will enjoy exchanging Valentines with classmates.  We will have a spring class party on Friday, March 22nd from 1:30 to 2:30.

If your child chooses to bring Valentine cards to school, they need to have one for each child in our class. Valentines should be brought to school on February 14th.  I will provide a container for them to collect their Valentines. Handmade cards are encouraged. Here is a list of student names to help with this task. Thank you for your continued support.

Tatum, Henry, Kyler, Chelsea, Noah, Dasan, Cooper, Rachel, Marley, Kimi, Eva, Ozzie, Emma, Desmond, Claire,Sawyer, Enzo, Penny, Charlie, Tim, Riley, Sonya, Stephen, Nayana

Literacy:

We are reading and writing narratives.  Please engage your child in telling stories about their day and family experiences.  We often say, “Think it, say it, write it,” as we work through the writing process. I also encourage you to write stories with your child, taking turns to write a few sentences.  This can be an ongoing project, and a fun way to engage in the narrative writing experience. We are talking about story elements such as: characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, problem/conflict, and solution.

Our new word study program is proving to be quite engaging for our students.  Each lesson that we have completed has been interactive and allows students to extend their learning to their personal level.

Math:

We are well into Unit 4, Addition and Subtraction of Multi-digit Numbers. This week we continued adding three digit numbers with regrouping.  Many students have strong fluency and accuracy with this skill! We also started subtracting three digit numbers and will continue with this next week.

Science:

Our Metric Measurement and Matter unit is coming to a close.   We will begin a social studies unit about regions of the United States late next week.

Homework for next week:

• ReadingPlus or iReady lessons at least once per week.
• Read at least 20 min nightly.

• Check in with your child about their Mystery State assignment.  
• Practice math X and / facts 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and subtraction and addition facts through sums of 20 daily.

Important Dates to Remember

Monday, February 11th- Parent-Teacher Conferences

Wednesday, February 13th- Parent-Teacher Conferences

Friday, February 15th-Teacher Professional Development Day-No School for Students

Monday, February 18th-Presidents’ Day-No School

Have a wonderful weekend.
Sincerely,

Aisha Galt