Good Morning Parents!
I hope you all had a restful 3 day weekend! This week is a short week but full with learning! Along with our normal schedule we will be celebrating Valentines day on Friday February 14th.
Thank you for all the wonderful conferences we had last week, and I look forward to continuing to work together to help your child!
This week in Mrs. R’s Super Stars:
Bible: This week we will continue to learn about Samuel
Language Arts: This week we will be learning about consonant blends with ‘r’. The students will be working through their spelling books and other activities to practice recognizing and saying words with the ‘r’ blend. Be sure to continue practicing sight words and spelling words each night at home. This will not only aide in expanding their vocabulary as well as assisting them to recognize words during reading. Be sure to continue to read each night with your child. Have them read to you, and challenge them by asking them what happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Ask them who the characters were? where did the story take place? was their a problem? If so, how was it solved? Last week I sent home a Scholastic book order form. If you have time, please go online and order books with our class code. Not only will you get books for your child at home, but this earns points for our class and we are able to get free books for our room! In writing we are continuing to write an expository text about our self.
Math: This week we will be finishing up on chapter 5 and begin to prepare for our test for next week. I will be sending home a chapter review. Our math test will take place on Monday.
Science: February is Dental health month. We will start to learn about the care of our teeth.
Social Science: We will be learning about Abraham Lincoln and George Washington
Valentine Day Party: Our class will be celebrating our Valentine’s day party on Friday February 14th. The party will begin at 11:30 with lunch and continue until after lunch. After lunch the kids will be exchanging valentines and participating in crafts and games.
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION
We are nearing the end of our 2013/14 Box Tops for Education promotion. There are 3 more Fridays left to turn in Box Tops. The last day to hand in Box Tops is Friday, February 14. Each Box Top collected is worth cash for our school. As an incentive we will be having a class contest. The class bringing in the most Box Tops at the end of this promotion will receive a “prize”.
PHYSICAL FITNESS TRAINING – The students have begun preparing in earnest for Physical Fitness Testing which is in March. The requirements for this assessment will be handed out at conferences. The requirement for each is different, depending on gender and age.
Field Trip: We will be taking a class field trip on Friday February 21st, 2014 to the Fresno Air Force Base. One of our own parents, John Gamber, is on the Air Force and will be giving the children a tour. The students will be traveling by bus. The bus will leave People’s church around 8:30am and return around 1:30pm. On this field trip the students are going to be able to experience various parts of the base such as the maintenance group, where all the air crafts are parked. They will learn how different areas of the maintenance group contribute to making the air craft work. We will also be taking a trip to the Fire Department. It is just like a city fire department. They will have the opportunity to tour the vehicles and other areas that contribute to how the fire department works. Aden’s dad has graciously offered to provided a lunch from 12:00pm-1:00pm on the base. They will be served hot dogs, chips, snack, and a drink (juice/water). There will be no additional cost for this. In the beginning there will more than likely be some security checks prior to entering. At this point we believe it is ok for parents to bring their our car. For those who wish to follow the bus, you will enter though the West Gate which is on McKinley Ave just west of Peach Ave. You cannot miss it. There is a display of all the Wing’s past aircraft and a huge concrete structure. I will continue to communicate as more details arise! This is going to be such an exciting field trip for our little ones!! I can’t wait!!
Spelling Words:
frame
green
brown
dry
prize
trust
dress
crops
trees
pray
from
two
what
Bible Verse:
“For the Lord is my fort where I can enter and be safe.” Psalm 18:2
Sight Words:
build
afraid
horse
pink
gray
color
near
guess
water
rock