Week 23  February 1-5, 2016

Great Hearts Day is February 11.
This is a wonderful day where we celebrate the friendship of our classmates and also, as a school, give back to the community.
Many of you have come from the background of giving valentine cards to friends at school.  Here at Great Hearts we will not be giving out valentine cards.  If they are sent to the classroom, they will be returned (gently) to you in your child's backpack.  As a class, on February ll, we will create a class card of adjectives describing our friends.  Also, our first grade class will be collecting NEW  bath towels and wash cloths to give to New Leaf.  It is our opportunity to partner with a great service organization to serve our community.

The 100th Day of School was a success!!!!

We had a fun time with our Hundreds Chart and then we made our 1B Trail Mix!

A special note:  Please make sure you check your child's planner daily for information concerning their homework.  I send the spelling tests back in the planner on Mondays, so please keep an eye out for them.
We start A Bargain for Francis this Monday, and many of you have already sent in your books, thank you for that!

ELA

Spelling:
Monday: pass, shut, easy, ease, bone, cloud, draw, drink, garden, goose
Tuesday: hopping, hop, knife, mouth, oak, peach, pole, queen, rope, season
Wednesday: sign, space, wagon, wheat, window, catch, catcher, kitchen, butcher, black
Thursday: Write each word once with markings to prepare for the spelling test tomorrow.
Practice the dictation sentence each night!

Literature:
A Bargain for Francis reading with a focus on main idea and details.  We are also focusing on what a good paragraph looks like, and creating our own class paragraphs.

History:
We are studying Mexico this week and the Rio Grande river as a border to the U.S. and Mexico.  We will learn about Mexico's Independence and learn a few Spanish words!

Science:
We are learning about the phases of the moon and will be labeling them.

Math:
This week we are introducing multiplication as a quick way to add like numbers.
Homework:
Monday: Wkbk pages  74-77
Tuesday: Wkbk page 78-79
Wednesday:  Packet
Thursday: Wkbk page 80-81
Friday: Wkbk page 82

P.E. Fun

We continue to enjoy studying our Rocks and Minerals in class, and bringing in new samples to share!

Have a wonderful week!