Week of February 1, 2016

       Wow!  Last week was a busy week.  Hopefully, we can get back to our regular routine this week.
      This week we will work on the following skills.

• The weekly Bible Story will be "God Talks to Moses" Exodus 3:1-4:17
• Comparing and contrasting different versions of the story Cinderella.
• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with the long /e/ spelled ee, and ea
• Identifying and reading words with the prefix un, re, and pre
• We will continue to work on reading for comprehension and fluency.  Please allow your child to practice reading at home daily.
• Measuring using inch and centimeters
• Continue to work on addition and subtraction word problems
• Continue to work on learning addition and subtraction facts
• Using weight scales to identify how much things weight and which weights the most
• The children will learn about Groundhog Day
• The children will learn about the rain cycle and the thermometer 
• Weekly Spelling Words:    me, keep, feed, beak,seat, other, because, we, sheep, feet         Bonus words:  thermometer-temperature  

                                                         Our First/Second Grade Program

• Classroom spelling bee with be on Tuesday
• First Grade spelling bee with be on Wednesday
• The children will go to the Children's Theater on Wednesday to see Cinderella
• This week the children can participate in the Coming Home activities.  They may wear the following things:

Monday: Teacher Day (dress like one of the teachers)

Tuesday: Crazy Socks Day

Wednesday: America Day (red, white, blue)

Thursday: Crazy Red and White

Friday: Super Bowl (favorite team jersey