The
kids did a great job with the math challenge! Our class did 5966
problems!!!
Please
remember to send in any final pledges on Monday.
Wehave a
respect assembly on Wednesday at 8:30am. It is also JEANS day!
Friday
is Read Across America Day in honor of Dr. Seuss. We will celebrate by wearing
our pajamas and having a reading party. We will also watch Horton Hears A Who.
T-shirt order also need to be by Wednesday, Feb 28th.
The focus book for this week is The Three Billy Goats Fluff by Rachael Mortimer:
We
had a wonderful week last week! Thank you to all the parents who helped make
our Valentine’s Celebration so much fun. Paragon Night was also amazing. The
kids had so much fun!
We
have some more fun events this week. As part of our science unit, we have
“Tooth Fairies” coming to visit on Friday afternoon to help teach us about the
importance of keeping our teeth clean and healthy.
T-shirt
orders will be finalized this week. The kids made adorable self portraits last
week J. All
orders need to be sent in by Friday afternoon. Please let me know if you have
any questions.
The focus book this week is Just Going to the Dentist by Mercer Mayer:
Our
100’s day was so much fun! We made visors with 100 stickers, stacked 100 cups,
made 100 fruit loop necklaces, and 100 gumball fingerprints! We also got to
visit the 4th
grade and share our 100 day collections with them!
We
have our class Valentine’s Day party this Wednesday. We will be eating
strawberry shortcakes and passing out Valentines. We will be making valentine
monsters boxes to collect our valentines.
Paragon
Night is this Thursday, February 15th at
5:15 in our classroom.
The
kids can wear any fancy clothes they want, including costumes of a king, queen,
prince, princess,
or
knight!
The Math Challenge will continue through the month of February. We will continue to send home math problems for kids to work on if they wish to participate in completing problems for the class totals. They can also collect pledges if they would like to participate in the fundraiser portion of the math challenge.Please let me know if you have any questions on this activity.
You may have noticed a "T-shirt order form" in your child's Friday Folder. The kinder classes will be designing and making a classroom memorabilia t-shirt. Each student will create a self portrait and they will be screen printed on a shirt. If you would like to order the shirt, please return the order form by Friday, Feb. 23rd.
This weeks focus book is Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink by Diane DeGroat.
This week we will celebrate our 100th day in school! The kids are excited to celebrate being 100 days smarter! WE will be having a classroom celebration Thursday morning from 10-11 am. Information went home about bringing in a collection of 100 things last week. Each child was given a water bottle and label. Please have your child bring theirs in by Thursday morning. We will be visiting other classes to share our collections.
In case you missed it, the bottles are to be filled with 100 of something.
(Labels with their names on it were also attached to the instructions.)
The math challenge is in full swing and kids can work on math problems and collecting pledges throughout the month of February. Packets of math problems (on blue paper) went home last week. This is not required "homework". If they want to participate in the challenge, they can complete the problems and turn them back in for credit.
This weeks focus book is Hooway For Wodney Wat by Helen Lester:
