**Our Valentine's Party is tomorrow. Thank you to all of the parents who have signed up to bring something in to share. Please bring it in the morning with your child as it is a half day tomorrow. A reminder that Valentine's cards for students is optional. 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.
Our new sight words this week are:
this
please
pretty
Our poem this week is about friendship:
We took a closer look at the "sh" diagraph. Ask me what sound it makes and have me tell you words that have the "sh" sound in it. We talked about how "ch" and "sh" sort of sound the same but are different.
We have been taking a closer look at our own selves and talking and showing what makes us happy. We created our own heart maps.
We have also been talking about our families. We are learning that we are part of a family, that is a part of a community. We interviewed each other to learn more on how there are some families in our class that are the same and different. Ask me to tell you something I learned about my partner's family.
We had a visit from our Occupational Therapist today Ms. Kristen. She has been helping us with our pencil grip and letter formations. We practiced printing a diver letter today "n". I dive down and up and then dive down". We also learned about appropriate pencil grip. I pinch my thumb and index finger together and then put my pencil in between, I then let the pencil lay on my hand like a pillow and then close the rest of my fingers. "pinch and pillow".
Important Information:
Wednesday is an early dismissal. There is no school Thursday and Friday due to Teacher's Convention.
We will have home reading book exchange on Wednesday, but will not have library book exchange due to the half day.
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:
