Dear Families,

Happy New Year! I can’t believe that we are beginning a new decade. I hope everyone enjoyed our winter break. I know the kiddos were glad to have time off from school.

This week we enjoyed listening to stories by Jan Brett. We worked really hard on explaining: How can you use the pictures to help your understanding? What is a prediction? How can I use the story to guess what will happen next? We are also working on blending one syllable words. We practiced finding sight words: come, your. Math this week, we worked on counting by 1’s to 50. Science, we started to learn about magnets!

Click on these videos for extra practice with sight words and counting to 50!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG3yhheaqq8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9ldYkMtZcM

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s236Q1nuWXg&t=10s

 

Next week we will be learning the following:

Reading:

Sight words: have, fun, do

Word Study: short vowels /a/, /i/, /o/, /u/

Comprehension Focus:

What do you predict will happen next?  What clues helped you? Did it happen?

Math:

We are going recognize and describe with fluency part-whole relationships for numbers up to 3.

Science:

We are going to continue learning about magnets.

Please read to your child or have your child read to you every night!

Thank you for all of your help at home.  If you have any questions, please email me!

Upcoming Events:

January 20th: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday

January 27th: Student Holiday

February 17th: Student Half Day

Parent referrals for gifted identification will be accepted from January 6 to January 24, 2020.  As you consider your decision to refer your child, please be sure to speak with his/her teacher to discuss any gifted qualities being observed in the classroom on a consistent basis.  Referrals should be submitted in writing (email is acceptable) to Jennifer Rhoden at jmrhoden1@henrico.k12.va.us during these designated dates.  No referrals will be accepted after January 24.  Subject line of email should state Gifted Referral, and the email should include student’s first and last name, grade level, teacher, and area of referral (English, Math or Both areas).  An email confirmation will be sent within 48 hours.  If you do not receive an email confirmation, please call the school.

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend.

Mrs. Smith 🙂