Upcoming Week...Nothing but Normal

After several busy weeks of the 100th Day of School, a pirate concert and Valentine's Day, it is nice to have a week of nothing but normal.  We will spend this week quietly working hard at our learning.  We pick up with American Educuation Week next week so I'm going to squeeze every bit of normal I can out of this week.

Don't forget that Moms (or substitutes for Moms) can come this Tuesday or Wednesday morning (7:30 AM-8:00 AM) for a yummy breakfast treat (free - compliments of the PTA).  

Last week, we took time to decorate our very important mailbox.  I think kids get more excited about the Valentine's Day party at school than our Christmas party.  It is all because of that mail.  All that mail just for them.  As the students were working so hard on their mailboxes, it looked like we had an explosion of hearts in Room 115.  Fun, fun times!

After counting down the days until Valentine's Day, our party finally arrived.  Thank you to all the families of Room 115 for providing for the party.  The children had a wonderful time. Special thanks goes out to our room mothers for organizing the event.  The children have no idea how loved they are.  Check out the fun for yourself.

This week is a review week for our alphabet letters.  The word wall words are:  on, sit, at, that, yes.  On Wednesday, March 6, I will assess all word wall words for the entire school year.  The word wall words for the weeks of February 25 and March 4 will be assessed in the fourth nine weeks.  

In math this week, we will finish up numbers to 19.  We will begin investigating, representing, counting and writing 20 and beyond.  We continue to work on addition and subtraction daily.

During calendar time and poetry journal  time, we have been talking about money.  Last week we introduced nickels and this week it will be dimes.  Nickels help us to count by fives and dimes by tens.  This week hand us a handful of pennies, nickels and dimes and ask us to tell you the name of the coin and the value.  

This Friday be sure to check out our poetry journal. You will find a  special poem that demonstrates how the thinking of good readers change as they read text.  You will enjoy observing the thinking of your child.  The students are doing an excellent job of learning how to decode words but being a life long reader means you comprehend the text you are decoding.  

We have three students who joined the five point AR club with several sure to join it this week.  The students can test any day of the week now.  Please make sure there is a ticket or a written note saying that your child is ready to test.  I expect at least one AR test to be taken each week.  

Book orders come home on Monday with a due date of Friday.  If you wish to order on-line, our class activation code is GL88R.  You may also pay by check.  Book orders are optional.

Nancy's Italian Ice is Monday for $1.00.  There is a spirit night at Mugshots this Tuesday.  

Since the PTA did not reach their "Just Give" Goal, there will be a Mixed Bag Fundraiser coming home this week. Check out their products Mixed Bag Fundraiser for classroom computers  .  I have purchased several of these bags in the past and find them useful, colorful and durable.  Look for information about this fundraiser to come home this week.  Thank you for supporting our school.

Upcoming dates:

Tuesday, February 19:  Spirit Night at Mugshots
Friday, February 22:  Book orders due (optional)

Wednesday, February 27:  volunteers can read to Room 115 (contact me)

Thursday, February 28:  Silly Hat Day in honor of Dr. Suess

Friday, March 1:  Blount Character Book Parade at 9:30 AM 
Wednesday, March 6:  Room 115's assessment of Word Wall Words

Thursday,  May 16:  Kindergarten end of the year celebration  @ 9:00 AM

Contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.