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Groundhog Day
Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
Valentines Day
President's Day
No school
Family Literacy Night
5pm - 7pm
Media Center
George Washington's Birthday
Early Release
Look at what we're
learning this month!
In
Reading,
we will be working in Theme 6 and review all letters and sounds of the
alphabet. We will review words for, here, this, one, you, look, me,
what, where, two, and see. We will introduce new words: up, down,
we, want, out, who, are and they. Skills for the month
will include identifying middle sounds, discriminating between reality and
fantasy, blending, segmenting, word building with word families et, ed, eg,
en, identifying beginning, middle and end of stories, the setting, main
characters and main idea of the story. Books for this theme include:
"What a Treasure" by Jane Hillenbrand, "Pet Snow" by Ezra Jack Keats, "Swing
High, Swing Low" by Fiona Coward, "The Most Perfect Spot" by Diane Goode,
"Everybody Works" by Shelley Rotner and Ken Kreisler, "Zara's Hats" by Paul
Meisel.
For
Math,
We are working on Chapter 7 Number Patterns . Our objectives for this
chapter are to recognize numbers have patterns. Skip counting by 10s,
5s, and 2s demonstrate very distint patterns and we will discuss odd and
even numbers. Go
to www.harcourtschool.com to
reinforce vocabulary, concepts, and skills. We are continuing to count
to 100 in all ways possible. Thursday February 4th will be the 100th
day of school!
Science
for the month of February will continue to focus on Day and Night the sky
and space,
healthy teeth and healthy bodies. We will emphasize the importance of
exercise and eating healthy to maintain a healthy heart. We will be
preparing to go to the Environmental Studies Center. We will learn
about sea turtles, the Atlantic Ocean, and ocean life in general. We
will also tune in to the adventures of the groundhog and determine whether
or there will be 6 more weeks of Winter.
In Social Studies we will learn about Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and President's day. We will talk about American symbols. We will make a book of symbols that stand for freedom, democracy and America. We will also make a booklet about famous black Americans to honor February as Black History Month. February is also Dental Health month so you can see that we will be very busy this month.
February Jokes
chocolates have?
Norma - lly I don't go around knocking on doors but I just had to meet you!
Ce - last time I am going to ask you to be my valentine!
What did the snake give to his valentine on their first date?
