Upcoming Events for March 6th-10th

Learning Objectives

• Reading: The students will identify characters, settings, and important events in the story. The students will make predictions before and during the reading.
• Writing: Students will engage in opinion writing. They will choose an opinion writing topic. (Ex. best sport, favorite subject in school, Should students have homework?, etc.) Students will give reasons and examples to support their opinion. 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, metaphors, and quotation marks. 
• Math: Students will use what they know about graphs to create a measurement table, they will learn about comparing and roating shapes, how to combine shapes to make new shapes, congruence, and solid (3-D) shapes. 
• Social Studies: Celebrating Dr. Seuss 

• Character:  Zones of Regulation (The Zones of Regulation is a program designed to help students gain skills in consciously regulating their emotions and actions.) We will hold class meetings and work on finding positive and logical solutions to common classroom problems.

1.) Math workbook pages 185-186 

2.) Cat in the Hat Writing (What would happen if the Cat in the Hat Came to School?)

3.) Practice sight words

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

OPTIONAL: Math Workbook pages (179-184)

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

Dr. Seuss Spirit Days

• Monday 3/6: Horton Hears A Who---Wear the color gray or wear something with an elephant
• Tuesday 3/7: Yertle the Turtle---Wear blue and green!
• Wednesday 3/8, Wacky Wednesday---Dress wacky and crazy!
• Thursday 3/9, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut---Bring your favorite Dr. Seuss book from home that you can read with a friend.
• Friday 3/10, The Sleep Book---Wear your pajamas to school!

AES News

• Early Release, March 7th (car rider bell 1:05, buses load at 1:15 PM)
• Report Cards go Home, March 17th
• Spring Conferences, March 20th-24th (Please sign up for a parent teacher conference)
• Teacher Work Day, March 23rd (No school for students)

• 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 27th- March 3rd

Learning Objectives

• Reading: The students will identify the main idea of the text they read. Students will also describe the supporting details. 
• Writing: Students will engage in opinion writing. They will write about which animal makes the best pet. Students will give reasons and examples to support their opinion.   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, metaphors, and quotation marks. 
• Math: We will discuss how to transfer information presented in a graph to a table. We will also learn how to solve story problems using comparison. Then, we will move into measurement with inches. 
• Social Studies: We finish our Geography unit. We will discuss how where you live affects the clothes you war, the animals you see, and the land around you. We will focus on farmland, polar regions, rain forests, islands, and deserts. 

• Character:  Zones of Regulation (The Zones of Regulation is a program designed to help students gain skills in consciously regulating their emotions and actions.) We will hold class meetings and work on finding positive and logical solutions to common classroom problems.

1.) Math workbook pages 

2.) Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer (Which season is the best?)

3.) Practice sight words

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

OPTIONAL: Math Workbook pages ()

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

• 1st and 2nd grade Music Program, Thursday, February 23rd. Students should arrive at 6:15 PM and report to the music room. The performance will begin at 6:30 PM. 

AES News

• Early Release, March 7th (car rider bell 1:05, buses load at 1:15 PM)

• 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 20th-24th

Learning Objectives

• Reading: The students will practice making predictions before and during the reading. They will give evidence to support their predictions. Students will evaluate their predictions to see if they were right or wrong.
• Writing: Students will engage in opinion writing. They will write about which school lunch would be the best. Students will give reasons and examples to support their opinion.   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, metaphors, and quotation marks. 
• Math: Students will create and use graphs to compare data. Students will be able to explain which has the most, the least, and how many in all. Students will compare how many more or fewer a certain item has compared to another. 
• Social Studies: We will learn about President's Day and why we honor this day in February. We will move into a Geography unit later in the week. We will discuss how where you live affects the clothes you war, the animals you see, and the land around you. We will focus on farmland, polar regions, rain forests, islands, and deserts. 

• 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 165-166

2.) Abraham Lincoln sentence building

3.) Practice sight words

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

OPTIONAL: Math Workbook pages (163/164, 167-170)

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

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

AES News

• Presidents' Day (No School), Monday, February 20th
• Early Release, March 7th

• 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 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