Reading to a Stuffy and Choice Time!

Winter Break Reading Challenge-  

Snow is falling, books are calling! It is time for us to start our winter reading challenge. We are having a special reading challenge over our winter break.  Students brought home the information sheet.  Here is a copy if you need it!  Students should do 5 of the things on the sheet for 20 minutes.  If they do, they can add 2 stickers to our chart and pick a prize from the treasure box!  

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 Are working on understanding place value.  They are learning that a 2 digit number is composed of 10’s and 1’s. They are building numbers and working on adding 10’s and 1’s. 

Second graders are also working on place value and using it to add and subtract.  They are working composing and decomposing numbers.  

Reading-  We are enjoying reading nonfiction texts.  This week we read about biomimicry.  Students learned we get great ideas from nature.  They learned that the idea from velcro came from a burr and reflectors came from watching cat eyes!  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! Our clay animals have been fired and look great!  After break we will make our habitats and start making our animal videos.  We will be inviting families in to see them sometime in March.  

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