PANDA NEWS:

Gung Hey Fat Choy!  Happy Chinese New Year.  We celebrated today.  The children made dragon masks and drums.  I have posted some pictures on Flickr. 

 

On a different note, progress reports went home today.  Please sign and return the envelope and the copy of the report is yours to keep.

 

Thank you for all the tissue donations.  Our noses thank you!

I link the SMS February Lunch Menu to the Parent Resource Page.
 

Language Arts:  

 

We worked on lowercase f, q, x and z.  We also worked on the word up. We continue to practice our reading; we have a lot of great readers!  They are also great writers.  We have been practicing our sight words in isolation and in the context of reading.  You may want to practice finding them in books with your children.

 

Math:

 

The Pandas continued to review math games to build number sense.

 

Art:  

 

We made dragon masks along with Chinese lanterns!  We had a dragon parade this afternoon.

 

Social Studies:

 

The students will be learning about the US Postal System during the month of February.

Please send in a self-addressed stamped envelope (child's name) by February 7th.

 

 

Book of the Week:  Lion Dancer by Kate Waters

Song of the Week:  various Chinese music

 

Upcoming Events:

 

Handwriting Letters: review of all lowercase letters

Phonics Letters: review of all phonic letters

Word of the Week: do

Report Cards: 1/31 today please sign and return the progress report envelope

100 project:  2/5

Valentine's due: 2/7

February Vacation: 2/24-2/28

Public Hearing: 2/5 @ 7:00pm

School District Meeting: 3/7 @7:00pm

Field Trip:  3/5 please sign and return permission slip by Monday 2/3 with money

 

 

PANDA NEWS:

We have had an addition to our classroom.  His name is Austin and comes to us from Massachusetts.   I will send home an updated version of the Panda Address Book.  The kids have done a great job making him feel welcomed.

Language Arts:  

We worked on lowercase m, h and b.  We also worked on the word like. We have begun to work on writing our own list books.  We have learned that these stories have a simple language pattern and contain some of our sight words.  The pandas have enjoyed being authors this week.  We also worked on Reader's Workshop.  We practiced getting our minds ready to read and make connection to our lives and other stories.

 

Math:

The Pandas played kindergarten Yahtzee.    They rolled dice and crossed out the sum.  The pandas found out it takes a lot of rolls or luck to roll a 2 or 12.  The also made a snowman graph with the letters in their name.  We analyzed the data and made some comparisons.

 

Art:  

We made a melted snowman with a crayon resist background. 

 

Book of the Week:  The Mitten by Jan Brett

 

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters:  f, q, y and z

Phonics Letters: c

Word of the Week: up

Early Release: 1/29

Report Cards: 1/31

Chinese New Year: 1/31

 

Wish List:

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PANDA NEWS:

Paige sharing a story she wrote with the class.  It included all her classmates.  We enjoyed hearing her story.  Well done!

Language Arts:  

We worked on lowercase p, r and n.  We also worked on the word can. We have worked on mid-year assessments.  This information will be used to complete progress reports, which will sent home at the end of January.

Math:

The Pandas wrote the numbers 1-10 for a math assessment.  We played a sequencing teen number game.  We also worked with the concept of addition and subtraction. 

 

Art:  

We made snowmen out of Model Magic.  They finished their winter people and made a stained glass mitten.

 

Social Studies: 

We talked about Martin Luther King Jr. and what made him important

 

 
App of the Week:  Train Phonic

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters:  m, h, & b

Phonics Letters: e

Word of the Week: like

No School: 1/20

Early Release: 1/29

Report Cards: 1/31

Chinese New Year: 1/31

 

Wish List:

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PANDA NEWS:

Welcome back!  I hope you had a restful and fun vacation.  We are getting back into the routines of the classroom. 

Language Arts:  

We worked on lowercase k, y and j.  We also worked on the word to. They practiced the word in several different ways as well as reviewed other sight words.  We also have begun to blend sounds together to decode simple cvc words.

Math:

We worked on estimating snowballs.  They also worked on number puzzles by finding patterns on the hundreds grid.  We continued to practice counting to 50 and are working on recognizing our teen numbers.

Art:  

The pandas made there January art for the homework calendar.  We created glitter snowman and started work on our snow people. 

Science:

Did you notice a snow theme this week?  We ended our week by making snow inside.  It was just like real snow.  Kids loved playing with it! 

App of the Week:  Quickimage

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters:  p, r, & n

Phonics Letters: x & y

Word of the Week: can

No School: 1/20

Early Release: 1/29