February News

The month of February flew by! Even though it was a short month, we accomplished a lot. We began the month learning about dental health.

We had a dental hygienist come in and give a wonderful lesson on what is good or bad for our teeth and how we can keep our teeth

healthy. She even sent home some goodies to help our teeth!We celebrated our 100th day! I would like to thank all the

volunteers that came and made our day run smoothly. We were very busy counting to 100 and making different crafts. I cannot believe the

year is well over half way done!We celebrated Valentine’s Day as a class and had fun literacy

stations. We talked about how we can show love for one another. The children made their families an “I love you to pieces” card. We worked on classmates name recognition when we delivered our Valentine’s to

their correct mailboxes.Our friend Morris visited again to read to us. He was very

appreciative of the Valentine’s we made for him!We also discussed some important historical figures. George

Washington and Abraham Lincoln. We talked about how they were Presidents in the past and how they helped our country become as

great as it is. We talked about President’s Day and why we celebrate it. The children wrote about what they would do if they became President

and we had some really amazing responses. We also did a directed draw of Abraham and George. The kids took creative license when

coloring these ;)We celebrated John and Chloe’s ½ birthday! Both John and

Chloe’s Mothers came in to be mystery readers!Even though the month was short and we had vacation right in

the middle of it, we still have worked hard in reading, writing, and math. We are completing Unit 4 of Reading Street. We have read

“Bunny Day” and “My Lucky Day”. The skills we have reinforced are sequence of a story, and cause and effect. We have learned the sight words are, that, and do. We really want to work on becoming fluent in

reading all of our learned sight words so far. If you need a list of the sight words, please contact me. A fun way to practice could be to create sight word cards and play a game of memory with them.

Upcoming in the unit we will be discussing consonant blends (two sounds that blend together to make one sound sl in slide), Gg, Ee, Ww,

and Jj. We are almost done learning all of our letters and sounds. It would be great if we could practice these at home so we are fluent.

In math we have almost finished up our first book! We will begin topic 9 this week and we will be learning a lot about teen numbers! Students

should be able to recognize 1-10, order them in sequential order, discuss what is greater than or less than, and add and subtract

numbers 1-10. Also, students should be working to be able to count by 1’s to at least 60. They should be able to count by 1’s and 10’s to 100 by the end of the year. This can be an easy thing to practice as ‘filler’

time (in the car, bath, at dinner).I have noticed that we are running low on classroom materials. We are

in need of tissues, paper towels, baby wipes. Also, clear protective sheets (for our binders) and dry erase markers as the kiddos love

drawing on the whiteboards! We appreciate anything you can donate.Again, thank you for all of your hard work so far this year.

If you have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact me!Thanks,Ashley

Upcoming Learning-Letters: consonant blends (two sounds that blend together to

make one sound sl in slide), Gg, Ee, Ww, and JjSight Words: one, two, three, four, five, go, here, and from.

Literacy Concepts: Sequence, cause/effect, character, classify/categorize, setting

Math Concepts: #’s 11-20Science: Weather- Lion/Lamb days- Spring- Life cycles

Social Studies: Dr. Seuss, St. Patrick’s Day

Upcoming events:March 17th- St. Patrick’s Day- Puppet Show assembly 10 am

March 27th- No School Professional Development