We will be doing a science experiment. Each of us will need to bring in 1 clean glass jar anytime before February 11. The glass jar needs to have a wide opening of about 3 inches or more and needs to be about 4 inches tall or more. Some jars that would work perfectly are: salsa jars and pickle jars. If you have more than one jar and would like to donate more that would be great. Please note that you will not be getting the jars back.
We also need pipe cleaners as well in any color. We will need at least 45 pipe cleaners. If you have some and are willing to donate, that would be much appreciated. Please e-mail us if you are able to donate some. Thank you!
*There is no school this Friday
*Wednesday is Home Reading and Library Book Exchange
Our new sight words this week are:
was
soon
she
into
yes
On February 2 it will be groundhog day. Ask me to tell you what it means if the groundhog sees his shadow. We learned that s and h make the "sh" sound. Ask me to tell you words that start with "sh". When I'm reading my home reading book with you and when you read stories to me, ask me to find these words as we read.
We read a book today called "If kids ruled the world". This really got our imaginations going! We did some writing about what we would do, if we ruled the world. We came up with some funny and big ideas. We are becoming more independent with our writing skills. We know that our writing should match our drawings and to add detail in our drawings and use at least 5 different colors.
In writing, we are working on using finger spaces between words, using punctuation (period, exclamation marks) at the end of a sentence and using an uppercase letter only at the beginning of a sentence. We are working on using "kid spelling" to write down the words we hear. Please help me practice these skills at home. You can ask me to write you a note to remind you to get milk from the grocery store. I can help you write the grocery list by sounding out the words and maybe drawing a simple picture beside my word to show you what I mean.
We are continuing our investigation of winter and taking a closer look at snow and snowflakes. Today we practiced drawing snowflakes. We learned that no two snowflakes are the same. Ask me to tell you what I know about snowflakes. I can tell you how they form and how many points all snowflakes have. We practiced drawing our own snowflakes.
