February 14th-18th

 

Upcoming Dates

February 14th - Valentines Day Party @ 2:00 pm

February 16th - Miss McFarling's Birthday

February 18th - No School - District Holiday

February 21st - No School - Weather Day

March 3rd - Class Pictures

March 10th - Open House @ 5:30 pm

March 11th - Early Release @ 12:30 pm

March 14th-18th - Spring Break - No School

Valentine's Party

Our class Valentine's Day party will THIS coming Monday, February 14th @ 2:00 pm. Please have your child address a valentine's card to each child in their homeroom. The names have been emailed out, as well as a hard copy went home.  If you need a list, please reach out to your child's homeroom teacher. You may attach a small treat to the card (if you would like) but please make sure all treats are peanut/tree nut-free. 

All elementary campuses will be able to have the 1-2 assigned PTO room parents attend and run the parties on February 14th. No other parents or visitors will be able to join that day.

Headphones/Earbuds

Please ask your child if he or she has working headphones or earbuds for school. If not, please send some to school. We are out of earbuds from the school supply packs and have checked with Ms. Martin about buying class sets. Due to cost, it is not possible at this time. 

Yearbook photos

https://photos.app.goo.gl/uZRPJqc4FU5NvejT8

Scientist of the Week Schedule

Please make sure to check here to see when your child's assigned week is.  If they haven't signed up and would like to, just send Mrs. Shelby or Mrs. Naughton an email and we will get them added.

February Lunch Menu

 

Math

We will continue our geometry unit! The vocabulary for 2D shapes includes polygon, vertex (plural is vertices), side, and angle. For 3D shapes, a corner is still called a vertex, a “side” is called a face, and where 2 faces meet, it’s called an edge. The 2D shapes learners need to know start at triangles, our 3-sided shape, and go to dodecagons, our 12-sided shape. We are also learning about congruent shapes, which means shapes that are the same size AND the same shape. Words, words, words in the geometry unit! Lots of vocab learning, not a lot of numbers…geometry is an interesting math unit for this very reason! We will take a deep dive into quadrilaterals next week and learn everything you ever wanted to know (and everything you didn’t) about these 4 sided shapes!

Science 

In Science, we started discussing the relationship between the sun, Earth and moon. We looked at how the sun's gravity is what keeps us orbiting around the sun and how our orbit affects our Seasons, as well as how our rotation affects day and night. This week the kids will model and explain how this all works and fits together.

Reading/Writing 

Next week in reading we will continue to explore character traits and how characters react to problems in the story. We will discuss the climax of the story as well as introduce the topic of “author’s craft”. We will begin to explore why the author chose to include (or not include) events and details in our stories. We will continue with our persuasive unit in writing and learn how to write strong conclusions. We will begin using our pre-writing to draft our essays.

Social Studies 

In social studies, we will discuss cash versus credit, explore how credit cards work, and analyze the importance of creating a budget and saving money.

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