Upcoming Events for February 13th-17th

Learning Objectives

• Reading: The students will practice retelling what happens in the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional story.
• Writing: Students will engage in various Valentine's Day themed writing activities including Conversation Hearts Writing, Valentine Letter writing, and Designing and Marketing a new candy.  We will continue to work on writing sentences with capital letters, spaces between words, and ending marks. We are also working on writing "juicy" sentences with adjectives and metaphors. 
• Math: We will begin Unit 6 which focuses on graphing and measurement. Students will learn how to construct and interpret picture graphs. We will also review comparing numbers. 
• Social Studies: We will continue our focus on Dental Health. Students will earn a prize for bringing in their brushing chart!

• 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 161-162

2.) Valentine Punctuation Worksheet

3.) Practice sight words

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

OPTIONAL: Math Workbook pages (159/160)

OPTIONAL: Word Study Menu

Learning Websites:

PebbleGo.com

This is a great kid friendly research website! 

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.)

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

AES News

• Valentine's Day Celebration, February 14th (Students only)
• Presidents' Day (No School), February 20th

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

Upcoming Events for February 6th-10th

Learning Objectives

• Reading: The students will practice answering the following questions during and after the reading: "Who?", "What?", "Where?", "When?", "Why?", and "How?"
• Writing: We will write true stories in which we describe how we felt at the beginning, middle, and end.  We will continue to work on writing sentences with capital letters, spaces between words, and ending marks. We are also working on writing "juicy" sentences with adjectives and metaphors. 
• Math: We will week in math we will be finishing up our money and story problem unit. We will take our Unit 5 assessment
• Social Studies: This week we will finish 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. We will then be focusing on Dental Health. 

• 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 155-156 

2.) National Symbols worksheet

3.) Practice sight words

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

OPTIONAL: Math Workbook pages (any pages from Unit 5)

OPTIONAL: Word Study Menu

Learning Websites:

PebbleGo.com

This is a great kid friendly research website! 

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.)

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

AES News

• 3rd Quarter Interims Go Home, February 6th
• Early Release, February 8th (Car riders 1:05, buses 1:15)
• Valentine's Day Celebration, February 14th
• Presidents' Day (No School), February 20th

• 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 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