February 11th - 15th

Dear Families,

We are off and running into another fantastic week of 1st Grade!Please be sure to read the reminders, as we have lots of important information included in this week's blog!

Reading Workshop:

In Reading Workshop we will continue our unit on Fairy Tales!  We’ve discussed the Elements of a Fairy Tale and how magic is a main theme in these stories.  We read a new Fairy Tale each day and practiced our comprehension strategies during Reading Workshop. This week we will investigate Fractured Fairy Tales.  We will read different fractured Fairy Tales and discuss how they are different or the same and complete Venn diagrams.

Writer’s Workshop:

In Writer’s Workshop we will begin our Fairy Tale Writing!  We transfer our knowledge from what we’ve learned during Reading Workshop with the Elements of a Fairy Tale and we begin to write our own Fairy Tales.  I always LOVE this writing lesson because the students really get to show their imagination with their writing! 

Math:

In math we will continue our learning of subtraction facts and start double addition strategies. We will practice our facts, learn and apply new strategies and use our new skills to solve problems.

Social Studies:

In Social Studies we are learning about culture.  We will have mini celebrations all week.  On Monday we will observe Chinese New Year (Feb. 10) and help usher in the Year of the Snake.  On Tuesday we will learn about the traditions and history of Mardi Gras.  We will also learn about the history of Valentine’s Day as we celebrate it on Thursday.  We will wrap up our week with Chocolate Fever!!

Thursday, February 14^th at 1:30pm-2:30pm, we will have our Valentine's Day Party.  The kids will make ice cream sundaes, and participate in Valentine activities.  Parents are welcome to attend.

On Friday, your child can come to school in pajamas, with a stuffed animal and blanket. We will have read part of the story, The Chocolate Touch.  In this story, everything the little boy touches turns to chocolate!  Here’s the most important part…please draw brown spots all over your child’s face!  You can use eyeliner, washable markers, paint, etc….  We will have “chocolate fever” all day long and do lots of fun activities:  BINGO with M&M’s, writing about having chocolate fever, M&M graphing, estimating how many chocolate chips are in a cookie, etc…  It will be so much fun!

Thank You:

Tuesday Folders - Mrs. Magdaleno
Homework Helpers-Mrs. Van Metre, and Mrs. Bhatia
Computer Lab- Mr. Alagar
Classroom Helpers- Mrs. Rodsari-Sayyar,
At home volunteers- Christi Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Postelnicu

Reminders:

Thursday, February 14^th – Valentine Party 1:30pm-2:30pm

 **Please remember that you must enter the building on the Carlwood (Flagpole) side to sign in at the office for the party.  This is for the safety of the students! All doors except for the Carlwood side are locked during school hours.**

Friday, February 15^th – Chocolate Fever Day (Pajama Day), please read note at the bottom of the blog J

Monday, February 18^th- Student Holiday