Snow Day!

Happy Snow:) 

Wow!  What crazy weather...  I love the snow, but I think I've had enough for awhile:)
Reading:
We will continue to meet daily during whole reading group and small reading group instruction.  Please continue to read at home and record the books on the January reading log.  The daily reading in school as well as home is the key to reading success.  Each student will be assessed at the end of the month using the EasyCBM reading measure.
Math
We started Unit 3 in math.  This unit we will work on number partners-addition and subtraction to 10 and place value.   We will also be continuing to work on our teen numbers.
Writing
We have completed our Informative Writing Unit and we are beginning to move onto Narrative writing.  We are focusing on starting a sentence with a capital letter, using spaces between words, and a punctuation mark at the end.  Please encourage your child to use their "guess and go" spelling.
Science
We are continuing to study aquaponics.  Aquaponics is the science of raising vegetables and fish in a closed recirculating system.  The fish waste provides nutrients to the plants and the plants provide clean water for the fish.  We are getting ready to grow cilantro and basil. 
We grew lettuce the first quarter and fed Rm 12's class bunny the lettuce.

January 2017

Sunday 1	Monday 2	Tuesday 3 Back to SchoolJ Happy 2017 PE	Wednesday 4 Snow Day!		Thursday 5 Snow Day!	Friday 6    ALL POP Popcorn Day      PE	Saturday 7
8	9 Music	10 Library	11 P.E.	12 Music		13 Early Release 8:35-12:30	14
15	16 No School MLK	17 Library	18 P.E.	19 Easy CBM assessments begins Music		20 Popcorn Day    .25 cents Library	21
22	23 P.E.	24 Music	25 Library	26 P.E.		27 No School	28
29	30  Music	31    Library

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