Today was a difficult day for some children because they are ready to go home at lunch time on Fridays, but we had a busy and fun day. Next week we will be on a normal schedule. Wednesday, February 1 is a Late Start Day. We will not have school on Friday, February 17, or Monday, February 20. These are no-student contact days.
We started our day with centers (Reading, building sentences, math journals, and coloring snowflakes which meant they had to match the color word with the cowboy hats above the white board). While we were at centers, we watched the Presidential Inauguration. I thought it was important for the children to see how we change Presidents. They will not have an opportunity to see this again for 4 years. I feel as though they need to understand this is an important transition for our country.
After recess, we finished centers and went to lunch. After lunch, we watched a video called The Snowy Day. We wrote in our Winter Journals about the weather we observed in the video.
We went to music class and had a lot of fun playing ukeleles! Mr. Sutton said our class was fantastic!
We finished the day with math. We are continuing to work on counting on from groups of 5 up to 10.
Next week is parent-teacher conferences. I sent home a notice with your conference time last week. If you need to reschedule, please contact me and let me know. I look forward to meeting with everyone! We will be discussing the results of the mid-year literacy assessment and our end of year goals for the children.
During centers next week, we will be talking about penguins and polar bears. We will also finish our Weather unit and start working on our Culture unit. In math, we will work on partners of number (2 and 3 are partners of 5, 4 and 1 are partners of 5). We will go to P.E. on Monday and go to the art room on Wednesday.
We will have a Valentine Party on Monday, February 13. Children are welcome to bring Valentine cards to share with classmates. We currently have 24 children in our class. Please do not worry about writing who the Valentine card is TO. Just have your child write their name on the back of the Valentines. I would like to have children decorate Valentine cookies during the party. We will need heart shaped sugar cookies and frosting, and maybe a bag of M&Ms. Let me know if you are willing to donate to the party.
Have a great weekend!
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