January 21, 2014

 

A note from Mrs. Tabor…

The students sure enjoyed learning from our community helper last week.  Dr. Danielle came to teach us about taking care of our teeth.  The children learned how important it is to brush twice a day and to have mom or dad still help them brush.  They were very excited about their new toothbrush! 

 

We have another community helper coming on Friday and he is arriving in a very exciting vehicle (police helicopter!  shhhh!)  What a fun surprise! 

 

 

100^th Day Project

 

 

Our class has been adding one number for each school day to our Growing Number Line.  The 100^th day of school is coming up soon, and it will be a major celebration!

 

One of the things we will do to celebrate is to hold a “100^th Day Fashion Show.”  Please help your child glue, safety pin, or sew 100 things on a plain t-shirt.  Children have been thinking about things they could glue to their shirt including buttons, beads, pennies, paper clips, bows, stars, cereal, etc.  Be as creative as possible!  We have been talking about ways to count the collections without losing track of the numbers.  Making groups of 10 is a good way to count and display the objects. 

 

Children may need a little help gathering materials, but they should be able to do most of the counting themselves. 

 

Please have your child wear their 100^th day t-shirt to school on February 3rd (will change if we have any snow days)!

 

 

Dates to Remember

• January 20^th: No School
• February 17: We will have school due to the super cold day!

 

What are we learning?

Reading Workshop

We will learn how to retell the key details in informational and literary texts.  We will also learn how to tell the difference between key details and non-important details. 

Writing Workshop

 We will continue to learn more about community helpers.  This past week, students chose one community helper that they’d like to learn more about and began a research project.  Now, they will delve into research and begin writing a book all about their community helper and what their job is like.  We will begin by writing an introduction and drawing a diagram with labels of that person in their work setting.  We will complete a Family Journal entry at the end of the week. 

 

Word Study

This week we will learn about the hard-Gg (as in goat and gorilla) and soft-Gg (as in giraffe and change).  Our word wall words for this week are:  when, get, will.  Have your child sing you the songs for these words.

Math

This week continue addition and subtraction strategies, and learn how to “Count on”.  If you are adding 8 + 2, it is much more efficient to begin at 8 and count on.   During indoor recess, some children have enjoyed playing “Chutes and Ladders”!  This is a great addition and subtraction game.

 

Science/ Social Studies

We will continue lessons on nutrition, “The Food Plate”.  We will also have some creativity/open ended lessons to promote out of the box thinking. 

Related Arts Schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
No school	Music	Music	P.E.	P.E.