Jan 5-8
Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope you all had a great time with your family and friends during the winter break! I have missed seeing my sweet students.  I am looking forward to another great semester with all of you!



 REMINDERS
Monday: No school for students
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning.
Wednesday: Math homework is due 
Thursday: Library Day! All library books are due by 8:00 AM.
Friday:Reading folders come home.



 READING
This week in reading we will continue reading Fairy Tales and Fables.  We will review the features of Fairy Tales and Fables and discuss the characters, the problem and the solution, the plot of the story, and the beginning, middle and end of the story.  We will also review how to retell (tell the events from the beginning to the end in our own words) and to summarize( tell the important events in one short paragraph). 


WRITING
In writing, we will start writing expository texts.  We will make a list of things that we are expert at and know a lot and choose from our list to write about a topic.  Our main purpose is to teach and inform others.  


MATH.
This week in math we will review place value in 2-digit numbers.  We will work with tens and ones and compare 2-digit numbers.  When comparing the two digit numbers, we will look at the digits in tens place first.  If those are the same, then we will move to the digits in ones place.  We will also work on math problem solving that involves representing, comparing, adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers.


SCIENCES
We will spiral review some of the science and social studies concepts in first semester such as weather and cultures and celebrations. 



THANK YOU!

Thank you for stuffing the folders, and being willing to help in the classroom or outside the classroom. Your helping hands and hearts are greatly appreciated!

More than anything, thank you for supporting your child's learning at home.  Your child's success and education is a result of, us working together! So thank you for being a partner in your child's learning!