Pajama Day added to our week's excitement!

We earned PJ Day from receiving many compliments from people outside of our classroom!

100th DAY CELEBRATION

Our day was filled with non-stop excitement with the 100 year old "visitors" to our classroom and the entire first grade!  Luckily, there were still some first grade students that kept us on our toes!

FEBRUARY MCMONTHLY NEWS

***School Spirit Day on Friday (Team Jersey or Ox Ridge colors)***

***100^th Day of School scheduled for Mon., 2/6/11***

***Dress up as if you are 100 years old!***

THEME

Incredibly, the 100th day of school should arrive on Monday, February 6th!  This month is filled with holiday celebrations and theme awareness such as Chinese New Year, Groundhog Day, Force and Motion/Shadows, the 100th Day, Valentine’s Day, and Presidents’ Day.  We don’t know how we’re going to squish in vacation!

LANGUAGE ARTS

We continue to learn long vowel sounds that are spelled in many different ways and review short vowel sounds.  We continue to increase our sight vocabulary!  Our

confidence in spelling new words will help us as we continue to do more non-fiction story writing!  We are excited to have our “How-To” Writers’ Celebration very soon.  We realized that we are experts at many activities!   Next focus:

“All About” stories.  (We know a lot about many things, so that should be exciting!)

MATH

We have been working hard to investigate how numbers go together in fact families.  We return to place value to help us make sense of some big numbers!  We will also study 3-D objects to understand geometry and measurement.

½ BIRTHDAYS (summer b’days)

Fri., Feb. 3:          Ryan Smith

BIRTHDAYS

Fri., Feb. 3:          James Kennedy

Fri., Feb. 17:          Shafay Salman

REMINDERS

Jan. 30 – March 2:  Daffodil Drive

 (Delivery week of March 19th)

Fri., Feb. 3:           Superbowl Spirit Day

(Wear your favorite team/sport jersey or Ox Ridge colors/gear)

Wed., Feb. 8:  Enrichment Program

       Shadows With High Touch/High Tech

Mon, Feb. 6:  100^th Day of School

Dress up as if you were 100 years old!)

Tues., Feb. 7: Scholastic Orders Due

Fri., Feb. 10:  2^nd marking period ends

Tues, Feb. 14:Valentine Celebration

Feb. 20 - 24:Presidents Week/

         Vacation

SPECIAL NOTES

·      I can’t thank you enough for sending in the mid-year supplies.  It has been so nice to restock some items that we have used up quite quickly, and it’s neat to have some new goodies too (ex: soft tissues!)  Thank you for your generosity!

·      Please remember to include all your classmates when you make/write your Valentines!

·      We will be making 100^th Day creations in class; no need to send in any goodies.

·      When the chilly/snowy weather comes, please label all cold weather gear and send to school with your child in some kind of “snow gear bag.”  Thank you for helping the children stay organized with their belongings!

·      Thank you for your support in sending in the “Box Tops for Education.” Please keep them coming! 

·      Thank you for your support in the Daffodil Drive!

• Continued thanks to our Room Moms, Missy Almy and Allison Melich and for all Volunteers!

SUPERBOWL commercial breaks:  Remember to check out Animal Planet’s PUPPY BOWL and Kitten Halftime Show.  Plays throughout Superbowl and repeats.  (The students have enjoyed discussing non-fiction topics like the Superbowl and animal facts.)  Enjoy!

JANUARY SIGHT WORDS

did

do

going

into

know

must

new

no

now

old

open

over

so

some

soon

those

too

use

will

with