Happy Monday! It is the last week of January and it looks like the weather might be warming up a bit!  Hopefully we will be going outside again at lunch time, so please ensure that your child is properly dressed for the chilly weather!  We are introducing a new sight word:  “and”.  When you are reading with your child, please ask them if they can find the world “and” on the page. Also, poetry books with a brand new poem will be sent home on Wednesday.  Please read this poem with your child and have them show you how to write the word “and”. In Math, we are learning all about “Comparing Lengths”.  “Short and Tall” and “Long and Short.” Check your childs home folder for some worksheets and fun crafts!  I will also add a “weblink” to this page to allow you to play a game with your child at home to see if they can show you the difference between short and tall.  We are still learning all about The 5 Senses. We have been introduced to: Smell, Taste, Hearing and this week, we will learn about Sight. A fun game to play at home would be "I Spy".  You could also put a blindfold over your childs eyes and have them carefully navigate around a room to see what the world without our sense of sight would be like.  Have a marvelous week!!!  

Brrr!!  What a chilly week we have ahead!  Please ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for the weather!  There are also lots and lots of runny noses and sneezes on the loose, so make sure you are drinking lots of orange juice!  We are continuing the review of our “Zoo-phonics” and “Capitals” this week.  Students are learning “Zoo aerobics” and revisiting some of our favorite “hardworking” zoo-phonics friends”.  I hope your “Sight Word Heart Necklaces” are coming along beautifully!  We practice sight words every day and students are very comfortable with them in the classroom! In Math, we have begun a unit called “Exploring Geometry and Measurement”.  We are learning all about sorting, building and making 3-D objects!  How much fun!!!  Check home folders for some of this weeks fun activities! In “You and Your World” we are still working on the five senses!  We have moved on to “Taste” this week.  We are learning all about the mechanics of tasting and how to differentiate between different tastes!  (sweet, salty, sour)  We also learned today that if you plug your nose, tasting is a bit harder!  For a fun “at home experiment”, maybe cover your child’s eyes and have them taste a few different foods to see if they can recognize what it is.  Then ask them to plug their nose and see if they can still do it! We have Library on Thursday; please ensure that our child brings his/her books back so they may enjoy a new one! Bundle up and have a marvelous week!!!   

Count down is on!  We will be celebrating Yy and Zz this week.  Yancy Yak and Zeke Zebra. These are both tricky letters to form.  This week will be busy with lots of Christmas activities and songs of the season!Here is a list of student names:1.  Lauren A2.  Aaron A3.  Madison4.  Emily C5.  Olivia6.  Emalee F7.  Lorynn G8.  Ashton9.  Karlie10.  Tennesen11.  Timothy (T. J.)12.  Hunter13.  Autumn14.  Marley15.  Daniel16.  Regan17.  BriannaMerry Christmas to All!