Friday, February 7, 2014

  

Reading Next week we will read Mrs. Brown Went to Town, by Wong Herbert Yee. Life on the farm changes when Mrs. Brown goes to the hospital and a cow, two pigs, three ducks, and a yak move into her house. The comprehension strategies and skills will focus on predicting outcomes, story structure and summarizing.

Language Arts We will discuss verbs, synonyms and homonyms.

Reading Logs  Please continue to log minutes with your child in their February reading log.

Ozzie's Reading Club  All students are official members of the Ozzie Reading Club. If they continue to read and log their minutes for the next 8 weeks they will receive a ticket to the Kane County Cougars minor league baseball game. Make sure to send in the log when it is complete.

Six Flags Read to Succeed  Don't forget to log your minutes. To participate, you need to read for fun for a total of six hours or 360 minutes and turn in your completed log by February 24. When this is complete you will qualify for a free ticked to Six Flags theme park.

Math Students will be interpreting data in picture graphs and use that information to solve problems, make picture graphs to represent data, use a line plot to display data, and follow directions to locate points on a grid.

Please send the following coins in a small container or ziploc bag clearly marked with your child's name for our next unit Money:

20 pennies
10 nickels
10 dimes
7 quarters


Please send them in by Monday, February 10^th


Flash Cards  Students should be practicing their addition facts with their flash cards and Rocket Math fact sheets. Weekly timed tests are given.

Here is a website where you can make fact timed tests:
  http://www.mathfactcafe.com/build/

Social Studies:  We began the unit People and Places in History. Students are learning about how holidays mark or remember important events from the past as well as certain customs people follow during holidays.

Science  We began the the chapter on Animals. In our first lesson, we compared body coverings of mammals and birds. Next week we will find out how to classify animals. We will read about reptiles, amphibians and fish.

**************************************************************Star Student of the Week  Sean was our star student of the week. When he is at school he enjoys recess. When he is at home he likes to play video games with his dad. When he grows up she would like to work for Disney. Sean is a star because he is helpful. Thanks for sharing Sean!

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Important Dates & Announcements

February Dates to Remember

 The First 100 Days of School!

We are asking that each student bring in 5 cans to help our classroom reach the goal of 100 cans by February 13th. Cans will be donated to the West Suburban Community pantry. Currently the pantry is in need of hearty soups, canned chicken, and canned tuna. Thanks in advance for your participation!

Thank you PTO for bringing Tim Hannig and Seeds for Character to Ide. It was an oustanding show and the children loved it!

14 - Classroom Valentine Parties

17 - President's Day - No School

20 - Spring Picture Day

22 - Snowflake Ball

28 - County Institute Day - No School

March Dates to Remember

17 - Conference Day - No School

18 - Teacher Institute/Election Day

31 - Spring Break

April Dates to Remember

  7 - Classes Resume

17 - Early Dismissal @12pm
18 - No School - Good Friday
24 - Spring Open House and Book Fair