Dear Families,
We had a great first week back in the classroom! We welcomed two new students, and our class was so excited to have make those new friends this week. Your children did a great job following school wide expectations. We finished off today by going to the Innovation Station. Look on SeeSaw for photos. Students got to experiment with making slime, designing an image to get printed by the 3D printer, solve math and engineering problems, and program robots. It was great fun. Do check your child's backpack for the bag of slime, so it doesn't open and make a mess in there! Reading Log Change- Hopefully you've seen the paper copy reading log in the green behavior folder. I found not many kiddos were completing reading log on google classroom, so we are switching to paper copy to encourage more reading at home. For every time your child reads independently OR with a family member (parents reading to kids counts), please color in a crayon. For every 5 crayons completed, your student will receive a star card reward ticket (5 cards = prize!, or 20 cards= Lunch Bunch). If you get behind during the school week, feel free to read longer on the weekend and color more crayons. (I think of each crayon being about 10-15 minutes). If you remember, please initial at the top of the worksheet at the end of the month just so I know parents are involved in checking the reading. Thanks! Recycling donations- We are making art projects using recyclables next week. If you have any CLEAN/empty boxes (tissue, cereal, etc), egg cartons, clean plastic containers, please feel free to send them in by Monday or Tuesday for our creations. If you have any extra duct tape or masking tape, I could use some extra rolls of that for this project as well. Some reminders: 1) In case you are new or have forgotten, our Specials Schedule is: Mondays- PE (wear sneakers) Tuesdays- Art Wednesdays- PE (wear sneakers) Thursdays- Music Friday- Split day, part PE, rotate Music or Art (wear sneakers) 2) Our normal Library day is Fridays (sometimes we go Tuesdays if the library will be closed on Friday). If your child forgot to bring their book back today, just send them on Monday and I'll let your child run down to the library then. Our official library time is also a time for a lesson with the librarian (ask your child about their library "pic collage" they made today about books). I usually am able to send a kid any day to return a book if they need a new one. 3) SeeSaw- remember to check those emails or texts for photos from the classroom. New students, I don't have your accounts set up yet. Parents, if you want text alerts for a SeeSaw photo, just change your settings to go to both email and phone instead of just email. 4) Friday folder came home today - please look through the checked papers and send the folder back empty on Monday. 5) At-Home Learning - This week we have a math base ten website option on Google Classroom (here's the link if you are new and don't have a google classroom account yet: http://www.abcya.com/base_ten.htm ). On Monday a new math page will be uploaded for you to work on the following week. For new families, google classroom activities are encouraged, but there is no penalty for not doing the activity at home. Students who complete homework receive Star Cards for buying prizes from the prize box or for buying "Lunch Bunch" in the classroom. Remember it is also great for your child to login to Reflex math and RAZ kids to stay current on math facts and reading. Please let me know if you have lost the login code and I will send it to you again through a Seesaw photo. Here is the Fern Bluff Student Resources Link in case you want to know where to find Reflex and RAZ kids. There are also links for Hour of Code, in case your child would like to show you what they learned about coding in December. https://docs.google.com/document/d/19O0l3de7ukVxPdzFF4pzipVeC1TCGg-JZIC_J2kta3g/pub Current/Upcoming Learning- Math- We are working on 3 digit place value up to 999. We are playing games to begin learning about regrouping with adding and subtracting using place value blocks, but the big adding and subtracting units are still coming up. Language arts- We have been working on writing about New Years Eve and also filled out a New Years flip book this week (see in Friday folder). Social Studies - We are learning about maps! We colored maps of the world, USA, and Texas. Students created a map of their bedroom this week (see Friday folder). Science- We are learning about natural and manmade resources. We will be creating art projects using recycled materials next week.
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