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Happy Friday!

Announcements & Reminders:
- I will submit our next Scholastic book order on February 28th
Code: RBZR3
- We have a field trip to the ballet to see Beauty And The Beast on February 14th
- Our author visit is on February 15th
- We will exchange Valentine's when we return from our field trip that afternoon
- I have sent home a class list for Valentine's today. Please be sure that if your child participates they have a card for everybody in our class
- I will have bags for the kids to decorate to hold their Valentine's. Please do not send in any boxes
- Muffins with Mom is coming up! A-L on 2/7 and M-Z on 2/8
- Don't forget to grab your tickets for Party For The Pride!
- Sweethearts and Skates is on 2/10- see the PTA website for more information
- The book fair is coming to 2-5! We'll have the book fair 2/11-2/15. Keep an eye out for more information
- Winter break is 2/18-2/22. There will be no school that week!

What we're learning:
Math- adding and subtracting within 1000 using strategies and explaining our answers
Reading- Point of view
Writing- Best Part Of Me opinion
Grammar- Commas in a letter
Phonics- contractions (don't, can't isn't)
Content- Juliette Gordon Low

Spelling: (sorry for the extra word last week)
twenty-two
twenty-three
twenty-four
twenty-five
twenty-six
twenty-seven
twenty-eight
twenty-nine
thirty
thirty-one

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Happy Friday! Thanks to all who came out and helped make STEM night such a huge success last night. We had a great time.

Reminders & Announcements:
- I will submit our next Scholastic book order on January 31st
Class Code: RBZR3 https://clubs.scholastic.com/
- Check out our Mystery Reader sign up https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090549a8ad2da4f58-friday
- Party For the Pride tickets are on sale now!
- Muffins with Mom is coming up. Last names A-L 2/7 @ 7:15 and M-Z 2/8 @ 7:15
- I'll be sending home a class list for Valentines next week. Please be sure that your child has a Valentine for everybody in our class if those chose to participate. I will have bags for each child to decorate (no boxes please). We will exchange Valentines when we get back from our field trip

What we're learning:
Math- 3-digit addition and subtraction. Explaining how we got our answers
Reading- Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story
Grammar- Using and identifying adjectives and adverbs
Phonics- Compound words
Writing- The Best Part Of Me opinion
Content- Jackie Robinson

Spelling-  We will begin using number words for our spelling tests

Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-One

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Happy Friday!

Reminders & Announcements:
- There will be NO SCHOOL on Monday for MLK Day
- I will submit our next Scholastic book order on January 31st
Class Code: RBZR3 https://clubs.scholastic.com/
- Next Thursday the 24th is STEM Night at the K-1 campus from 6pm-8:30pm
- Clubs are starting next week. Please remember to send in a note if your child is joining a club to let me know. Please also let me know if they will be car or ASP after their club


What we're learning:
Math- Mentally add/subtract 10 and 100
Reading- Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story
Grammar- Shades of meaning
Phonics- Consonant + le, al, or el (ie: circle, paddle, medal, kernel)
Writing- The Best Part Of Me opinion
Content- Jackie Robinson

Spelling-  We will begin using number words for our spelling tests

One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten

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I hope everybody has had a great weekend despite all this cold rain we've been getting.

Announcements & Reminders:

- I will submit our next Scholastic book order on January 31st.

https://clubs.scholastic.com Code: RBZR3

- Please remember that if your kiddo will have any new transportation for the second half of the year or will be joining a spring club to send in a note

- Please remember to send your kiddo with a snack each day

- Don't forget to please just send back the signed report card envelope. Everything inside is yours
- Please join us for STEM night at the K-1 campus on January 24th from 6pm-8:30pm
- I've received lots of egg carton donations for the K-1 campus! If you have any to send in please do. I'll be dropping off lots on Tuesday.


What we're learning:
Math- Adding and subtracting within 1000
Reading- Fables and folktales
Writing- Finishing our sweet vs sour candy opinion writing
Grammar- Adjectives and adverbs
Phonics- variant oI syllable patterns (ie: wall, yawn, loss, chalk, bought)
Content- Environmental changes + Martin Luther King Jr

Spelling:
Before
Different
From
Hand
House
Large
Live

*There are only 7 words this week. Those are the only 7 left on our list. I will let you all know what the team decision from future spelling tests is once we talk about it.

Welcome Back!

