Theme: Community

Monday- Hundreds Day! Showing how many more on a graph; Hundreds BINGO; PE.
Tuesday- Identifying and Making Congruent Shapes; School Symbols; Computers.
Wednesday- Library; Groundhog's Day Activity; Counting Large Collections; Early Out.
Thursday- Using concrete and pictorial models to represent two-digit numbers; Neighborhood Landmarks; PE.
Friday- Trading Dimes for Pennies; Building a Community; Spelling and Math Test; January Reading Relay(for all students that read 400 minutes this month).

Spelling Words: could, take, laugh, drink, has, of, far, walk

Thanks so much for ordering books this month. I was able to get 7 more sets of books/cd's!

Important Dates: 1/31 100th Day of School; 2/1 January Reading Calendar Due; 2/9 School Reading Incentive Party; 2/10 Domino's Pizza Fundraiser; 2/18 Kid's College; 2/21 NO SCHOOL

Theme: Sink and Float

Monday- Doubles plus one facts; What sinks? What floats? PE.
Tuesday- Doubles plus one facts; Predicting sink or float; Computers.
Wednesday- Doubles plus one facts; Library.
Thursday- Adding double digit numbers without regrouping; Thick or thin liquids; PE.
Friday- Math and Spelling Test; How can you make something float? Art.

Spelling Words: him, please, her, upon, why, fast, for, down.

This week's spelling homework asks students to cut out LETTERS from magazines, newspapers, etc. They only get credit if this is done correctly. They shouldn't find the words, just the letters to make the words.

Important Dates: 1/31 100th Day of School; 2/1 January Reading Calendar Due; 2/9 School Reading Incentive Party; 2/10 Domino's Pizza Fundraiser; 2/18 Kid's College; 2/21 NO SCHOOL

Theme: States of Matter

Tuesday: Fact assessment; Counting dimes and pennies; Solids; Computers.
Wednesday: Library, New Addition Fact - "Double plus one;"
Thursday: Liquids; PE; Doubles plus one addition facts.
Friday: Gas; Math test; Combining shapes to make new geometric shapes;Art.

Spelling Words: NO Homework this week! It is a review week. I will be sending the words home on cards so you can practice reading and spelling them at home this week.

Our class did so well on DIBELS! It was the highest scores I have ever seen!!! Thanks for all your hard work at home.

IMPORTANT: I had 8 students turn in math on Friday and it wasn't completed. PLEASE make sure you check over the work each night so they don't have a "late" assignment.

Theme: Matter

Important Dates: 1/13 Domino's Pizza Fundraiser; 1/13 DIBELs Testing; 1/17 NO SCHOOL; 1/31 100th Day of School; 2/1 January Reading Calendar Due

Monday: Using a Ruler to Draw a Line Segment; P.E. Properties of matter.
Tuesday: Sorting Common Objects; Art; Introduce Matter.
Wednesday: Adding Two Digit Numbers Without Regrouping Using Dimes and Pennies; Early Out; Library.
Thursday: Adding Two Digit Numbers Without Regrouping Using Dimes and Pennies; P.E.; Domino's Pizza Fundraiser; States of Matter; DIBELS.
Friday: Drawing a Picture to Solve a Problem; Spelling and Math Test; Spelling Packet Due; Art; Martin Luther King Jr; Spirit Day!

Spelling Words:
sleep, they, up, as, use, give, how, Saturday


Miscellaneous:
We will be doing our Winter DIBELs testing on Thursday. Please make sure that your child is well rested and eats a good breakfast that morning.

Don't forget to read each night for 20 minutes. Each month needs to have a total of 400 minutes. Homework is part of your child's grade.

There are still students coming to school not dressed appropriately for the weather. PLEASE send your child with a COAT. Mr. Whittier likes for the students to be outside for recess if at all possible, even when it is cold outside. They need the break with the fresh air and sunshine!

What a fun day back! I enjoyed catching up with the students today. It sounds like everyone had a great time off from school. Now back to the grind. Thanks for all of the nice Christmas gifts. You are very thoughtful.

We have an addition to our classroom! Her name is Mrs. Eliason. She will be student teaching with me for the next 5 weeks. She is wonderful!

This Week's Theme: Winter (And aren't we glad we have that kind of weather this week)

Tuesday - Winter words and winter poem; Subtracting 2 from a number; Computers.
Wednesday - Library; Winter Tree Photo; Subtracting 2 facts; Early Out.
Thursday - Winter Book; Making Tally Marks; Counting by 5's; P.E.
Friday - Math Test, Spelling Test; Art.

Spelling Words: an, yes, cold, now, who, about, today, Friday