Week of 2/3

It was great hearing about all the kind acts of our Grasshoppers during Kindness Week last week. I was so impressed with the things students were doing to be kind! It was wonderful emphasizing kind acts in the classroom, as well as at home. I hope you benefitted from plenty of kind acts in your home last week! 

Language Arts

Our sight word this week is my. We have now learned 30 sight words! Please check the words on the class website  to ensure your child is retaining these words. 

We will begin Unit 3 of Fundations this week. Blending sounds to read and spell words is now the main focus in our reading curriculum. There are some great resources in the Unit 3 Fundations Home Support letter. 

Math

We will continue with Topic A of Module 5 this week. In Topic A students make a major leap forward in their understanding of number sentences. They represent addition stories by using number sentences with mathematical symbols, such as 4 + 2 = 6, and read their work by using mathematical language, “4 plus 2 equals 6.” They also recontextualize the number sentence by using it to retell the story. Students work with three problem types in this topic: add to with result unknown, put together with total unknown, and take apart with both addends unknown. By the end of the topic, students can find the total of an addition sentence without a story context.

Art Vistas

We have an Art Vista lesson on Thursday. This time, we will be looking at houses and designing our own "dream house." Thank you to Emilly, Shelbie, Kevin, Mallory, and Evelyn for your help with Art Vistas.

Upcoming Events

Valentines Day: We will exchange cards in class on February 14th, but this is not a "party." We have a fun celebration of friendship, exchange valentines, and take them home to show our families. So that you can prepare for this event, I wanted to share some information:

1. Please send in a card for each child. There are 23 total students in our class: 15 girls and 8 boys.
2. Please ONLY sign the card & put nothing in the TO box. It is challenging enough for kindergartners to pass out valentines to all their classmates. Having the "to" part filled out makes this extremely challenging and it takes far too long. Thank you for your help with this!
3. Please try to purchase valentines that do not have candy attached. I know those can sometimes be hard to find, but there are good choices with stickers, play tattoos, and other non-food goodies.

**Library is every Wednesday. Please return your child's library book by Tuesday each week.

**School spirit days are every Wednesday. Wear your Grasshopper t-shirt or Alta Vista gear to show your school pride!

This Week's Helpers & Activities
Monday: Centers @ 12:20 (Emily)
Tuesday: Return Library Books, Centers @ 12:20  (Ellen)
Wednesday: Library @ 9:10 (Emily & ????), Music @ 12:15, Dismissal @ 1:15
Thursday: Art Vista @ 12:20 (Emily, Shelbie, Kevin, Mallory, Evelyn)

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, 2/12: Kindergarten Literacy Night

Friday, 2/14: Valentines Exchange in Class

2/17-2/21: No School: President's Week

3/6-3/14: Parent-Teacher Conferences 

Monday, 3/17: No School: Professional Development Day