FEB.21-24 AG WEEK

Tuesday - Dress like a FARMER day.

Wednesday - Animal Day - Dress in animal print

Thursday - Cowboy/Cowgirl - Dress like a cowboy/girl

Friday - Ag Olympigs - Dress in Blue and Gold

Math - February 21 - 24

This week in math we will be working on measuring and comparing length, weight and capacity.  We will also continue reinforcing coin values and combinations as well as addition and subtraction facts to 20.  These days are very full of a lot of repetition so your help with consistency is very important and helpful.

Valentin'e Day

Please refer to last week's post on the children's names for the Valentine card sharing.  During our snack this year, we will be have granola with a choice of dried fruit and milk for the snack.  This will be a great time for your child to try new things and gain another serving of fruit and grain in each child's daily health requirements. If your child has an allergy, please send something healthy that he/she can eat in place of the provided snack.  Thank you.

Spelling Feb. 13 - 16

Our spelling will be available on spellingcity.com
username:  scarey1  password:  mollyd

words:  could, had, his, or, day, door, find, were,
bonus:  fifteen,  five

Please also visit the Raz-Kids.com to have your child continue reading at home.  This is making a HUGE difference in your child's reading fluency.  Please log in with the code:  careyj and your child can find his/her good fit reading level.  Believe me, they know how to use this wonderful tool.

Valentine's Day is Around the Corner

As Valentine's Day approaches, please be mindful of the peanut allergies that are evident in our classroom.
I am also encouraging all of you to think of non-sugary treats to share with classmates.  Examples would be a new Valentine's pencil, eraser, little spiny tops, trinkets, hand-written secret messages, stickers, sticky notes, word games, etc.. Clean out your junk drawers and let the kids go wild with the little toys that have been hidden for weeks and even years!  I am really trying to encourage rewards and prizes that are not sugary.

Valentine Class List: START NOW!!
Abraham, Chloe, Christopher, Cliff, Cora, Courtney, Emma, Ethan, Grace, Julia, Kaylynn, Kendra, Kourtney, MacKenzie, Mason, Megan, Mila, Natasha, Noah, Owen, Reece, Sarah, Tayden, Wyatt

SPELLING FEB. 6 - 9/ RAZ-KIDS

The kids who go to spellingcity.com to do the activities really do well on the tests.  If you can, have your child visit.  scarey1 - username
         password - mollyd

Raz-kids.com is a HUGE HIT!!  Please visit and watch the reading growth taking place as I do.  It's fantastic!!
raz-kids.com  login:  careyj

FOCUS THIS WEEK

This week we will be focusing on SHAPES in math as well as continuing to review the Singapore Math method of subtracting and adding numbers together above 10.  


Thank you to those of you who attended the Singapore Math Afternoon Information Meeting.  I hope it was helpful to you.  If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to let me know.


Please help your child by talking about coin combinations up to $1.00.  Some of the children are fantastic with money and can add up coins higher than a $1.00.  Others are still identifying the coin names.  I am trying to solidify these concepts at school and would love for you to carry on with coins at home.  Thank you very much.


Last week we wrote letters to the President, Barack Obama.  The kids asked some interesting questions to him and I am very proud of their efforts.  We are going to continue writing letters to people and become comfortable with the letter format.  If you have any thank you notes that need to be done, please let your child do the writing.  It's a wonderful experience for them to do and it helps them feel special knowing that they have crafted a letter to someone they love. These are heart-felt gifts!