January 15, 2019

Hi all!

Just a few quick notes:

1. Book orders are due back tomorrow, Wednesday January 16. Thanks :)

2. We are continuing to work on summarizing stories and working with story elements in Reader's Workshop.

3. In writer's workshop, we are working on Narrative fiction, and the student's are loving it. This week. we are focusing on how we can hook the reader with a unique introduction.

4. In word work, we have moved on to our vowel teams oa/ow, to make the long o sound. Here are our words for the week:

1. know
2. grown
3. window
4. show
5. follow
6. snow
7.float
8. coach
9. road
10. toast
11. load
12. soap

5. In math, we are continuing to work on reading a monthly calendar, and generating questions about it. We will be finishing this up this week. After this week, we will be focusing hard on adding and addition strategies, as we are getting into two digit addition and subtraction for the bulk of February.

6. Note from the office:    Parents please do not enter the staff parking lot.

Thanks, I think that is it for now!

Sarah