Panda News:

Starting next Tuesday, your child will begin to bring home books to read to you.  These are books they have practiced over and over.  They should be easy and sound like they have been memorized.  Snuggle up and enjoy your child's progress!  You will find a note in their folder explaining more about the reading bags tomorrow.

Language Arts:  

We worked on lowercase d & g this week.  We also worked on the word an. They practiced the word in several different ways as well as reviewed other sight words.  We have begun calling these word "snap word".  They are words we know in a snap.  Please continue to practice these words.  It will make there reading more fluent and less laborious.  We continue  to blend sounds together to decode simple cvc words.  We continue to work on mid-year assessments.  This information will be used to complete progress reports, which will sent home on February 3rd.

Math:

The Panda have been playing many different math games this month to reinforce skills.  The have played a game called Top-it it is school version of "war".  We also been studying the hundreds chart as we approach the hundredth day of school.  

 

Art:  

We made melted snowmen.  We have been working with a lot of draw-alongs.  

These reinforce handwriting strokes and basic shapes.  Ed Emberly's books are a wonderful resource.

Book of the Week:  various winter books
Movement:  GoNoodle inside recess videos

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: i &  u

Phonics Letters: w & h

Word of the Week:  up

Early Release - 2/15 (dismissal @ 12:50)

Report Cards- 2/5

Winter Vacation 2/27-3/3

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.

  

Language Arts:  

We worked on lowercase c, o, s, v, & w during the last few weeks.  We also worked on the word it and 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.  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 made Model Magic 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:

No school - 1/16 MLK Day

Early Release - 2/15