100 DAYS SMARTER!!!!

My friends and I are so excited that Monday is the 100^th day of school. Last Friday we were preparing for this super fun day. We made hats/crowns and counting mats and talked about the fun things we will be doing to celebrate being 100 days smarter! We even looked at some fun projects on pinterest and pictures of older people – remember I would love for you and your family to do a project using 100 of something – if you don’t have time for a project your child can bring in 100 of something. Also your child can dress up like they are 100 years old – we are super excited that we are going to officially be 100 days smarter on Monday! I will actually be gone in the morning for a funeral but I will be back in the afternoon to finish out this super fun day with my friends!

This week in Literacy we will be talking about what happens in different kinds of weather. Our vocabulary words are predict, temperature, drought, clever, and storm. We will be learning about the letter k and learning the words “she” and “was”. We will be reading “Rain”, “The Frog and the Locust”, and “Cloud Watch” and we will be focusing on sequencing the story and looking at speech bubbles. In the crabby books we will be reading “Kim and Nan” and during guided reading your child will either be reading “The Rain” or “Weather is Fun”.

In Math we of course will be focusing on the number 100 – but we will also be starting Unit 4 which will focus on adding, comparing numbers, writing numbers 1-30, and number partners. Also this Thursday night, Jan. 29^th, is our Family Math night from 6-7, even if you haven’t returned your rsvp you are still more than welcome to come! We will be playing some games, talking about all of the wonderful things we do during math, I will also be handing out some activities for your binder for you to practice at home. It is sure to be a fun time and I can’t wait to see you all!

In writing we will be working on stories that have a beginning, middle, and an end and using leads and transition words. We will continue to work on using adjectives and verbs in our writing and we even learned about proper nouns this past week!

Again on Monday your child can bring their 100 day project to school to share with the class and can dress up like they are 100 years old! Also on Tuesday it is a PLC day so we get out of school at 2:18 and Thursday is our Family Math night. We sure have a busy, fun week ahead of us!