February 25-March 1 and Classroom Notes

Hi!

I hope all of you had a nice winter break with your children. I wanted to take the time to say "Thank You" for all the teacher appreciation gifts/supplies, Valentine's Day gifts, and my birthday gifts. Thanks for your time, support, and making me feel so special. Here are some helpful reminders for the classroom:

• Please send in the animal in-house field trip permission slip if you have not done so. (Please note that the money is a donation, however the signed permission is required for your child to attend.)
• Thanks for your time and help with your child's homework and any unfinished work that is sent home that was not completed in class for reinforcement. Please know that it is greatly appreciated.
• A healthy snack is needed each day for your child.
• Please help your child to work on homework, read daily for 20 minutes, and work on sight words for reinforcement or learning them if needed.
• Please be sure to put any transportation notes and/or club dismissal information in your child's agenda.
• Please note that if your child is absent and/or has been absent, please be sure to send in any doctor's notes or notes regarding these absences. I will be sure to send them to the office for documentation purposes.

Learning in the Classroom-

• Language Arts- We continue to work on opinion writing. We work on stating our opinion, giving 3 or more reasons and following up with the opinion stated in a different way. We are reading and discussing Dr. Seuss books this week. We will be comparing them and discussing the lessons in the books, passages about Dr. Seuss during reading groups. Please review sight words with your child and work on learning new ones. If your child has mastered sight words, please work on spelling them. Please note that I will be sending home another list tomorrow and it is two sided. Mrs. Hallmark's reading challenge for February is due this Wednesday, February 27th along with the Six Flags reading challenge is you are interested in completing this challenge.
• Math- we will continue to work on word problems. We will be working on adding two digit and one digit numbers.
• Social Studies- We will finish up Lewis and Clark unit.

Thanks for your time and efforts with all these matters. It is greatly appreciated. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Please feel free to email me.