Mark Your Calendar:

**The completed Valentine Cards are due on February 12th. The Presidents’ Day Research Challenge Report is due February 20th.

February, 12 and 14>  Health Screenings

Monday, February 12>   Valentine Cards DUE today

Tuesday, February, 13>  Valentine Card Exchange (not a party)

Wednesday, February 14> Ash Wednesday Mass at 1:30

Thursday, February 15>  Quick Check Assessment

No School>>>Friday, February 16-19th

Tuesday, February 20>  return to school; Presidents’ Day Report Due

Friday, February 23>  HW Packet Due and Quick Check Assessment

Schedule of Specials: 

Tuesday and Thursday (PE): children wear PE short and shirt with approved tennis shoes and plain white socks.  Light-Up shoes and socks with color/emblems are not allowed.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday (Spanish, music, guidance):   children wear regular uniforms (no PE).  Approved shoes and navy socks are required.  Tennis shoes are not to be worn on these days.  Belts are required if there are belt loops.  Hair accessories are limited to the colors found in the uniform.

Academic Themes for the Week

Topic: Dental Health

Look for their Weekly Emergent Readers to go home on Fridays.  I encourage you to save these weekly emergent reader books in a special place:  a treasure box or special basket.  Whenever they want to pull out a story to read to you, they can select a story from their special story box.

Reading Block:    Capitalization & Punctuation; Blending; Writing a Complete Sentence; identifying middle sounds

Word Study:   Continuation with Blends  H Brothers:  and the QU Wedding Celebration!

Writing:  Completing Sentences; developing their own story:  character, setting, problem

Sight Words: said   good   was   then>>> many children are struggling to retain words

Math Block:   identify a 1-cup measure and follow a recipe; identify full, half-full and empty containers and identify a quart container; cover a design in a more than one way; continue counting/writing numerals

Science/Social Studies/Art:  Dental Health Activities

Religion:   Miracles

                                                                                        Enrichment   

Mad Scientist: “Brushing Your Teeth Is Important” activity

Foodie Fun:   QU Wedding

To Work On At Home:

writing their first and last name

writing numbers to 100

blending sounds together to read words>reading and writing simple sentences

memorize phone number and address

tie their shoes