No School Monday, February 17

Valentine's Day: Thank you to our wonderful room moms and all their helpers who made our Valentine's Day so much fun! We had a blast and really appreciate all the work that went into the planning.

Centers: Starting the week of February 17th, we will have Workshops ( Centers) during RTI time, 7:55 to 9:00 Monday-Thursday.  If you would like to volunteer to help during Workshops, please email me and let me know. You can sign up to volunteer in your child's HOMEROOM CLASS or  his/her RTI class. Again, if you are interested, please email me with the days you would like to volunteer.

 Language Arts: We will be enjoying the story If You Give a Pancake by Laura Numeroff. There are several stories written by Ms. Numeroff that you might already have. If you do, please share with us as we will try to read all of her books this week. The strategy focus is monitoring and clarifying. The comprehension skill is being able to tell the difference between reality and fantasy in a story.

Science: We are studying weather this month. We are reading lots of non fiction books about all the different kinds of weather. Have fun listening to the meteorologist on the radio and tv. Also enjoy reading about the weather in our local newspaper.  

Social Studies: We will continue our unit on Famous Americans and learn how these great leaders helped to change and form our country. We will focus on George Washington next week  and end with a very, very special American. (make sure and ask your child who this very, very special American is)

Math: We will continue with Chapter 16 that focuses on subtraction and using a number line to subtract.  Remember to work the practice pages into your child's daily math homework as well as math fact practice.

Choir: Congratulations to all our wonderful first graders for a fabulous concert! We are all so excited to start our next choir session!

Homework Logs: Please complete your child's homework log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Homework Log is due each FRIDAY.

PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.

Library: A reminder that each Friday we go to Rio's library so please help your child remember to return his/her book to class by Thursday.