Feb, 19, 2016

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Lead 21 – Literacy: Let’s Celebrate Unit theme “Why do we celebrate?”  This week we focused on the question, “What are everyday celebrations?”

Writing: We read the book When Sophie Gets Angry – Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang.  The students had the opportunity to write about and discuss a time when they were angry.

Math: This week the children were able to use a magnifying glass to examine pennies and nickels.  They also discovered that counting nickels was easy, just count by 5’s.

Social Studies: To help us learned about President’s Day we read the book Just Like Abraham Lincoln by Bernard Waber.

The children shared what they want to be when they grew up.

School Spirit: The children created they own “Crestwood Cadet “ people to promote sportsmanship and show their support for all activities at Crestwood.  Their Cadet people line the cupboards in our classroom.

Important Dates:

 Feb. 22^nd and 25^th Parent-Teacher Conferences  

(2:15 Dismissal both days)

Feb. 24 – World Read Aloud Day

Feb. 26^th – No School  Parent/Teacher Comp. Day

         

Jan. 29, 2016

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Lead 21 –Literacy: Outdoor Explorers Unit theme “What can I learn when I explore the outdoors?”  This week we focused on the question, “What do I see in nature?”

Writing: This week the children learned how to reflect on previous stories they had written.  They had fun working on “adding more” to their stories and pictures.

Attached are Word Wall Words that the students use when they write sentences.  The children may keep this list to use at home.

Math: “How Big Is A Foot?”   The children found out why it is important to have a standard unit of measure.  They traced and cut out their own foot-sized pattern on construction paper.  Then they measured different items in our classroom.  They soon discovered that not everyone had the same measurement for the same item.

Handwriting: We worked on writing the upper case letters J, H, U, and K. 

Important Dates:

Feb. 3^rd – Global School Play Day 

Feb. 5th – 100^th Day of School Celebration

Feb. 12^th – Valentine’s Day Party (Please send all valentines to school before Feb. 12^th.)

Feb. 15^th – No School President’s Day

*Parent-Teacher Conferences will be Feb. 22^nd and 25^th

(2:15 Dismissal both days)

Feb. 26^th – No School Parent/Teacher Comp. Day