2/23

Good Afternoon! I am excited to get back to school next week, we have a lot of fun things to learn.

Next week in Social Studies we are doing a Missions emphasis. We have a guest speaker in Chapel on Monday, Valerie Williams. She currently helps missionaries so it will be fun to here from her. In class we are going to learn about different families who are doing missions, how they help, why they go, and how they have to adjust.

Here is a picture of our focus wall for next week.

Notes:

·       Our field trip to the aquarium is coming up in a few weeks, please let me know if you would like to volunteer.

Well I think that is all, I am running a little slow on this Sunday=)

Mrs. Lee

Valentines/ 100th day week

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend! Last week was a quick week with one day off and our valentine’s party! We still seemed to be able to pack a lot of things in though=)

Here are some pictures of our art project and our party.! I

Students writing one hundred words on the board.

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Students writing about if they had one hundred dollars. This writing reassured me why we don't give kids any substantial amount of money lol..

Students presenting their projects. They turned out very cute!

Our party!

Next Weekend I will post more about the upcoming week and any updates.

Mrs. lee

Videos!

I have finally learned how to upload videos! So here are some fun videos from the first half of the year.

A short video from our Christmas concert

A peek into our Daily 5. Some students are reading, others writing, and other doing word work. During this time is when I work in small groups or individually with students.

Our Spanish Teacher singing with the students

Now that I know I can upload videos I will try to take more, and make them a little longer=)

~Mrs. Lee

2/8/14

I hope everyone is enjoying this snow! And staying warm. Our week was cut short last week, but I hope we can get in a full week next week, especially because since we have a week off after next week!

Focus Wall

Literacy

      I can blend my sounds together.

      I can identify the middle sound in a CVC word.

Math

      I can subtract numbers.

Bible

      John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Pictures from the Week!

How To make Hot Cocoa: We started of by drinking some Hot Cocoa of course! Then we started our writing of how to make Hot Cocoa using our transitional words (first, then, next, last). Lastly, we made our fun craft!

Our Trip to the Library. 

Our Art/ Valentines craft- We practiced drawing and cutting out hearts. It took a lot of practice and paper=) But they did great and projects turned out very cute. 

Important notes!

      

• Next week is spirit week!

Monday- Pajama Day,

Tuesday- School colors, red & yellow,

Wednesday- Crazy hair/ hat day,

Thursday- mismatch day,

      Friday- pink/red/ hearts

• On our next field trip we are going to the Portland Aquarium. This will be fun because it will be right after our ocean unit. We are expected to go on March 14^th, let me know if you would like to volunteer as a chaperon.

• SNACKS – we have decided to start having students bring their own snacks.  We think this will make it easier for everyone. Just put a healthy snack in a zip lock bag for students, and in the morning they will put them in a snack basket that they will grab out after recess.

• Our Valentines and 100’s day party is Friday!!! We are doing some fun games and crafts, and need a few more volunteers. Please let me know if you or a grandparent can come=) If you would like to bring goodies, or snacks that would be wonderful too! Lastly, a heads up I will be sending a project home on Monday for the kids to bring to build something, with a 100 some things to present to the class. I will give more specifics and examples on Monday.

Here is the class list for valentines day, I can also send the list home on Monday.

2/3

I cannot believe we are in to February already! Next week will be our half way mark through the year!

Here are a few notes about things coming up:

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•  Our field trip to the Library is on Tuesday! We will be going for about two hours to hear a story, and explore the library. I had first told parents that we were not bringing library cards, however after more thought I think it would be okay. So if you would like your child to check out books you can send them with a library card, or you can print the application online at  http://mylibrary2.fvrl.org/local/docs/LibraryCardApplicationKids.pdf 

    Kids would just bring the application and we can get     them the card while we are there!

•    I am using a new behavior calendar. This one has the whole month on it. The students or I will color how they did each day like normal, but it gives you a whole month view. It looks nicer and I am saving on paper=) (and if anyone would like to donate any printer paper it would be very appreciated=))

• We have our Valentine’s and 100^th day party coming up on the 14th if anyone would like to volunteer to help, or volunteer to bring goodies.
• If your child would like to bring valentines please bring at least 18 for both classes because we like to share these fun times together=)

Our focus wall for next week,

Literacy:

• ·        I know the middle sound in a CVC word.
• ·        I can blend my sounds together

Math:

• ·        I can subtract numbers!

Bible:

• Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.”
• Miss Jones has also been talking with the students about filling a bucket during bible. If your child comes home talking about this and you are not sure what it is, it is a way to explain to kids how mean words can make others feel sad and empty inside and how nice words make people feel happy and full inside. They have become very good at expressing this with each other too! I hear kids saying "you just dipped into my bucket", or "thank you for filling my bucket". It is pretty cute!

Social Studies:

• ·        Ground Hogs/ Ground Hogs Day

Here are some pictures of our art lesson this week. We played with water color on top of crayon and we splatter painted=) (So sorry if any kids came home with paint on thier clothes!)

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Mrs. Lee

February, 26th

I hope everyone has enjoyed their weekend! This next week coming up is a little different because of the teacher work day on Wednesday. Also a reminder that Tuesday evening is our open house! It is just a time of families to come into the classrooms and look around, and see the fun things their students have been doing. It is different from back to school night because we won’t have any presentations or anything. Just a fun time for families and the school to get together.

Focus wall:

Pictures are always fun, so here are some pictures from our Math Work Station time!

Students doing math on our interactive board

Students reading math books to eachother

Quack shake and spill. Students have to say how many are on the duck and how many are off, and how much it makes all together.

Students practicing patterns

Candy land turned into math game! Read it, write it , count it.

Notes:

·        On February 4^th, our class is going to the public Library. This is a very relaxed field trip. We are going for a few hours to get a tour of the library, have a story time, look a books, and play. We won’t be checking out any books during this time. We are taking one class at a time so we do not need parent volunteers, though they are always welcome!

·        Just a reminder that class does start at 8:30. I know it is sometimes hard to get there on time, but please try because this is still valuable learning time in the morning. Students always have some type of work to do when they come in, and this is a time I get to work with students individually. Missing 1o minutes every day totals to almost a week of school a year!!! It really does add up.

1/13

Good Afternoon I hope everyone has had a lot of relaxation and rest this weekend. As most of you know we have had a lot of sick students last week, however I hope we are all at the tail end of it, and we can some back next week healthy and energized!

This last week we were able to finish most of our Dibels testing; we will finish the last few next week. I am excited to share how all of the students are doing. I might be a little biased but I think we have some amazing students here! 

In math we have been working on building numbers and taking apart numbers. We use math sentences like 2 and 3 make 5. The students have done great with this; most received 100% on their tests. Next week we get to start addition!

In Social Studies we have been learning about the weather and seasons. In art we made the four seasons with our hand prints. These will be posted on our open house night, along with writing about our favorite season. 

Last note, this summer we are doing a Summer Educational Camp for grades Kindergarten through 5th grade. Attached is a letter about this. I will as well email the letter out.

Jump Start/ Head Start Letter

Focus Wall: 

Reading: 
I know the last sound in a word. 
I can blend my sounds together. (C-A-T, Cat)

Math:
 I can add numbers up to 5. 
I can count to 100.
I can write numbers to 20.

Social Studies:
I know the different types of clouds.

Bible Verse:
Matthew 4:19
“Come, follow me, “Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

Notes:
• If anyone can donate some snacks that would be wonderful. THANK YOU to all of the parents who have already donated, it is much appreciated!
• Open House January 28th @5:30 for Pizza and 6:30 for start time.