Panda News: 

This Tuesday, March 15th is our field trip.  Please remember to eat a good breakfast and pack a snack.  We will be eating snack before we leave for the Music Hall.  The students will have lunch when they return to school.  If you are chaperoning please meet us at the Music Hall at 11:00.  Thank you!
 

Language Arts:  

 

We are working on  procedural writing "How To's".  They are  reading some "How To's" and writing them as well.   We have learned the different  characteristics of a "How To".  They usually contain photographs, they might have some words in bold, and they may have a glossary.  They are using the characteristics in their books.  We are also working on sight words and blending CVC words to make our reading more fluent.

 

Math:

 

The Pandas have been learning the difference between 2D and 3D shapes.  We have been focusing on the cube and cone.  We have also explored measuring.  We continue to practice the sums through 5.  Every other week your student will bring home a set of math facts.  Please practice all the math facts with your student.  There will be homelinks sent home weekly as well.

 

Art:  

 

The students made tricky leprechauns for St. Patrick's Day.  The wrote what they would wish for if they caught a leprechaun.  They also made glitter shamrocks.

 

 

 

Book of the Week:  Fin M'coul by Tomie De Paola and various Piggy and Elephant stories by Mo Willems

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: f and q

Phonics Letters: review of all phonic letters

Word of the Week: go

Spring Conferences: 4/6 & 4/13

Music Hall Field Trip: 3/15

Early Release: 3/17 (dismissal at 12:50)

No School: 3/18

PANDA NEWS:

I hope everyone enjoyed the vacation last week.  We are back in the swing of school.    Thank you to all who came out and showed your support for the school Friday night.  

 

Language Arts:  

 

The students found we in the sight word book.  We also practiced all our sight words this week.  The more sight words they recognize in their reading the less work they will have to do as a reader.  It is a lot like learning your math facts in math.  We have begun an introduction to procedural writing "How To's".  The have started to reads some "How To's" and brainstorm things they could write about.   We looked at the special characteristics of "How To's".  They found some have glossaries for important words.  

 

Math:

 

The Pandas practiced math facts this week using dice games and unifix cubes.  How is nightly math fact practice going?  I will not send any flash cards home this week but please continue to practice all of the +1.  They will get a Homelink in addition to the math facts.  Every two weeks your Panda will get more flashcards to work on to master.

 

Art:  

 

The students made pots of gold and clouds to go with rainbows they painted.   

    

Book of the Week:  How To Make Cupcakes

Yoga Cosmic Kids

Upcoming Events:

 

Handwriting Letters: h & b

Phonics Letters:e

Word of the Week: my

No School Friday: 3/18

Early Release Thursday: 3/17

Parent Conferences in April

PANDA NEWS:

Happy Valentine's Day!  
The students celebrated 100th day and Valentine's day this week.  We celebrated in a lot of different ways.  The students were able to built with 100 Solo cups, write a book (My Teacher Has Told Me 100 Times...), we played with valentine's foam and a whole lot more fun!



After vacation, we will be adding to our math homework.  We will begin practicing our math facts through 5.  A letter and the materials will be sent home after vacation.  Be on the look out!

Next week we will celebrate Read Across America.  I note went home with each days theme.  Monday will be Fox in Sox Day (wear your crazy sock).. 

 

Language Arts:  

 

We continue to work on diagonals in letters like k & y.  I am also finding a lot of children starting from the bottom when writing letter and numbers.  We also continued to work on our reading strategies.  We have learned good reader use a lot of different tools when they read. 

 

Math:

 

The Pandas celebrated the 100th day of school.  We shared our collections of 100 and counted to 100.  It was an exciting day in the Panda room.

 

Art:  

 

We made valentine's crafts with foam stickers.

 

 Social Studies:

The students worked in the post office all week.  Check out the pictures

 

 

Book of the Week:  Secret Valentine by Laura Damon

Song of the Week:  The Valentine's Dance Party Song by Jack Hartmann

 

Upcoming Events:

 

Handwriting Letters: j & p

Phonics Letters: e

Word of the Week:me

February Vacation: 2/22-2/26

School District Meeting: 3/4 @7:00pm babysitting will be provided by STA

Field Trip:  3/15 to Portsmouth Music Hall (more info to follow)

Panda News:

 

We continue to assess for upcoming report cards.  Here are a few tidbits on upcoming events.  Happy weekend!

Wish List:

valentines stickers for classroom post office 

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters:k & y

Phonics Letters: c

Word of the Week: can

Early Release - 2/10

Valentines Due - 2/3

Report Cards- 2/5

Winter Vacation 2/22-2/26

 Panda News:

I hope you all enjoyed seeing your children show off their hard work.  They were so excited to take books home to read!  This will continue throughout the year.  Please remember to fill out the log and return the book on Thursdays.

Language Arts:  

We worked on lowercase d & a this week.  We also worked on the word to,. 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 5th.

Math:

The Pandas have been playing lots of dice games.  We have been working on counting on and subitizing instead of counting each individual dot.  This skill will help bring fluency into learning the math facts.  We continued to practice counting to 70 and are working on recognizing our teen numbers.

 

Art:  

We made snow people out of wallpaper. 

 

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

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: g &  u

Phonics Letters: w &h

Word of the Week: can

No school - 1/18 MLK Day

Early Release - 2/10

Report Cards- 2/5

Winter Vacation 2/22-2/26

 

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

PANDA NEWS:

We have begun work on our gingerbread unit.  We have read a few versions of the folktale The Gingerbread Man.  Next week we focused on Jan Brett'sThe Gingerbread Baby. 

Language Arts:  

We worked on lowercase G, S, A, I, T & J.   We also worked on the word is and the.  The students have begun word sorts with a particular phonetic patter.  They work with this sort weekly.  I am sending last weeks sorts home.  Have your child show you how to complete their sort.  We started writing patterned books which matches with our work in reading.  The students are learning they have super powers to be super readers.  They have been reading and writing easy books with language patterns and lots of sight words.  Ask your Panda about their super reading powers.

Math:

We worked on attributes and shape.  We have been practicing counting to fifty by ones.  We continued to work on practicing teen numbers.  We played a variety of games using dice and ten frames.  We also worked on representing hexagons different ways and recording the information we found.

Art:  

The students worked on a winter quilt this week.  They decorated their painted gingerbread men.

Book of the Week: The Gingerbread Boy by Karen Schmidt
Song of the Week:  "The Gingerbread Man" by Jack Hartman
(check out the video on the student resource page)

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: review of all capital letter

Phonics Letters:  ch

Word of the Week: am

Gingerbread Decorating Party: 12/22 @ 2:05

PJ Day: 12/23

Winter Vacation: 12/24-1/2/16