Gray's Kiddos
The Happenings of Room MC-1
Tuesday, January 7th
Calendar
January
1.16 - Meet the Masters Art Assembly
1.20 - No School - MLK Day
1.24 - Early Release Day
1.24 - Clay Project - information coming home soon.
February
2.7 - Early Release Day
2.14 - No School - Presidents Day Weekend
2.17 - No School - Presidents Day Weekend
2.21 - Early Release Day
2.28 - End of 2nd Trimester
Odds and Ends
The board presentation about our blanket project went really well last night! The board loved it!
Book Order - due Jan 24th. You can order Online: scholastic.com/bookclubs
Use our Class Code: GQZ82
Curriculum Update
READING - This week we are reading an informational text called "Ah Music." Kids have been working on identifying text and graphic features. Text and graphic features include captions, photos, graphs, charts, headings, and bolded words.
WRITING - Kids have been reading and taking notes about polar bear. The next step will be taking their notes and writing an informational paragraph.
Spelling/Handwriting - This week as kids are practicing their spelling please emphasize writing and using the lines. On the spelling test kids will be marked off if they capitalize a word that should not be or if they reverse letters (like b & d).
Silent Reading - Kids are silently reading daily during class. Be sure to encourage reading at home. Listening to an audio book is just as good as reading the book. Listening to you read or an audio version the kid are hearing great fluency. When reading with kids be sure to ask a few questions along the way. ex/ Why did the character do that? Who is your favorite character?, etc.
LEXIA - Please continue to encourage students to work on meeting their Lexia goal. Lexia has a default goal of 12 units per week. Students were are working below grade level will need more units per week in order to reach the end of 2nd grade goal by the end of the year. My personal goal is to write in each students planner on Monday how many units they need per week.
TECH - This week in tech we will be working on our typing skills.
PE - Our PE days have changed. Our new days are Mondays and Fridays. Please be sure make sure your child has appropriate footwear.
Technology Links
Lexia - https://www.lexiacore5.com/?SiteID=3144-5749-2242-0166
log in - firstnamelastname
passsword - student
IXL - https://www.ixl.com/signin/unionhillschool
check the back of their planner for log in information
Think Central - https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do?orgID=04471918 -
username- firstnamelastname
password - student
Kids can use think central to log in and look at reading and math. Please let me know if you are having any problems accessing technology at home.
PTC
- PTC Meeting - next one is in February
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