Hello,
Welcome back! I cannot thank you all enough for helping make our holiday party so secussful and so much fun! I would also like to say an additional thank you to those who gave me a sweet gift. I am so spoiled by you all. I hope everybody had a nice, relaxing couple of weeks together. I miss the kiddos so much and can't wait to have them back on Monday.

Reminders & Announcements:
- I will submit our next Scholastic book order on January 31st.
https://clubs.scholastic.com Code: RBZR3
- We will go to the Learning Commons for new books on Tuesday
- The school science fair will be held on Saturday January, 12th - see email for details
- Will will start on our class science fair project on Monday - How do different liquids effect your teeth? We'll use boiled eggs and watch how they react in 8 different liquids.
- Please remember that if your kiddo will have any new transportation for the second half of the year or will be joining a spring club to send in a note
- Please remember to send your kiddo with a snack each day



What we're learning:
Math- using place value to add three to four two-digit numbers
Reading- finding the central message/lesson using fables
Writing- starting our opinion unit
Grammar- verbs + using commas correctly in greetings and closings
Phonics- variant vowel /oo-/ (ie: mildew, blue, moody, proof)
Content - Martin Luther King Jr.

Spelling:
said
than
then
time
was
what
with
your
America
around

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Happy Friday!

*Our Ballet field trip was scheduled for December 4th but got moved to February 14th. We will see Beauty And The Beast.*
December 18th- We will head off to the Safety Village!
December 19th- We will have a Germ Quest lesson from Wellstar (at school)
December 20th- Our holiday party and an early release day! Keep an eye out for more information from our fabulous room mom.
December 21st- Early Release
December 24-January 4th- No School!

Reminders & Announcements:
- Don't forget to fill in those Six Flags reading logs! The minutes can be from the nightly reading your kids do for homework.
- Check the club dates for any clubs your child attends. Clubs have started ending.
- Please remember to send your child with a snack everyday. We are so fortunate that many parents in our class have been sending in extra class snack.

What will next week look like?
Next week we'll be reviewing many of reading standards. We'll compare and contrast books to movies and work on classifying the parts, sequence and point of view. We will also do some fun science and STEM.
Monday- Grinch Day! Wear green!
Tuesday- Safety Village- please remember to wear close toed shoes and jackets. If your child is not buying Chick-Fil-A they may get a sack lunch from school or you can send them with a lunch from home. If you send a lunch from home everything must be able to be thrown away after lunch - brown paper bags and ziplocks work great for this
Wednesday- Polar Express Day! Wear your PJs
Thursday- Holiday Party & early release
Friday- Sing-a-long & early release

NO SPELLING OR HOMEWORK NEXT WEEK

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Happy Friday! I've updated the King Springs December Madness calendar for you below...

*Our Ballet field trip was scheduled for December 4th but got moved to February 14th. We will see Beauty And The Beast.*
December 11th- We will have our Fire Safety pre-visit. This is when somebody from the Safety Village will come to us and discuss what we will be learning and give the kiddos some background information
December 18th- We will head off to the Safety Village!
December 19th- We will have a Germ Quest lesson from Wellstar (at school)
December 20th- Our holiday party and an early release day! Keep an eye out for more information from our fabulous room mom.
December 21st- Early Release
December 24-January 4th- No School!

Please help remind your kiddo that while we will be having lots of fun over these next two weeks, we still have lots of learning to do and need to remain on our best behavior. We cannot do the fun stuff if we do not get our work done.

Reminders & Announcements:
- I will submit the Scholastic order to get books in time for the holidays this afternoon
- We'll go to the Learning Commons to get new books on Tuesday next week
- Don't forget to fill in those Six Flags reading logs! The minutes can be from the nightly reading your kids do for homework.
- Check the club dates for any clubs your child attends. Clubs have started ending.
- Please remember to send your child with a snack everyday. We are so fortunate that many parents in our class have been sending in extra class snack.
- Our upper grades Target kiddos are during a fundraiser to help the education system in Malawi. On December 14th your kiddo can pay $1 to wear a hat and support the fundraiser
- Friday, December 14th is our next STEM day! Please send your kiddo to school in their STEM shirt

What we're learning:
Reading: Learning about holidays around the world
Grammar: Review from quarter 2
Phonics: variant vowel /oo/ sounds (ie: blue, moody, dew)
Writing: Finishing up our husky informationals
Math: Finishing up measurement word problems and working on line plots
Content: Starting on Stars


Spelling:
Come
Down
From
Have
How
Is
Made
My
Of
Other