2/25 to 3/1

Hello,

It’s Read Across America week! There are dress up days planned this week and we will be listening to many Dr. Suess books.  If you follow NDLC on Facebook be sure to tune at 7:00 for a live night time read alouds by many of our teachers. 

We also have our Knowledge-a-thon coming up in a few weeks. If you would like to volunteer to quiz students, here is the link to volunteer:

http://signup.com/go/imLqCBE

Upcoming Events: 

2/25-1/1: Dress Up Days (see below)

2/26: Six Flags Sheet Due

2/26: Family Night

3/8: Early Release

Additional Dress Up Days:

Read Across America Week

Feb. 25: dress like your parents

Feb. 26: dress like a game (board game, etc.)

Feb. 27: crazy hair day

Feb. 28: dress like your favorite book character

March 1: camp out with a good book (dress in camping wear, bring sleeping bags, flashlights, etc.)

Reading: In reading we are focusing on getting to know the characters in our books. We will think about how characters change throughout the text, the feelings that characters have and using evidence in our books to support our ideas.  Later in the week we will chart out feeling words and fid ones that specifically match our characters. An example would be using the word joyful or ecstatic instead of happy. 

Writing: In writing this week we are starting a new unit: Poetry! This week we will be listening to poems and songs to see what we notice. We will also record our ideas on a notebook necklace. At the end of the week we will start poetry and song centers. The five centers will be illustrating a poem, listening to songs, finding the rhythm, everyday objects/sensory center, and experimenting with line breaks. 

Math: In math this week we are continuing with Unit 5. We will be listening to math stories and find out what is missing. Is the story missing an addend or the total. This week we will also find efficient ways to count groups of large numbers. This could be something fun to do at home! Have them lay out all of their legos, cars, or shopkins and have them count how many they have. An efficient way to count is to put them into groups of 10 and then see how many are left over.

Social Studies: This week we will be doing a mini-unit around U.S. Symbols.  Each day we will focus on a new symbol and a new note taking strategy. 

2/18-2/22

Hello,

Wow, what a busy past few weeks! We have been having a lot of fun at school celebrating the 100th day and Valentine's Day. Since this is a short week I am going to keep the blog short and share some pictures from our field trip! Thank you so much to everyone that chaperoned! I also want to thank everyone that brought if treats for our Valentine's celebration, the students had so much fun!

We also have our Knowledge-a-thon coming up in a few weeks. If you would like to volunteer to quiz students, here is the link to volunteer:
http://signup.com/go/imLqCBE

Upcoming Events: 

2/21-2/22: No School

2/21: Funset Boulevard Night
2/25-1/1: Dress Up Days (see below)

2/26: Family Night
3/8: Early Release

Additional Dress Up Days:

• Read Across America Week
• Feb. 25: dress like your parents
• Feb. 26: dress like a game (board game, etc.)
• Feb. 27: crazy hair day
• Feb. 28: dress like your favorite book character
• March 1: camp out with a good book (dress in camping wear, bring sleeping bags, flashlights, etc.)

2/11 to 2/15

Hello,

Here is the link to this weeks video!

https://youtu.be/RudR2MA92ZI

Upcoming Events: 

2/14: Valentines Celebration

2/21-2/22: No School

2/21: Funset Boulevard Night

2/26: Family Night

Additional Dress Up Days:

• Read Across America Week
• Feb. 25: dress like your parents
• Feb. 26: dress like a game (board game, etc.)
• Feb. 27: crazy hair day
• Feb. 28: dress like your favorite book character
• March 1: camp out with a good book (dress in camping wear, bring sleeping bags, flashlights, etc.)

2/4 to 2/8

Hello,

Valentines Day: You will be receiving a letter today with information about our Valentine’s Celebration. We will celebrate the afternoon of Thursday, February 14th. Let me know if you have an questions.

Field Trip: Reminder if you have not sent the field trip form back for next Monday, please do so as soon as possible. If you volunteered to be a chaperone you will be receiving an email today.  

Upcoming Events: 

2/11: Field Trip and 100th Day of School

2/14: Valentines Celebration

2/21-2/22: No School

2/21: Funset Boulevard Night

2/26: Family Night

Additional Dress Up Days:

• Read Across America Week
• Feb. 25: dress like your parents
• Feb. 26: dress like a game (board game, etc.)
• Feb. 27: crazy hair day
• Feb. 28: dress like your favorite book character
• March 1: camp out with a good book (dress in camping wear, bring sleeping bags, flashlights, etc.)

Reading: In reading this week we are working on visualizing our stories. We will make “movies” in our mind of what is happening in our story. We will also work on a few more comprehension strategies. We will keep track of who is talking in our stories and learn how to understand new vocabulary words.

Writing: In writing this week we are continuing to write reviews! We will be doing some partner work and help each other with writing checkups. We will also start organizing our reviews into categories to share them with the class. We will then end the week with starting book reviews.

Math: In math this week we will continue our work with the bead racks and number combinations to 20.  We are working on using strategies like make a ten, doubles plus one or two. 

Science: In science we will be exploring light and sound through centers.  We will be using the iPads, reading books, making artwork that is translucent, and creating our own instruments.

Pictures from our P.A.C. field trip: