Important Events:
Snowmotion Dates: Our last Snowmotion date is next Wednesday 2/22.
Winter Break: Winter break is Saturday 2/25 thru Tuesday 3/7. We return to school on Wednesday March 8th.
Music/Art Night: Keep an eye out for more information on our Music & Art night on May 10th. Details coming soon.
UCS Night Out: Enjoy a UCS night out at the lake monsters on Sunday June 6th at 5:00! More details to follow.
Learning highlights from the week:
Math- First graders continue to work on solving missing addend problems. Example: Sam had 6 marbles in a jar. Sally gave him some more and now Sam has 11 marbles. How many marbles did Sally give him? They discussed how you can set the problem up as an addition problem (6+___=11) or as a subtraction problem (11-6=___).
Second graders played a game called close to 100. This is a great game to play at home with a deck of playing cards 1-9. Deal out 6 cards and the student has to choose 4 to create 2 two digit numbers that come as close to 100 as they can get. Example:
You can take 8 and 4 to make 84 and 1 and 6 to make 16.
84 + 16 = 100
The objective of this game is to get students thinking about using place value to add two 2 digit numbers together to make 100.
Reading- We will be wrapping up our non-fiction reading unit next week. We also continue to work on our decoding strategies including consonant blends, VCe syllables (AKA Magic E), and R controlled syllables. Several students started new books during our book clubs and are enjoying learning about new nonfiction topics.
Writing- We will finish up our information books after break and have started our clay animals!
Mindfulness- Our theme for the month of February is Kindness. Kindness to self and kindness to others.
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