No School Next Week!

Happy Friday! NO school next week for winter break.

Announcements & Reminders:
- I will submit our next Scholastic book order on February 28th
Code: RBZR3
- Six Flags reading logs are due back on February 28th! I have to load them in by March 1st and cannot accept them any later than the 28th.
- Check out our mystery reader sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090549a8ad2da4f58-friday
- Poetry Cafe is on February 28th from 8:15-9:00. Please join us for some poetry recited by your kiddos. I will send out a sign up for a couple cafe items soon
- The week we get back is Read Across America week! Refer to the yellow or green calendars sent home for each dress up day
- Please view the attached chart from our awesome nurse

What we're learning:
Reading: Asking and answering questions
Writing: What Pet Should I Get? opinion
Grammar: compound sentences
Phonics: Regular plurals (ie: skies, guppies, strawberries, lunches)
Math: 1 and 2 step word problems
Content: sun and moon


Spelling:

Forty

Forty-one

Forty-two

Forty-three

Forty-four

Forty-five

Forty-six

Forty-seven

Forty-eight

Forty-nine

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Happy Friday!

Announcements & Reminders:
- I will submit our next Scholastic book order on February 28th
Code: RBZR3
- On Tuesday we are going to get a visit from a dentist to learn about dental health
- 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. Please be sure that if your child participates they have a card for everybody in our class
- 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!
- Check out our mystery reader sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090549a8ad2da4f58-friday

What we're learning:
Math- adding and subtracting within 1000 using strategies and explaining our answers
Reading- Reading dialogue with a voice that matches the character
Writing- Finishing up Best Part Of Me opinion + starting a playground opinion related to our STEM
Grammar- Proper noun review
Phonics- no spelling or phonics next week
Content- Juliette Gordon Low

Spelling: No spelling or phonics next week

Wish list:
Clorox wipes (With all these yucky germs going around we're running low)

Next Week In M3...

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