I can hardly believe
that it is already February! The days,
weeks and months have been zooming by since the start of the school year in
August! We are almost to the 100th
day of school!
The rest of the year
will go by just as quickly as the past 5 months! As we start to turn our focus
onto how we’d like to finish the year off strong, start preparing yourselves
for the pace to pick up just a bit.
There is still a lot to cover in first grade! Make sure your children are getting a good night’s
rest so they are ready for the days ahead!
This month, we are
focused on friendship, and how to be kind and caring to those around us!
Have
wonderful month:)
February
Highlights
Academic Focus Areas:
-Addition and subtraction facts
-Math story problems
-Telling time to the hour and half hour
- Writing -Thank You Letters and Friendly
Letters
Identifying a text’s plot, summarize and
make predictions
-Reading about Black History
Groundhog’s Day
-Dental Health Month
-Presidents Day Lessons
-100th Day of School
-Phonics and word recognition: r
controlled
or, ore, er, ir, ur
-Contractions ‘s, ‘ve, ‘re
-Penguin Science
Friendship
Celebration
We
will be participating in the Friendship Dance from 1:05pm-1:35pm. Following the
dance, we will pass out our Valentine’s cards and read them. Students are
welcome to bring Valentine’s Cards. If your student chooses to bring
Valentine’s, they must bring one for every student in the class. Last week we
made a list of class names. The list went home on Friday. Please feel free to
send them to school on any day this week.
Parents/guardians are welcome to join us for the Friendship dance at
1:05pm and/or the card reading celebration at 1:45pm.
Telling Time
Please encourage your student to practice
telling time to the hour and half hour at home. We will be sending home paper
clocks for students to practice at home.
Coming
soon….
The weeks to come at a glance and friendly reminders.
·
Friendship
Dance 1:05-1:35 – February 12
·
Valentine’s
Day Celebration in classroom 1:45-2:30 – February 12
·
No
School – February 15 –
President’s Day
·
Late
Opening – February 17
·
I
will be out of the classroom on February 10th, 16th and
23rd. Please speak with your student about appropriate behavior when
I am gone.
