Sanders' Sunflowers
Classroom Newsletter
Week of January 21-24, 2014
Information and Reminders
- Our class is doing very well on the place value unit in math.
- The 100th day of school will be Jan. 28. We will be doing special math activities in class.
Important Dates
Jan. 14 - beginning of 3rd nine weeks
Jan. 22- report cards go home
Jan. 28- 100th day of school
Jan. 30- Variety Show at Wren High
Jan. 31- Mother/Son Dance
Feb. 4-PTO Meeting @ 6:30
Feb. 7- students do not report to school
Feb. 10- PTO begins selling candygrams
Feb. 17- teacher inservice- students do not report
Feb. 21- Daddy/Daughter Dance
Important Connections and Links
This is a direct link to my email and my website. I have also included the school's phone number.
Email: sandersr@anderson1.k12.sc.us
Website: http://www.anderson1.k12.sc.us/Domain/658
Phone: 864-850-5950
Reading
Weekly Story : Where Does Food Come From
Skills:
-Identifying the author's purpose
- reading words with long a (date, rain, stay)
- reading and using words with multiple meanings (bark, fly)
- subject and verb agreement (The boy plays. The boys play.)
- Contractions with will and would
There will be a spelling and sight word test on Friday this week.
Sight Words:
1. first 2. right 3. under 4. food 5. sometimes 6. your
7. ground 8. these 9. may 10. name
Math
We will begin practicing addition and subtraction to 10 to build speed and accuracy with math facts. The class will also begin learning how to read information from charts and graphs.
Science/Social Studies
We will begin a combined social studies and science unit on earth materials (rocks, dirt, soil) , what they are made of, and how we use them. The students will also be learning about democracy, voting, and laws in America.
Homework
Tues. - practice sheet; spelling words
Thurs. - practice sheet; practice spelling test
Fri. - no reading response journal this week.
*** Students should read the story Where Food Comes From in the blue folder named Journeys Story Summaries.***