Feb. 4-8

Hello Families,

This week, we had so much fun learning about polar bears and how animals adapt to the cold areas.   We did a science experiment on blubber.  Ask your child about what they learned about blubber.  Also, we learned about camouflage and what would it look like to have a polar bear in the forest compared to the snow.  

Next week, we have many celebrations!  On Monday, we are celebrating  the100th day of school.  We have 4 fun centers planned to celebrate with the number 100!!!!  On Tuesday, Chinese New Year begins and we will have a few fun activities to celebrate and we also will have a parade on Wednesday.  

Readers Workshop:  We will be introducing what vocabulary is and how to identify the definition of the word. We will be talking about biographies and autobiographies.  We will also introduce what a contraction is and how it is made up  of 2 words.

Writers Workshop:  We will be "picking a seed".  Which means out of all of our stories, we will choose one story to edit and turn into our publishing piece. Our celebration will be later in February.

word wall words: friend, from

Math:  Wow! I was so impressed with our CGI word problem this week!  Students are starting to understand so many ways to solve both addition and subtraction word problems.  Celebrate your child at home with how amazing their math knowledge is becoming with subtracting and adding!  Continue to practice mental math by sharing real world word problems to see if they can figure it out home.  Also, we have finished unit 4 in math!  So if you haven't done unit 4 in the homework book, now is the time.

Thank you all for all the supplies!!! I really appreciate the support!!!

Pennies for patients is our next fundraiser. Student Leadership will be coming to talk to our class on Monday about the fundraiser. Your child will be bringing home their own container to collect money for this worthwhile cause.  More info will be coming home on Monday!

Some items we need for Valentine's project: 

We need the big grocery paper bags for our Valentine's bag.  If you can send in some bags that would be great.  Thanks!  Also, for Valentine's Day, we would appreciate for you just to leave the "to" blank and write only the "from" on their Valentines.  It is too hard for the kids to pass out when they have all names on them since they are still just learning to read. Thanks!

Have a great week!  Have fun with the stormy weather and keep safe!  In March, we talk about weather and clouds!!!

Have a nice weekend,

Ms. Werner