I Love to Read Ceiling Tile Directions (This is an optional activity!)

Ceiling Tiles 

• Each student should come to the Media Center to get the paper to do preliminary drawing  - They will get a large piece of paper and smaller piece.  - These 2 pieces need to be taped together to form 24x24 – size of ceiling tile • They need to write in their name and teacher’s name on the back. • Fold the paper into 16 equal squares (this will help when transferring the picture to the ceiling tile).  Fold in half and half again.  Turn it around and fold in half and half again.  When all folded up, you will have a 6x6” square. • The picture that students draw, should be of the cover of their favorite book (need to have read the book) including title and author (if that info is on the front of the cover of the book). • On your paper, you can use colors, colored pencils, markers, paint etc….. • Do the art work on paper at home and when dry, bring to school and give to Mrs. Kath in the Media Center • The deadline is March 9th.  The deadline has been moved up one day earlier. • We will have 4 judges to pick the best picture.   If enough pictures are sent in, we will have 1 student chosen out of each classroom to do the ceiling tiles. • The students who are chosen to do the ceiling tiles will be creating them here at school using all school supplies.  Times and dates have not been finalized yet.

Guided Reading

In guided reading this week students have been working on making inferences.  An inference means figuring out something that is not directly stated within a text.  Inferences are often made based off of one or more clues from within a text.  When reading texts, authors don't always tell readers everything but they include clues that readers can put together for themselves.  Making inferences helps readers better understand the ideas within a text.

Math

In math your child has been working on adding two-digit numbers together and adding three 2-digit numbers together.

Spelling Words

Week Of:

Feb. 27 - March 3

1. helped

2. helping

3. printed

4. printing

5. sliced

6. slicing

7. joked

8. joking

9. dropped

10. dropping

11. clapped

12. clapping

Upcoming Dates

Friday, February 24th- Wear P.J.'s to School, Book Swap
Tuesday, February 28th- Presidential Power Point Presentations (2:25)
Thursday, March 2nd- Read Across America Day, Dress Like a Dr. Seuss Character, I Love to Read Finale
Friday, March 3rd- End of 2nd Trimester

S.T.A.R TIme

All this week your child participated in S.T.A.R Time (Sit Together And Read) to go along with I Love to Read Month.  Your child also got the opportunity to read by the campfire on Wednesday as well.  Be sure to ask your child about this wonderful reading opportunity.  Keep promoting a love of reading at home as well.  February is all about READING!

Presidential Power Point Presentations

Next Tuesday, February 28th, your child will be presenting his/her presidential power point that he/she has researched and designed.  Presentations will start at 2:25 in our classroom.  Hope you are able to come watch your child present!

Silent Auction Basket Items

We are still collecting any items to go along with our "Summer Fun" theme for a silent auction basket that will be present at our Arts and Activities Night on Tuesday, March 14th from 5:15-8:00.

Upcoming Dates

Monday, Feb. 20th- No School
Wednesday, Feb. 22nd- Wellness Wed. (Wear Workout Clothes)
Friday, Feb. 24th- P. J. Day, Book Swap Day

Writing

In writing this week your child worked on writing sentences of different lengths within their informational report.  Our class also talked about how to create a strong ending to their report as well.

Spelling Words

Week Of:

Feb. 21-24

1. sheep

2. deer

3. tooth

4. teeth

5. woman

6. women

7. dozen

8. traffic

9. moose

10. goose

11. geese

12. ox

13. oxen

Spelling

Next weeks spelling focus is working with words that are singular and plural by changing the spelling of some plural words such as:

tooth-teeth

woman-women

goose-geese

ox-oxen

Phonics

Concepts Covered Throughout the Week:

¨ making words plural by adding s, es, or ies

¨ circling the plural ending within words

¨ plural form of nouns

¨ building fluency by reading a text with

plural words within it

Just Right Books

I always remind students to do the five finger test when determining if a book is just right for him/her.  If your child opens a book and he/she is not able to read five or more words on any page, then that particular book is too difficult for your child at the present time.

Snacks

Just a reminder that if your child is keeping a larger quantity of snack(s) in his/her locker, to please have your child keep all of his/her snacks inside of a sealed plastic container to prevent any unwanted critters within their snack(s)!

