Family

Today we talked about family. We read a book by Todd Parr called "The Family Book". It talks about how all families are different, and that all families care about each other. We drew a "family portrait" of our own families and then wrote about our families. We learned lots about some of you moms and dads too! We will be continuing to learn about families and how they are different and why they are important to us. 

Our poem this week is called "Families". Here are our sight words of the week: 
saw, they, four, our, wanted 

In math today we learned a new game called "Connect Four". To play, you need to roll two dice and then add the dice together to find the total, or "sum". This is great practice for our addition skills and strategies. 

100 days of school

We will be celebrating 100 days of school on Wednesday, February 19. 

On this day, grade ones are going to have a “dress like you are 100 years old” day. Please do not buy anything new! 

Here are some ideas:

Girls: a dress and cardigan, big jewelry, a hat, a scarf tied around head, hair in a bun, using baby power for white hair, a cane

Boys: button up shirt, plaid, a hat, suspenders, a bow or tie, baby powder for white hair, a cane, a stick

Here is an example: 

Valentines Day: 

Our Valentines Day celebration will be Wednesday, February 12. This is an early dismissal day. 

If you would like to participate in handing out Valentines, we ask that your child only sign their own name on the Valentines to help handing them out run smoothly. If your child would like to give out Valentines to the whole double class, we have 44 students. If your child is handing out to only their own class, there are 21 students in Mrs. Ly's class, and 23 in Ms. Granger's class. 

Science Experiment: 

Thank you to those who have already brought in their jars for our science experiment! Each child will need to bring in 1 clean glass jar before February 11. The jar needs to have a wide opening of about 3 inches or more and needs to be about 4 inches tall or more. Some ideas are: salsa jars, tomato sauce jars, and pickle jars. If you have more than 1 jar and would like to donate more that would be great! Please note you will not be getting the jars back. 

Thank you for all of the donations of pipe cleaners! We received more than enough and no longer need more :) 

Upcoming Dates:

• Winter Walk Day is on Wed.  Please bundle up –open the door and go for it! We hope to have special guests greeting our walkers and our lovely Council has organized warm beverages for participants. J We will be participating in Winter Walk Day as a class. Please help your child be prepared for the weather.

• The Family Dance is on Thursday Eve.