Week of Feb. 17th - Feb. 21st

Looking Ahead

Feb. 17th - Feb. 21st

Reading Strategies

*Making Connections
*Fiction vs. nonfiction

*Retelling of a story/sequencing

*Visualizing

*Using our Reading Strategies to decode text
*Wondering

Phonics

Jolly Phonics - "igh" spelling of the long "i" sound

Writing Strategies/Grammar

 Adjectives

Spelling Words

lip

his

went

night

high

might

light

any

many

frightening

The test on these words will be on Friday, February 21st.
*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 we used our 100 chart to add. The hundred chart helps children see patterns that are useful for adding (and in later lessons, for subtracting). Next week, we will concentrate on making a ten to add a two-digit and a one-digit number together. We will also use tens and ones to add two, two-digit numbers together.

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!

100th Day!

We had a wonderful 100th day of school! As a whole, our class collected 102 cans. :) I am so proud that we can donate to a food pantry to help those that are in need of food. The kids were so excited to be helping out.

Valentine's Day Party

Our Valentines Day party was a success! Thank you to Mrs. Rossi, Mrs. McGinley, Mrs. Peterson, and our room mom, Mrs. Harvat. The kids got to enjoy mini cupcakes, juice boxes, and strawberries! Everyone got to participate in a bucket toss, building candy heart towers, and using straws to carry tissue paper! Hope everyone liked the craft that each student brought home. Happy Valentine's Day!

Important Dates

• Monday, February 17th - No School - President's Day
• Thursday, February 20th - Spring Picture Day
• Saturday, February 22nd - Snowflake Ball
• Friday, February 28th - No School - Institute Day

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. :)

I Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Beseth