Week of February 5, 2018

        The child really enjoyed celebrating the 100 Days of School.  There was a lot of learning that took place while they had a great time. This week we will continue working of the following skills.

• Identifying, decoding, and reading words with long i, /y/,/igh/, and /ie/.
• Begin a study of learning about famous African Americans.
• Write narratives about famous African American, weather, and the 2018 Winter Olympics.
• The children will learn about famous United State symbols.
• The children will continue to work on reading for fluency and understanding.  They will be reading the following stories: "Creep Low, Fly High", "Meet the Insect", and Hi, Fly, Guy"
• Review cause and effects within a story.
• The children will be introduced to the following sight words:  caught, flew, know, laugh, listen were, beautiful, and fancy.
• The children will add and subtract two digit numbers and work word problems
• The children will continue to work on adding numbers with sums of 20 or less
• Read and interpret data on a graph
• Continue to work on place value
• The children will begin assessment of sight words, reading for fluency and comprehension, and math skills.
• Weekly Bible story will be about Baby Moses.

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS:

find, night, by, right, pie, kind, fight, bright, tried sky

Bonus Words:  America   Olympics

WEEKLY REMINDERS:

• The children will go on a field trip to see a play about Charlie Brown on Tuesday, February 6th.  Your child will need to bring a lunch to school.  PLEASE PUT YOUR CHILD'S LUNCH IN A BAG WITH THEIR NAME ON IT.  We will have drinks for all children.
• Donuts with Dad-February 15th
• Muffins with Moms-February 16th
• Please review your child's work that they bring home daily and sign your child's folder.
• Continue to review math facts and sight words at home.
• February 19th Teacher In-Service (No School for Students)