Announcements
Please join us next Thursday, February 9th, for Bookapalooza! This annual Paxton Keeley event will be held from 6:00-8:00. Students can send in books for the used book fair where many books are only .25! There will be storytellers, special readers, and the Teacher Book Basket Raffle. There will also be a Poetry Jam at the end of the evening. Pizza and treats will be available. I hope to see everyone there!
Parent-Teacher Conference confirmation notes are located in the Friday folder this week. Please let me know as soon as possible if you need to reschedule.
Our classroom is still in need of #2 pencils and notebook paper.
We decided to try something new for our February seating arrangements. Each student filled out a survey stating where they believe they can be the best learner: in a group with others, in a row facing the front, or by themselves. I designed our seating arrangement based on their answers. Students are being wonderful learners!
In the Classroom
In math this week, we focused on multiplication facts. We studied the factors of 10, 9, 0, 1, and 3. Students are learning to explore the patterns in the multiples and getting lots of fact practice through worksheets and games. Flashcards, apps, or games are a great way to practice multiplication facts at home.
In writing this week, students did self-revisions, partner revisions, and teacher revisions. They also began editing their books. We will begin publishing our books next week in order to share them with everyone at conference time.
We continued exploring main idea and supporting details in reading. This week, we focused on fiction books. We used various picture books to practice finding the big idea of the text as well as proof in supporting details.
We wrapped up our Geography unit this week by studying the border states of Missouri. Students completed giant border state puzzles to practice. We assessed over this unit Friday and will begin our Health unit next week.
Upcoming Events
February 6-No School, Teacher Workday
February 9-Bookapalooza, 6:00-8:00
February 14-Valentine's Day Room Party, 2:15-3:00
February 16-17-Parent Teacher Conferences
February 17-No School
February 20-No School, President's Day
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