Mrs. Hallford's Learners
January 28th, 2016
Important Dates and News
Jan. 29th - Mr. Matt from Pike Road Library will visit our class
Two special Mystery Readers will visit
Feb. 5th - Group Pictures (new date)Feb. 12th - Cookie Dough Fundraiser ends
Feb. 12th - Valentine's Day Party for Mrs. Hallford's Class 2:00 to 2:45
Feb. 15th - No school for students: Professional Development Day
Feb. 22nd - Field to the Let's Pretend Hospital
Mar. 21st - Mar. 25th - Spring Break: no school
April 20th - Community 1's field trip to Lanark (unlimited chaperones - no younger siblings)
May 26th - Last Day for Students
Important Information
*Please be sure to write your child's name in all jackets and sweatshirts.
*Send a healthy snack/drink with your child daily.
*Remember to contact me if you have any questions or concerns about your child.
*There is an app called "X-tra Math" that allows your child to practice math facts on their
level and will not allow them to move forward until they are ready.
*Help! We need the following items for our class: lysol wipes, hand sanitizer, staples, items
to help us create an octopus and a dolphin (for our Ocean study - the children have been
working on creating seahorses and are deciding how we should make an octopus and dolphin).
We Have Study Buddies From Mrs. Eller's Class - C3
Sharing Some of Our Learning!
C3 Buddies
The Time Station
Journal Writing
What we are learning....
Reading - Long vowel sounds, r-controlled vowels, increasing fluency on or above grade-level text
Language - Printing letters, pronouns, identifying and using verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, and using capitalization, commas and ending punctuation correctly
Math - Two-Digit addition, Subtraction, and Time/Measurement, understanding Place Value, and counting to 120 starting at any number
Shared Journal/Shared Reading - Proper and common nouns, capitalization, punctuation,
and commas
Theme- The Ocean - We have studied and created our Seahorses. We are beginning to research and study about the Octopus/Squid as well as creating our Ocean Fact Books.