February 3, 2012

First and Second Grade Parents:

Theme of the Week:  Arctic Animals

• Bible:  We learned about how Jesus loves children and learned about trust.  Our Memory Verse this week was Matthew 18:16.     
• Reading/Writing:  Introduced blends /oo/, /ue/, /u_e/, /ew/, /ow/,and /ou/.  We started our new unit “Journeys” and started reading “Captain Bill Pinkney’s Journey.”  We also read some stories about artic animals.  2^nd graders read the true story “The Three Whales” and learned about the blends /ee/, /ea/ and final blends /in/, /on/ and /en/.  They also learned how to write a business letter.   
• Math – 1^st Grade – Subtracting 2, Tallying and Counting by 5’s and Drawing a Line with a Ruler.  2^nd Grade – Adding Three 2-Digit Numbers, Reading a Thermometer, Subtracting 2 and Subtracting 10 from a 2-Digit Number.
• Science – We continued our unit on “Comparing and Measuring” and measured different items in our classroom by their height and compared the items.        
• Spelling – 1^st & 2^nd Grade – We practiced our spelling dictation words and did our Cloze Story Word Test and Skill Tests.   
• Art – We made polar bears and paper plate penguins!

Upcoming Events:

• February 6^th – 10^th – Candy-Grams (More information soon!)
• February 7^th – Ice Skating at Riverfront Park – 1:00p.m. – 2:30 p.m. $4.50 includes skate rental.  Parent volunteers and drivers will be needed for this event.
• February 10^th – Friday Lunch Day & Hat and Sunglasses Day!
• February 14^th – Valentine’s Day Party!  (Student List sent home today).
• March 3^rd –Silent & Live Auction Dessert – Our classroom basket theme is “Coffee and Chocolate”.  A Confirmation Letter will be sent home on February 8^th.  Please bring items in by February 15^th.

Mrs. Hansen