Here are this week's happenings:
- I still haven't had a volunteer to help with the Valentine's Day party which will be this Thursday from 1:00-2:00. I would love to have a volunteer that could donate unfrosted heart-shaped sugar cookies (you buy them at Lin's) and/or a mom, dad, grandma, just an adult volunteer that can help with the decorating of those cookies. These volunteers do not need to be the same person. I could split up the cookie donations also. I have plenty of icing leftover from the gingerbread houses and sprinkles from last year. Please let me know if you could help with either of these two items. If I don't get the donation(s) and volunteer to help we will just play Valentine's Day Bingo and deliver our cards. I sent home a note last week with a list of our class so that we can deliver Valentines that day. This is an optional activity, but I have known students who feel left out if they don't bring cards to deliver to their classmates. Let me know if this is an issue for you and I can see how I can help. Students can deliver cards and/or treats but they need to have one for everyone in the class.
- New spelling words will be sent home tomorrow. They emphasize the spellings for the /j/ (sound). We have learned that you can spell /j/ with 'j', 'g' or 'ge'. This unit in reading heavily concentrates on alternative spellings for consonant sounds. Tomorrow we will learn about the /t/ (spellings are 't'. 'tt', 'ed' (like in looked). We are also concentrating on statements vs. questions and will continue our work on paragraph writing. We will especially concentrate on descriptive paragraphs, but in this unit we will also learn about opinion paragraphs.
- We are finishing up our unit in math on addition and subtraction concepts. We will finish up the lessons this week and review early next week with our test next Thursday. I think my students for the most part really are understanding the relationship between addition and subtractions after this unit.
- I will actually be gone a couple of days next week --I have had so many professional development opportunities this year that I have mostly been required to attend. Next week is no exception, on Tuesday our entire school will be training/learning about behavior protocol and the next day, Wednesday (Feb. 20). I have been asked to be on a committee to help formulate "common guaranteed standards" for all of the first grades in the district. So, long story short I will be gone next Tuesday, and Wednesday after President's Day. I will still plan on the spelling test and math review on those days.
- Thanks again for visiting with me during SEP week. I have been excited to see most of our take-home books coming back now daily. I hope that trend continues.
- Our 100-book challenge is underway. We have a few students on the board now--Kash, Rayne, HartLee, Kimberlin and Avery have all started reading books towards the challenge. Remember if your child reads their take-home book this will be an EASY challenge to complete and you can back track from January 17. I love the smiles and congratulations as my students read books for this challenge.
- The PTA reading awards will be on Valentine's day at 2:45 in our room. If your child is going to receive an award I sent home a note yesterday about it (it's on a small piece of white paper and the award they are receiving is marked).
Have a nice three-day weekend! I love this class.
Happy Reading!
Mrs. Armstrong
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