I hope everyone had a safe holiday with family and friends. I enjoyed spending time with my family and my dog (who spent the cold weather snuggling in blankets and sleeping on top of blankets!).
We have a busy month of learning ahead of us. Report cards go home on Friday February 7th and parent interviews are Thursday February 13th.
In Math, we are going to be learning about 3 dimensional figures through visual arts with an artist that will be visiting our class. Students will learn the name of 3D figures, describe their characteristics (e.g., number of edges and vertices) and sort them in different ways. Students will create 3D artwork using clay with our artist. We will continue to practice telling time to the half hour using pretend clocks and games. Also, students will continue solving number problems to sums up to 20 using pictures, blocks and numbers. We will practice using mental strategies such as counting on, counting back, one more, one less and doubles. These are strategies we will continue to practice throughout the year.
In Reading, students will continue to work on the skill of visualizing. When students pick up on specific words that help them create a mental image (visualization) in their head, this helps them understand the story. I will also be checking students reading levels and sight words this month. When reading with your child nightly at home, please encourage them to pay attention to the middle and end sounds in a word, not just the beginning sound. Children may use the picture to help (this strategy is called Eagle Eye). They can also read on to the end of the sentence and go back to think what would make sense.
In Writing, we are working on organizing our thoughts, re-reading our work to check if it makes sense and adding more details to our work. Students should be leaving finger spaces between their words, beginning sentences with a capital letter, consistently using lowercase letters, ending sentences with a period or question mark and spelling common 3 and 4 letter sight words correctly (e.g., and, see, can, what).
In Social Studies we will explore responsibilities at school, at home and in our community. We will also discuss relationships that are important in our lives with people at school (e.g., teacher, principal, friend), at home (e.g., parent, aunt) and in the community (e.g., elder, doctor).
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