Happy Valentine’s Day!

Weekly Update February 10-14, 2020
Important information: Valentine Parties are on Thursday. There is no school for students on Friday, Feb. 14th or Monday, Feb. 17th. Please send in a note by Wednesday, if you are planning on attending the party on Thursday.

We are beginning a new story this week. There will be a new spelling list tonight. Continue to practice reading the H.F.W. lists each night. Check for leveled readers, these books are intended to give your child more practice on their current success level. Five minutes of reading usually will be all that they need. Contact me if you have any questions.

Looking for sound chunks while reading is great practice for the children. Preview the page before reading and have your child find words that have the chunks that you selected. Read the words, then read the story.

We are working on Fact Families sums to 9, in Spring Math. We are continuing Unit 5, and will now be working on fractions. The children will be dividing shapes into halves, fourths, and thirds. They will write, divide shapes and recognize shapes that have already been partitioned.

Monday (Day 6) Phys. Ed. class; Read the H.F.W. lists.

Tuesday (Day 7) Music class; read the H.F.W. lists, have your child read to you and have them retell 3 important facts about the story (what happened at the beginning, middle and end)

Wednesday (Day 8) Art class; read the H.F.W. lists, have your child read to you, name the characters, setting, was the story fiction, or non-fiction (not new terms, but now being used exclusively)

Thursday (Day 1) Library class; read to your child so they hear fluency and expression.

Friday (Day) *NO SCHOOL! Act 80 Day. Practice reading over the weekend and practice sub. from 9 and their related facts.
*Please check the Friday Folder for important papers to keep; then sign and date the front sheet of the folder. Send the folder back to class the next school day.

I hope you enjoy your week!