Important Dates . . .
February 12 – Valentine's Day Party in homerooms 1:30-2:15
February 15 -- President's Day -- No School
February 25 -- Spring Pictures
February 26 -- Ozzie's Reading Club Deadline
-- Movie Night
March 1 -- Casmir Pulaski Day -- No School
Ozzie's Reading Club
Thanks to everyone who sent in their reading logs for the first month of Ozzie's Reading Club. The children who have brought in their reading logs have reached second base have their base marked on the poster in their homeroom. They should be working on reading towards third base, so keep up the good work!
Language Arts
We are continuing to work on handwriting and sentences this week. Each child will have more opportunities to create their own sentences using co-writer and a word processing program called Open Office. They have been familiar with this program, now will continue building on writing grammatically correct sentences that relate to eventually form a paragraph.
Reading
We will be continuing with lesson 5 of this program. Your child will be coming home with 7 words that will be studied during the week in class and should be reviewed at home. On the page I will be sending home each Monday there will be suggestions on how you can work with your child & have them get extra practice.
This month reading incentives are doubled for only a little while longer! Not only can your child read 20 minutes to go to the reading party, but they can read to earn a ticket to see the Kane County Cougars! Please turn in Ozzie's Reading Club form after you complete two weeks - that way we can award the progress of getting around the bases.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Every month each 20 minute increment read counts for a point up to 20 points – yes, that means an additional reading grade each month for learning to love to read. Your help is greatly appreciated! Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in at the end of the month to ensure they can attend the lunch reading party. Keep reading!
Spelling
This week we will be divided into 3 different spelling groups. Some will be working on Unit 21 this week and others will be working on a separate list that will not relate to the spelling workbooks they have used up to this point, because we will be working on building reading and spelling skills at the same time through this list.
Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. Over the weekend would be a good time to discuss the meaning of the words. Although we work on meaning typically on Fridays and Mondays, help from home is greatly encouraged! They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: Good Clean Words -Write your words in shaving cream on a counter or some other surface that can be cleaned safely.
Social Studies
This week children will wrap up Unit 2, Our Earth, this week with lessons 4 and 5. The children will learn more intensely the concept of caring for earth's natural resources – its land, water, air, and plants – and explores different ways children can conserve and protect them. Some of the things your child will learn about is different landforms and bodies of water, how people live in different communities, and explore how one family uses and changes the land.
We will review Unit 2 on Wednesday and Thursday. The final review will go home on Thursday. The test is scheduled for Friday, February 12th. I am encouraging reviewing one lesson a night until the test; therefore, textbooks can come home nightly.
Q: How can you help your child best review for the test?
A: 1. Reread each lesson with your child.
2. Discussing answers to the questions at the end of each lesson.
3. Studying vocabulary cards.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will continue focusing on numbers, specifically comparing and ordering numbers. The children will be encouraged to use various manipulatives and strategies to achieve understanding of value; whether it be understanding through money, unfix cubes, other tangible objects, 100's chart, and various place value charts.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and fill in both Independent Reading Folder Log & Ozzie's Log
- practice reading poem given to work on fluency
- study lesson 5 vocabulary words
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words with parents nightly
Social Studies – Unit 2 Test :) on Friday
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time
