Conferences are coming up on the following two dates:
Thursday, February 19
Tuesday, February 24
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Wednesday: Bring in 100th day Baggies with 100 items -these will be returned :) College T day
Thursday: Bring in a Pre-Decorated Bag or Box by Today.Valentines can also be brought to school anytime this week.
Friday: Early Release @ 1:00 - please inform your teacher if your child's end of day transportation is different than the normal plan/College T day/Read-a-thon
LITERATURE
Focus: Elements of a Fairytale
- Rumpelstiltskin
- Rapunzel
MATH
This week's focus: Growing, ABA & ABBA Patterns
During the months of January, February, March students will work on the following skills:
· numbers 0-31 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)
· addition
· interpreting and analyzing graphs
· tally marks
· matching and sorting: 3-D shapes
· patterns : ABC, ABBA
· comparing, ordering, and measuring using non-standard units of measurement and with a ruler in inches
· Using a balance to measure weight
Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.
HANDWRITING/WRITING
We are working on thinking about what we are going to write and planning it out across all of the pages in our story. Including details and labeling in our pictures is an important way to tell more about our story.
CORE KNOWLEDGE
Kindergarteners will learn about U.S. Presidents and symbols for the next two weeks. Students will hear about the Mount Rushmore Presidents and various symbols such as the Statue of Liberty, monuments and memorials, the White House, and the bald eagle.
