Last Week of I Love to Read Month

It sure has been a busy productive month!  This week we are working on jokes and non-fiction text features.  Students will learn about captions, maps, diagrams, table of contents and bolded letters.  We will be searching for these text features in magazines and in non-fiction books.  If you do not have a magazine to send in this week no worries, we do have some in the classroom.

The Grade 1s are working on a numbers to 100 unit now.  This unit begins with skip counting to count objects up to 100.  We are working on 10s, 5s, and 2s.  These are great concepts to practice at home.  Here we are making beaded number lines, and counting groups of objects.

Grade 2s are just finishing an addition and subtraction to 18 unit.  This unit focused on various addition and subtraction strategies that they will use for larger numbers in the next unit.  The strategies they've been working on are: using 10, doubles, plus/minus 1 or 2, and using zero. 

We are just about finished making our "Where in the World are We" booklets for Social Studies.  You will soon see them on the bulletin board...

Today a photo release form was sent home for you to sign.  It is for next week, during Artists' In the Schools.  We will be having Sue Proctor come in and teach us some drama.  Please return the forms to school as soon as possible.

Tomorrow you will receive a notice about Student-Led Conferences.  The sign-up procedure is slightly different than before so please read the instructions carefully and return the form to school as soon as you are able. 

Huge thanks to the parents that came in and read to our class!  What a treat!  Also, thank you for helping your child prepare for reading their own book to the class.  They have enjoyed this so much that they want to do it again next month!

Have a great day Friday!