Mrs. Lamparter's Class
February 21st, 2014
Specials for the Week of February 24th- 28th
P.E. will be on Tuesday and Friday. Please wear tennis shoes.
Students will have early release days on February 26th & 27th and will be dismissed at 12:15 p.m. both days. Please sign up for a conference online at www.ptcfast.com/reg1, if you haven't done so. Your entry code is BUV119203. I have lots of important information to share with you about your child's progress.
We had so much fun exchanging valentines and doing special valentine centers! Thank you for all the sweet notes, cards, candy, and other goodies. Mrs. Hanagriff and I feel very special!
LANGUAGE ARTS
We are working on:
- * Building sight word vocabulary- W.O.W. Study- our new words this coming week are: make, be, all, down, from
- * Knowing letter sounds and blending sounds together to make words
- * Focusing on reading words with a short vowel in the middle
- * Working on producing rhyming words
- * Counting, blending, and segmenting syllables
- * Learning to find the "evidence" in a text to support or explain the author's thinking
- * Researching penguins with a partner
- * Learning to write a persuasive or opinion story and phonetically spelling words to write a story
- * Working independently in Daily Five centers to become better readers, writers, and spellers
MATH
We are working on:
- * Counting by fives, tens and ones to 100!!
- * Composing and decomposing numbers 11-19
- * Representing addition and subtraction with objects, mental images, drawings, expressions, and equations
- * Building combinations of 5
- * Recognizing and knowing the value of coins; penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and the dollar bill
- * Counting forward beginning from a given number in sequence
- * Writing numbers and counting sets to 20
- * 1-1 correspondence
- * Comparing sets- more, less, same
- * Using our Math tools- the rekenrek and number line
- * Working on problem solving skills
- * Using "number talks" to explain our math thinking
SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES
We are working on:
- * Learning about penguins
- * Learning about the effect of gravity on objects
- * Learning about goods and services
REMINDERS
- * Bingo Night is Friday, February 21st at 6:30
- Our Boosterthon fundraiser begins on Tuesday!! Look for important information in your child's folder.
- * Please turn in the reading logs for the Six Flags Read to Succeed program by next Friday, February 27th!
- * We will have a school wide Read In on Monday, March 3, 2014 for Read Across America to celebrate Dr. Seuss birthday. Students may dress "Seuss Style... stripes, polka dots, crazy colors, colored hair, crazy hair styles, ribbons, bow ties/ties, Seuss hats/ shirts/ character wear, boas, tiaras, accessories...
- * Mark your calendars for Camp Invention, 2014 at Craig Elementary on
- June 2 – 5, 2014 from 8:00 – 4:00. Our new curriculum – MORPHED!
- Please sign up while discounts are being offered through March 28.
- www.campinvention.org or call 800-968-4332