Math

In math students continue to work on mental subtraction by subtracting groups of tens, finding parts of 100, subtracting on a hundred chart, and adding on to subtract.

Upcoming Dates

Friday, February 10th- Wear School Spirit Attire
Tuesday, February 14th- 2 Hour Late Start(Wear an Irish Shirt or Wear Red), Trash to Cash Collection Day, Valentine's Day, I Love to Read Kickoff
Friday, February 17th- Wear a shirt that has some type of writing to read on it!

Writing

In writing this week your child learned about singular nouns and your child also began taking notes on his/her informational report topic.

Spelling Words

Week Of:

Feb. 13 - Feb. 17

1. spice

2. spices

3. acorn

4. acorns

5. apple

6. apples

7. dish

8. dishes

9. class

10. classes

11. tax

12. taxes

13. watch

14. watches

15. pony

16. ponies

17. city

18. cities

Spelling

Next weeks spelling focus is working with root words and then making them plural by adding s, es, or changing the y to an i and then adding es as in:

tax-taxes

acorn-acorns

city-cities

Valentine's Day- We now have 21 students in our class!

On Tuesday, February 14th I will allow some time in the afternoon for students to exchange valentines with one another.  If your child chooses to bring valentines to school, please make sure that he/she brings enough valentines for everyone in our class.  We currently have 21 students in our classroom and all candy/food brought to school must be store bought.

Class List for Valentine’s Day

Matthew

Keara A.

Cayden

Leila

Jake

Skylar

Carter

Savannah

Abby

Kierra G.

Tyler

Reese

Landon H.

Landon M.

Marcus

Aiden

Dan

Jill

Allie

Jaiyce
Eliana

Phonics

In phonics this week your child worked with contractions.  Your child also sorted high-frequency words and your child looked for contractions found within various reading passages.

Upcoming Dates

Friday, Feb. 3rd- Bring gum and $1.00 to chew gum all day, Wear P.J.'s to School
Thursday, Feb. 9th- Pizza & Bingo Fun Night(5:45-7:30), Elem. Cafeteria

Spelling Words

Feb. 6-10

1. she's/she is

2. it's/it is

3. you're/you are

4. weren't/were not

5. won't/will not

6. didn't/did not

7. you've/you have

8. they've/they have

9. we've/we have

January Reward Party

On Friday, Feb. 3rd your child may wear his/her pajamas and slippers to school for the day as our monthly reward for earning over 150 shamrocks as a class for being respectful, responsible, and safe all throughout the day.  To go along with P.J Day the students also voted to watch a movie in the afternoon.  I am so proud of each and everyone for working so hard daily at showing Irish Pride.

Things Needed

The air is indeed dry and lips are cracking.  Please send along to school with your child a tube of Chap Stick, Vaseline, or Carmex and maybe even a small bottle of lotion for your child to keep in his or her desk or locker.  An extra set of clothes to keep in your child's locker would be helpful as well.

Math

Use a clock at home and ask your child the following questions:

¨ What time is the clock showing right now?

¨ What time will it be 10 minutes from now?

¨ What time will it be in one hour?

¨ What time was it five minutes ago?

¨ What time will it be in 15 minutes?

¨ What time was it one hour ago?

¨ What time was it 30 minutes ago?

Valentine's Day

On Tuesday, February 14th I will allow some time in the afternoon for students to exchange valentines with one another.  If your child chooses to bring valentines to school, please make sure that he/she brings enough valentines for everyone in our class.  We currently have 20 students in our classroom and all candy/food brought to school must be store bought.

Class List for Valentine’s Day

Matthew

Keara A.

Cayden

Leila

Jake

Skylar

Carter

Savannah

Abby

Kierra G.

Tyler

Reese

Landon H.

Landon M.

Marcus

Aiden

Dan

Jill

Allie

Jaiyce

Guided Reading

In guided reading this week your child worked on identifying story elements within various texts.  Some story elements discussed this week were: characters, setting, problem, solution, and plot.

Informational Reports

This week in writing your child continued to learn more about what writing features can be included within an Informational Report such as a strong opening sentence which can often be a question, information written in a sequential way, and the use of maps, charts, and graphs.