The Weber Weekly

 

I wanted to thank the families of Mia, Jonathan, and Christoper for being our Snazzy Snack shoppers for the month of February.  We made "Berry Good Pizzas" last week and they were a big hit! 

I also want to thank all of you who donated goodies for our Valentine's Day party.  The kids had a lot of fun!  Also, thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers who made the party a success! 

We started a new science unit this week on living and nonliving things.  The kids had a blast being nature detectives as we explored the outdoors searching for living and nonliving things.  We learned about the different parts of a plant and the nutrients that plants need to survive.

In language arts, we're continuing to learn about fiction and nonfiction characteristics.  We're currently studying and researching presidents.  The kids will eventually use their facts to write an expository paper on a president. 

Everyone is doing an awesome job with cursive handwriting!  We have about ten more lowercase letters to learn before we move into the uppercase letters.  We're also working on our first expository paper in writing.  We researched facts about firefighters and are currently working on publishing our findings. 

In math, we've moved into 3-digit addition and subtraction with regrouping.  We're using models and strategies based on place value to add and subtract within 1000. 

Don't forget the Fun Fair is tomorrow from 11:00-3:00 here at the school. 

Have a great weekend!!

The Weber Weekly

Can you believe we're halfway through the quarter already?!  Spring conferences are just around the corner!  Thank you for sending in your conference preference sheet!  Once I have all papers returned, I can finalize the schedule and send home a confirmation of your time.  Please return your yellow conference form by next Friday.

In Language Arts this week, we worked really hard on fact and opinion.  The kids learned that a fact can be proven and that opinions come from the heart.  We also worked on finding the main idea and supporting details.  These skills will be valuable as we start writing our first expository report.

We're off to a great start in our cursive handwriting.  We are not learning the letters in the order of the alphabet; instead, we're learning letters with similar patterns.  So far we've learned the letters i, t, u, w, r, s, p, and j.  I've told the kids they should only practice letters we've learned so far.  Please encourage your child to practice his/her cursive handwriting at home. 

We started a new math unit on place value this week.  We will be reading and writing numbers to 1,000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.  The students will be able to recognize patterns with numbers, skip count by 5, 10, and 100, and build numbers to 1,000.

Our school will be celebrating Autism Awareness Week in April.  Yesterday order forms were sent home for tshirts.  We have adult and kid sizes available with three different designs.  Orders are due back to school by February 18th.

Next week we'll be celebrating Valentine's Day with a class party on Friday.  Thank you to everyone who signed up to volunteer and/or donate goodies for this fun event.  The kids will have an opportunity to pass out Valentine cards on Friday.  If your child is making or giving cards, he/she must have a card for every kid in our class.  Also, please send a decorated box to hold all the cards on Friday. 

Field trip money and permission slips to the Shedd Aquarium are due next Friday.

Next week we'll be having "Healthy Health Class".  Kids will need their gym shoes on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday next week. 

Have a great weekend!  Try to stay warm!!  :)