Week of January 24

Sight Word: that
Word Study: Short Vowel Review
Blue Book: Week 21

100th Day of School

Our 100th day of school is this Friday! If you would like to participate in our optional 100th day project, please send in those projects/email me picture by Friday! If you have any questions please email me!

PM Class Principal Pals 

A Few Notes

*We have been writing sticker stories during Work on Writing at centers. We are going through stickers pretty fast! We will welcome any donations of stickers to add to our writing center! Thanks so much!

*Thank you so much to everyone who has been ordering from scholastic books! I have gotten many free books for our classroom library! This  month, every one gets a free Peppa the Pig book to keep!  Look out for the new catalog coming out in February! There will be a coupon attached for a free book with purchase!

*Please encourage your child NOT to bring in any toys to school. We have had some distractions and lost toys recently! They will be safest at home! Thanks so much!

*Family Fun Night is Wednesday February 3rd at 7:00 pm. Please send in your slips with the number of family members attending! 

Week of January 18

Sight Word: his
Word Study: short vowels e,i,o,u
Blue Book; Week 20

A Few Quick Notes:

*The new volunteer calendar is up and running! Check it out!

* Family Fun Night will be Wednesday February 3rd!

Sight Word: with

Word Study: continue short middle vowels a,e,o

Bluebook: Week 19

3rd Quarter Writing Unit: How to Books

We have emptied out our writing folders as we finished up the narrative writing unit. We will now be focusing on How to Books. We have begun to explore how to books and notice how authors write How To books. We also went through the steps of building a snowman to write a class book on How to Build a Snowman.  During this unit we will be brainstorming ideas for our books: Things we know how to DO, MAKE, AND BE! Talk with your child about things they can write about! When doing activities at home (getting dressed, brushing teeth, playing a game etc.), you can talk about the steps you took to do that activity.  We will be talking about transition words: First, second, next, last etc and how those words help us teach the reader exactly what to do! We will also be reinforcing using sight words, spaces between our words, starting with a capital letter and ending with punctuation. 

Informational Books (Non Fiction)

To go along with our How to Books, we will also be reading many informational books.We will be practicing comparing and contrasting informational books, talking about the facts we have learned from reading these books and noticing how informational books are written (they include facts, headings, diagrams with labels, maps etc.) When reading informational books at home, talk with your child about what they have learned and noticed about the books

Look out for information on Family Fun Night!
(A.M. Class--There will be a change of date!)

Week of January 4th

Sight Word: with  (This quarter we will focus on reading and writing sight words: with, his, that,for, into, and)
Word Study: short vowels e, o, u
Bluebook:: Week 18

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a nice break! I can't believe half the year is behind us already! 2nd quarter report cards will be going home on Friday!