January 24-28

Hello families, 

If you haven't seen our LBS Family Literacy Day video - check it out here!  You can also add to the LBS Community Writers Padlet here. 

In math, we are continuing to practice our doubles and doubles +1 using games, songs and activities. We are also still learning about 2D shapes and did some sorting with 2D shapes this week. We learned a new math game called Matho (similar to Bingo) and we played an addition game that got us up and moving on Friday! 


In literacy, we are continuing to work on vowel sounds. Next week we will start learning about digraphs (letters that go together to make one sound, i.e. sh, ch, th). We are still doing Daily 5 twice per day which I have been loving! In our small groups we are working on a variety of things such as building words, working with word families, reviewing letter sounds, reading books, and this week we played some "sight word bingo." Sight words are sometimes referred to as "heart words" because we need to know them by heart. So you might hear your child use both terms.

This week we also talked about sentence writing and what makes a full sentence. A sentence has to have someone or something (a noun) doing something! A sentence needs to be a complete thought, begins with a capital letter and ends with punctuation. These are just "simple sentences" and we will move into "super sentences."




In social studies, we reviewed rights and responsibilities. Students had a good understanding of responsibilities, but rights are a bit trickier to understand. We read the story "I Have the Right to be a Child" and discussed all of the things that children have the right to do. Students then added 8 or more items to a child and included things that would make "a happy and healthy child." 






We also began learning about landmarks and what makes a landmark (buildings, nature, signs, statues, etc.) We will continue with this work this week! 

In science, we reviewed what we know about migration by matching up the animal and how it migrates, and have been learning about different animal adaptations in winter. We went on a community walk in hopes to see some local animals adapting in the winter. We didn't see a lot of wild life but still had a great time! We will continue with our learning about animal adaptations and will start our final project soon! 






Our little hermit crab friend, Jovie, was feeling extra adventurous this week! 



Report Cards

Report cards were released online today! Please take some time to review and read all of the comments. Each student will receive a next step in literacy and math, regardless of their current learning. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me! 


Toys & Pokemon Cards

Toys and Pokemon cards continue to be a problem in the classroom. Students are asked not to bring extra items from home. There is always a chance they will get lost, stolen or destroyed. I hate to be the bad guy always taking away Pokemon cards, but they are a big source of distraction and frustration in the classroom. Please remind your child not to bring these items from home. 


Valentine's Day

Again this year, students will not be permitted to bring Valentine's Day cards from home. We also are still not allowed to have shared snacks in the classroom. We will find other ways to show our appreciation for each other this Valentine's Day! I am thinking we may do a secret Valentine exchange within the class if students are interested. 


Pink Shirt Day

Pink Shirt Day is coming up on Wednesday, February 23rd and room 10 and 11 will be responsible for teaching the school about this important day through a virtual assembly. As part of this assembly, we are going to have students learn the first part of the song "Count on Me" by Bruno Mars while I play guitar! I think repetition is the best way for young students to learn the song, so we will listen to it at school, but I wanted to share the video in case you want to practice at home. 

Here is the link - https://video.link/w/IlcYc We will be doing the first 1:10 of the song. 


Upcoming Dates
  • Monday, February 14th - Valentine's Day
  • Thursday, February 17th-Friday, February 18th - Teacher's Convention - no school for students
  • Monday, February 21st - Family Day - No School
  • Wednesday, February 23rd - Pink Shirt Day 
  • Friday, February 25th - 100th Day of School!! 

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