Week of Jan. 13th - Jan. 17th

Looking Ahead

Jan. 13th - Jan. 17th

Reading Strategies

*Wondering (questioning) - is a strategy that good readers use to construct understanding. We are going to "wonder" and ask questions to focus our reading and clarify meaning. We will ask questions before, during and after to help make sense of the text.

*Retelling of a story

*Visualizing

Phonics

Jolly Phonics - Long o (o_e) 

Magic "e"

Writing Strategies/Grammar

Past Tense

Spelling Words

cod

lot

snap

bone

nose

home

globe

live

give

tadpole

The test on these words will be on Friday, January 17th.
*Your students brought home their spelling test today - please make sure to review it with them and help them correct the words that they missed. It is very important that they study their words every night.

Math

This past week, students were introduced to the hundreds place of the place value system. They learned that they could trade 1 ten for 10 ones to model a number as well as noticing that 100 is the same as 10 tens. Next week, we will compare 2-digit numbers, find which is less/greater and use the symbols <,>, = to record comparisons.

Reading Calendars

December reading calendars were due this week. If your student has not turned it in, please make sure that they do by the end of next week. January calendars should have gone home yesterday. Please continue to complete the calendars and reading with your student.

Report Card Envelopes

If your student has not yet returned their signed report card envelope, please send it in as soon as possible. We have to use them for the 2nd Trimester report cards! Thank you!

Scholastic Books!
I have created a link on my blog to Scholastic book orders! If you are interested in ordering any books for friends, relatives, or for your student, feel free to place an order online and use the code - LVB2T. When you order online, you can shop all Book Club flyers, enter your online orders, and pay with a credit or debit card. Every time you place your order online, you earn a FREE Book Pick and I earn a $3 coupon for our classroom! I will be receiving flyers that I will send home within the next few weeks if you don't want to do it online. If you have an questions please let me know!

Important Dates

• Friday, January 10th - Movie Night @ PV
• Wednesday, January 15th - Early Dismissal @ 12:00
• Monday, January 20th - No School - MLK Day
• Friday, January 24th - Progress Reports sent home - "as needed basis"

Reminders/Announcements

• Box Tops - Please continue to turn in any box tops that you have at home. This is a wonderful fundraiser that helps raise money for our school. Feel free to ask aunts, uncles, grandmas, grandpas, and neighbors! :) Classrooms with the most box tops will win a classroom party!
• Please send a note if your child will be picked up or taking another bus home.
• If you have any questions - please feel free to email me at alibeseth@ccsd66.org
• Please continue to practice sight words at home. Making flash cards is a great idea and allows for fun games, like memory!
• It's that time of year! Please make sure you are sending your student to school with a hat, gloves, and scarves! If the temperature is above 30 degrees, the kids will go outside for recess and I would hate for them to freeze. :)
• January Scholastic catalogs went home this week. If you are interested in ordering books please check out the link above! :) A few parents have ordered and it is super easy! When parents order online, I also get points to purchase books for the classroom! :)

I Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Beseth