Studious- To take learning seriously.

• Spelling Test- Wednesday, February 13th.
  

• Valentine's Day Party- February 14th- 12:55-1:55

• President's Day- No School- Monday, February 18

• Please make sure students are bringing their coats and have them labeled in order to avoid missing items.

• Parent University- February 27th- 4:30-6:00

• March 4th-8th: Spring Break

• First Day back for Students-Tuesday, March 12

• Week of Understanding- March 18th-22nd

• Conference Day- No School for Students-Thursday, March 21st

• ERB testing for 2nd & 3rd grade- March 26th-29th

• As part of a continuing effort to ensure the safety of our students, all additions or changes to your child’s medication must be entered in student medical records via the parent portal, followed by an email to Nurse Edens (kim.edens@woodward.edu). Please be sure that all medications are in the actual prescription bottle showing your child’s name; we cannot accept medicines in plastic bags or unmarked bottles.
  

Monday-E day- Art and P.E.

Tuesday- F day- Music, Science, P.E.

Wednesday- G day- Science, Spanish, and P.E.

Thursday- A day- Spanish, Music, and P.E.

Friday- B day- Art, Science, and P.E.

Academic Highlights:

• Math- We will begin Unit 5, Subtracting within 100 using strategies. We will cover how to subtract by counting backward on a numberline, adding up to subtract, and breaking apart numbers to subtract.
• Reading- Authors Purpose-We will be discussing how to identify an Author's purpose when writing (Persuade, Inform, or Entertain) a book by figuring out whether the author is trying to give us information about a topic, attempting to get us to do or believe something, or whether they are telling a story in a way that is enjoyable.
• Social Studies- We will continue our study of important figures in history by learning about Abraham Lincoln and the impact he had on society.
• Writing- Writing about our opinions and supporting them with reasons/evidence. We are writing letters to our friends/family members about the books we have read. We will be sharing our opinion of the books we have read and the reasons we did or did not enjoy them. We will also be using a rubric as a guide to reflect on our own work as we write about our opinions.
• Spelling-The next cycle of new spelling rules and words began on February 5th, an A day. A spelling list was sent home on Tuesday, February 5th with your child's spelling pattern and red words. The spelling test will be on Wednesday, February 13th.

By popular demand, we will begin Show and Tell on a scheduled weekly basis. We will let students bring in an item on Thursdays and share about that item. Each Monday in this newsletter, we will post the name of four students who will have an opportunity to share on their assigned Thursday.

We would like for this time to be purposeful in getting to know each other even more. We would love to see items students have created, pictures, educational items, or items related to a special interest, activity or hobby. We request that your child not bring toys. We also ask that the item be able to fit in their backpack or a gift bag. Please feel free to reach out if you are unsure or have questions about a specific item.

We're very excited! Below are the names of the students for this week!

Anderson

Kevin

Nora

Kellan

Math: Homework for lessons 5-2 and 5-4 will be sent home this week.

Tic-Tac-Toe: Students will be required to complete three squares of the weekly Tic Tac Toe Homework Sheet. The math sheets will be a part of the Tic Tac Toe sheet. The students will be able to choose activities that they can complete independently related to the current class curriculum. Each square should not take more than 20 minutes to complete.

Please make sure to send back the "Take Home Work" Folders/Envelopes back to school.

Mrs. Flournoy- madeleine.flournoy@woodward.edu. Follow me on Twitter @flournoycafe

Mrs. Todd- lillian.todd@woodward.edu

The links below are a tool you may use at home as a starting point for conversations to have with your child about what we are learning in class.