February Calendar

February Calendar by missdeane

Valentine's Party

Our Valentine's Party will be on Thursday, February 14th at lunchtime (starting at 11:15).  We will be having a pizza party and I will be asking for $2 from each student to cover the cost of pizza.  Please let either me or Jill Lorenz know if you would be willing to help bring in a sweet treat, some fruit or veggies, drinks, or plates and napkins that day.  Thanks so much!

Shapes Games
We have been learning a lot about 2D and 3D shapes in class lately.  Some of the kiddoes have been having a hard time with this.  Below is a link to a site with a whole bunch of shape games. Make sure to hit up IXL for some extra practice on this as well.

Shapes Games

Spectra Art
On Friday Maddie's mom came and to teach another Spectra Art lesson.  This time we learned about the artist Wayne Thiebaud and made gumball machines with chalks.  So much fun!

Book Project
The first book project assignment will be coming home on Friday along with the book to use with it.  Students will have approximately one month to read the book and complete the project at home.  Students are allowed to use the book they're given for the book project in their book bags as long as they finish the book that is currently in there.  I know it can be confusing to read several books at once.  Some of the children that have recently finished their book bag have been sent home with a picture book for each night for the remainder of this week in order to avoid reading two chapter books at once.  So any children who have chapter books in their book bags need to finish those before their book project book can count as that, otherwise they will have two books.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  The  books for the book project will be kept at home allowing them to read over the weekend if you'd like and book bag books can also be taken home to finish those quicker.

Cereal Boxes
We will be using cereal boxes to make our mailboxes for valentines.  Could you please send in any empty ones that you have?  Thanks! :)

Math Homework
In the homework this week there is an addition page with 2 and 3-digit addition.  The students must use a math strategy called "partial sums". We practiced this a lot this afternoon.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  There is an example of how to solve the problems this way on the top of the homework sheet.  I need to be able to see each step of the adding (10's, 1's, etc).  If students do not show their work or use "carrying" or "regrouping" they will need to redo their homework. It is important for the kiddos to learn different strategies and understands how to implement them.