Mrs. Hernandez's Family News
January 11, 2016
Important Dates & Upcoming Events
Happy New Year to Each of You!
Dates for Planning Ahead:
Jan. 18, 2016 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Jan. 19, 2016 Scholastic Book Orders due
February 26, 2016 120th day of school!
Feb. 15, 2016 Professional Learning Day-No School for Learners
March 21-28, 2016 Spring Break Holidays
April 25, 2016 Professional Learning Day-No School for Learners
May 26, 2016 Last Day for Students
A Note From Mrs. Hernandez
Having said all of this, I would like to offer to each of you to schedule a mid-year conference if you would like to take a closer look into your learner's learning and assist me with planning to move them forward to the next level. My best times are after school on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursday starting at 3:30 p.m. or from 10:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. ever day. If none of these times, do not work for you, please let me know and we can certainly make arrangements. Lastly, if you just have a few questions and would rather communicate via telephone or email, I can make that work as well.
Regardless, it is a new year and as I told our learners earlier last week, time is crunching and we have a lot of work to do. So let's get busy! As always, thanks for your support and cooperation.
A Snapshot of Our Learning From Last Week
Shared Journals
Making Cool Sentences
Creative Lab Fosters Creativity and Innovation
More Creative Lab Creations
Comparing and Contrasting Stories by Jan Brett
Comparing and Contrasting Stories by Jan Brett
Learners Becoming Authors in Writing Lab
Authors in the Making
Sharing our Work
Cooking in the Kitchen
Measuring at the Rice Table
Measuring at the Rice Table
Discovering the Wonders of the Ocean
We began Learning About the Different Zones of the Ocean
What Zones Should We Learn About First?
Skills we are Currently Working On
Language-Printing all uppercase and lowercase letters, using common, proper, and possessive nouns, using pronouns, identifying and using verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in our speaking and writing, using correct punctuation at the ends of sentencing and using commas correctly.
Math-Telling Time (to the hour and half hour), Counting to 120, starting at any number, and Understanding Place Value and how it connects to adding and subtracting, finding 10 more or 10 less, one more and one less, continuing to add, subtract with 20 and multiplying within 100 for those learners who are ready
Science & Engineering-The Ocean (describing survival traits of living things, classifying plants and animals according to physical traits, identifying developmental stages of plants and animals, and describing habitats of animals,)
-We will also complete a STEM activity this week where learners will build a snowman with materials with no directions or guidance. (identifying basic properties of objects and describe effects of forces on objects regarding position)
Social Studies-Learning about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (identifying contributions of significant figures that have influenced our local community and identifying historical events and celebrations, comparing how people lived in the past versus how they live today