“We love because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19
Reading Language Arts-Spelling and Reading Test Tuesday 2/15
We continue to read Ah, Music! an informational text
Spelling Words include pay, tray, stay, day, hay, gray, away, clay, birthday, wait, paint, train, plain, stain, raisin, pail
Vocabulary words discussed this week from the story include vibration, tune, volume, expression, creative, performance, concentrate, relieved
Grammar Goal: compound sentences
Phonics Focus: vowel digraphs ai, ay
Fluency: adjusting the rate to purpose when reading
Writer’s Workshop
Math- Chapter 5
Subtraction
Social Studies-Chapter 2
Lesson 1 People, Places and Nature-making our own grid map
Black History Month- We are in the process of making a “quilt” which tells the story of special black Americans who have helped shape American history
Science
What do you KNOW about SNOW?
Mystery Science
Handwriting
Basic strokes in cursive-undercurve, downcurve, overcurve and slant
Keys to legibility are size, shape, spacing and slant! Handwriting is important and strengthens our fine motor skills! Neatness counts!
Religion- Open Book Test by the end of the week
Jesus Blesses His Children
Chapel Wednesday morning
Important Information and News:
•Thank you to Mrs. Shannon, our class mom, who has provided our class with the necessities for our Valentine celebration tomorrow, February 14th. We have a snack, juice boxes, paper goods, a game and a sweet craft! We will be exchanging valentines on Monday as well. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
•Winter Break is February 21-25. Enjoy the week off!
•At home, children should continue practicing their math addition facts. Please use flash cards or simply ask simple fact questions whenever you have a minute or two to practice. Make it fun!
•We are writing in our journals nightly. Please encourage as much independence as possible. Reinforce rereading sentences to proofread. Does/Do my sentence(s) make sense? Did I add punctuation and capital letters where necessary? Have I written at least 3 sentences to answer the prompt? Have I reviewed and checked my “checklist?”
•*If your son or daughter has a hard time completing homework, please let me know so I can reinforce the concept in school the following day. Thank you!
•Are YOU interested in becoming a MYSTERY READER? If so, please email me so we can set up a date and time for you to “Zoom” in and share a book with our class! We hope everyone will take part in this fun activity and spend some time with us! Thank you to all of the new volunteers! We can’t wait to share a book with you!
• Please remember to send in extra masks for your son/daughter just in case a backup is needed!
• Please be sure your son/daughter has an extra uniform sweater to wear inside. Now that winter is upon us, please be sure all hats, gloves and mittens are labeled with names please!
• Please have a conversation with your son/daughter if they need a refreshment of supplies such as crayons, colored pencils, regular pencils, glue sticks….
If ever you have a question or concern, please email me at [email protected].
Kind Regards,
Mrs. Antonia Ryan
