Upcoming Events for January 31st-February 3rd

Upcoming Events for January 31st-February 3rd

Learning Objectives

• Reading: We will work on identifying and describing the purpose of nonfiction text features. (Table of Contents, index, glossary, bold print, charts, diagram, labels, captions, etc.)
• Writing: We will research facts about penguins. Students will engage in informational writing about penguins. We will continue to work on writing sentences with capital letters, spaces between words, and ending marks. 
• Math: We will be learning about the partners of 100 and making connections with the value of one dollar. We will be working with missing addend problems and utilizing different strategies to solve.
• Social Studies: This week we will continue our unit discussing famous American symbols and figures: the bald eagle, the American flag, the Statue of Liberty, The Liberty Bell, and the Washington Monument. 

• Character:  Zones of Regulation (The Zones of Regulation is a program designed to help students gain skills in consciously regulating their emotions and actions.) 

1.) Math workbook pages 149-150

2.) Groundhogs Reading Comprehension Page

3.) Practice sight words

4.) Leveled Reading books (read and return each day!)

OPTIONAL: Math Workbook pages (147/148, 151-154)

OPTIONAL: Word Study Menu

Learning Websites:

Reflex Math 

 The username is green123. After typing that in your child should be able to click on their name and begin the math facts practice. 

Classroom News

Valentine’s Day Party

On Tuesday, February 14th, we will be having a Valentine’s Day Celebration from 1:30-2:30 PM. A class list will be sent home in students' Daily Folders. I would like for the students to “address” their Valentine’s themselves.  (Students will be making a Valentine’s carrying bag at school.  You do not need to prepare a Valentine’s Day box.)

We are also asking for food donations for the snack table. There are 19 students total. I will send  you a confirmation note with which item to send in.           

Party Items:

             Plates Napkins Juice boxes Fruit   Chips  Cookies Cupcakes Brownies

• 1st and 2nd grade Music Program, February 23rd

AES News

• One School, One book Celebration, Thursday February 2nd at 6L15 PM. Please join us at AES to participate in fun activities that are themed around the Gooseberry Park book!
• Early Release, February 8th (Car riders 1:05, buses 1:15)

• Sign up for MCPS weather alerts to be informed about delayed starts and/or cancelled school days.
• www.mcps.org/snow

Upcoming Events for January 23rd-27th

Learning Objectives

• Reading: We will work on making predictions about a text before and during the reading.
• Writing: We will research facts about penguins. Students will engage in informational writing about penguins. We will continue to work on writing sentences with capital letters, spaces between words, and ending marks. 
• Math: We will continue to learn about coins and how to count a collection of coins. We will also be working on how to continue a pattern by counting by tens starting from any number.
• Social Studies: This week we will begin our unit discussing famous American symbols and figures: the bald eagle, the American flag, the Statue of Liberty, The Liberty Bell, and the Washington Monument. 

• Character:  Zones of Regulation (The Zones of Regulation is a program designed to help students gain skills in consciously regulating their emotions and actions.)

1.) Math workbook pages 141-142

2.) Making Words With Snowflakes

3.) Practice sight words

4.) Leveled Reading books (read and return each day!)

OPTIONAL: Math Workbook pages (143-146)

OPTIONAL: Word Study Menu

Learning Websites:

Reflex Math 

 The username is green123. After typing that in your child should be able to click on their name and begin the math facts practice. 

Classroom News

• We will be celebrating the 100th day of school on Tuesday, January 24, 2017. Each student is asked to bring 100 pieces of a snack item in a ziplock bag. Suggested items could be 100 fruit loops, pretzels, m&m’s, marshmallows, smarties, etc. We will use them for comparing weights for math. We will then mix them together for a 100th Day snack. Thank you for your help with this exciting math activity!
  
  
  Also on the 100th Day of School students may dress like they are 100 years old. This is always a big hit with students!  We have included some ideas to help you get started planning what your child will wear.
  
  
  • Girls: Printed skirt, pearls, eyeglasses, sweater, wig or curled hairstyle, gray hair spray, knee high stockings, large purse, scarf
  
  
  • Boys: Button down shirt, flannel shirt, suspenders, tie,
  eyeglasses, drawn on mustache or beard, gray hairspray.
  
  
  Thank you and we look forward to the 100th Day!
• 1st and 2nd grade Music Program, February 23rd

AES News

• Early Release, January 26th (Car riders 1:05, buses 1:15)
• One School, One book, ends February 2nd
• Early Release, February 8th (Car riders 1:05, buses 1:15)

• Sign up for MCPS weather alerts to be informed about delayed starts and/or cancelled school days.
• www.mcps.org/snow

Upcoming Events for January 17th-20th

Learning Objectives

• Reading: We will practice reading informational texts and answering questions. Students will learn how to use context clues as a strategy to find the answers in the passages. 
• Writing: We will write stories about something that has happened in our life. Students' stories will include a beginning, middle, and end. Students will describe how they felt during each part of their story.  We will continue to work on writing sentences with capital letters, spaces between words, and ending marks. 
• Math: We will continue Unit 5 which focuses on money. Students will be identifying coins and their value along with counting groups of coins.
• Social Studies: We will discuss Martin Luther King Jr. and why he is an American hero. 

• Character:  Zones of Regulation (The Zones of Regulation is a program designed to help students gain skills in consciously regulating their emotions and actions.)

1.) Math workbook pages 137-138

2.) Emperor Penguin Comprehension Page

3.) Practice sight words

OPTIONAL: Math Workbook pages (139-140)

OPTIONAL: Word Study Menu

Learning Websites:

Reflex Math 

 The username is green123. After typing that in your child should be able to click on their name and begin the math facts practice. 

Classroom News

• 1st and 2nd grade Music Program, February 23rd

AES News

• Report cards go home, January 11th
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day---No School, January 16th
• One School, One book, begins January 17th
• Early Release, January 26th (Car riders 1:05, buses 1:15)
• One School, One book, ends February 2nd
• Early Release, February 8th (Car riders 1:05, buses 1:15)

• Sign up for MCPS weather alerts to be informed about delayed starts and/or cancelled school days.
• www.mcps.org/snow

Upcoming Events for January 5th-13th

Welcome back!

Learning Objectives

• Reading: We will practice reading comprehension. Students will answer the following questions after reading a story: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?
• Writing: We will write stories about something that has happened in our life. Students' stories will include a beginning, middle, and end. Students will describe how they felt during each part of their story.  We will continue to work on writing sentences with capital letters, spaces between words, and ending marks. 
• Math: We will start Unit 5 which focuses on money. Students will be identifying coins and their value along with counting groups of coins.
• Science: We will begin a unit on weather. Students will learn about seasonal changes, temperature, light, precipitation, and the affect of changing weather on plants and animals. 

• Character:  Zones of Regulation (The Zones of Regulation is a program designed to help students gain skills in consciously regulating their emotions and actions.)

1.) Math workbook pages 131-132

2.) Snowy Sentences editing page

3.) Practice sight words

OPTIONAL: Math Workbook pages (129-130, 133-136)

OPTIONAL: Word Study Menu

Learning Websites:

Reflex Math 

 The username is green123. After typing that in your child should be able to click on their name and begin the math facts practice. 

Classroom News

AES News

• Report cards go home, January 11th
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day---No School, January 16th
• Early Release, January 26th (Car riders 1:05, buses 1:15)
• Early Release, February 8th (Car riders 1:05, buses 1:15)

• Sign up for MCPS weather alerts to be informed about delayed starts and/or cancelled school days.
• www.mcps.org/snow