PANDA NEWS:

 

Welcome back!  I apologize for the delay in blogging.   I hope you had a restful and fun vacation.  We are getting back into the routines of the classroom.  We are working on organizing our snow gear and getting dressed in a timely manner.  Any practice with this is greatly appreciated.

 

Next week each students will bring home a book to read to someone in your family.  The books will be sent on Tuesday and need to be returned on Thursday.  There will be a detailed note in your child's folder today.  There will also be information in your child's book bag to help you as well.  The books that the children choose are books they have practiced and worked hard on in school.  Please snuggle up and celebrate their hard work!  

 

Often times parent will tell me the book is to easy.  These books should be easy and the students should sound fluent..  Memorizing a pattern in the book is a first step in reading.  The student may also rely heavily on the pictures.  They are reading to show off their new skills!

 

 Language Arts:  

We worked on lowercase c, o, s, v, w, t & a during the last few weeks.  We also worked on the word it,. 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.  We have been working 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 1-20 for a math assessment.  We played a sequencing teen number game.  We also worked with the concept of addition and subtraction.  They also worked on number puzzles by finding patterns on the hundreds grid.  We continued to practice counting to 70 and are working on recognizing our teen numbers.

 

Art:  

We are working on a melted snowmen.   We also created painted snowman and stained glass mittens.

 

 

Wish List:

tissues

shaving cream

corn starch

 

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: a &  d

Phonics Letters: ch & j

Word of the Week: to

No school - 1/18 MLK Day

Early Release - 2/10