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Mrs.

Swales Love-Bug Weekly Learnings


February 13th, 201

(0 1ay .reat
As you may have heard, the children have had a goal of being kind by raising hand, not interrupting, helping others without being asked, helping others when asked, working /uietly so that all can learn. 'his time of the year these things can be hard as children have more of a need to move around with winter keeping them inside more often. 1ut, they did it. .hey +et their goal an" ne2t Fri"ay, February 21st, we will have a #a3a+a "ay to &elebrate. 2lease send your child in warm pa"amas. Many asked about slippers and that is your choice as the floors can be very wet and dirty in the halls. Our ne&t behavior focus will be on responsibility.

Math *ly+#i&s
As we take a tiny break from our regular math instruction to conduct math assessments for report cards and conferences, the children have been showing their best at the Math Olympics. We talked about the winter games in Sochi Russia, and how the athletes there are said to be the best in the world. ow did they get their! ard work, perseverance, dedication, pride in their best "ob# We talked about what these words mean and when going to each Math Olympic $vent 'review o, &ontent learne") the children hopefully will begin to think about how important it is to do our personal best. % am e&tending Math Olympics one more week since this up coming week is so short and very full.

Wor" Work an" Sight Wor"s


'his week)s new sight word was love ave your child sing you the new sight word song. *or word work, we have begun work with wor" sli"ers. Word sliders reveal a one letter of a word +or later word chunks, at a time until the whole word is revealed. .he #ur#ose is to #ra&ti&e the rea"ing strategy o, looking through the whole wor", an" ,luen&y '/ui&kly). % begin rather slowly with simple -.- words like cat, pet. $ach word has a picture that matches at the end to check it we are correct with our word. % will begin to reveal letters /uicker +fluency, and then move in to more challenging words with word chucks, bl,fl, ch, sh0 ing, ed, er0etc.

!ea"ers Worksho#$ %on-Fi&tion '(enguins)


'his week we continued to take a close look at non(fiction te&t features. We learned that we can use the table o, &ontents to find what we would like to learn more about and that we do not need to read a non( fiction book from beginning to end. We learned that non(fiction books have a glossary at the end that gives definitions of newly encountered theme related words in the te&t. We learned how in,or+ation is organi-e" in non(fiction books and even applied this learning to our own non(fiction books about penguins.

Classroom Newsletter

Love Bug Learnings

February 13th, 2014

Writers Worksho#$ 4ll about (enguins


'ogether, we have taken notes on our new learning3s and organi4ed them onto sticky notes. 1efore we begin writing each day, we decided what we want to write about +how penguins stay warm, and pull out all the sticky notes that relate to this topic. While we are doing this research pro"ect together, the children are doing their own writing independently. %n first grade, they will be doing their own reading, note taking, and writing. 5e&t week we will share our books with a few different classes and % will send them home for you. % really wanted to save them for conferences and their growth folders but the kids are way too e&cited.

'his week while learning about penguins, the children learned how penguins stay warm in their habitat. 2enguins have a layer of blubber under their skin and two different kinds of feathersE pokey waterproof feathers on the outer layer and thick warm down underneath. We e&perimented by putting one hand into ice cold water and the other hand into the blubber glove, then in the ice water. 'hey were surprised how warm it was. Fsing petroleum "elly, % modeled how the oils on the penguin3s feathers keep them waterproof.

Science

Up Coming !vents
*eb. 8@(8<th: 5o School A Mid Winter 1reak *eb. >?th: 8??s Bay -elebration

Weekly S&he"ule
Monday 89: 5O S- OO; 'uesday 8<: 5O S- OO; Wednesday 8=: Art 'hursday >?: 2$, ;ibrary *riday >8: Music 1on5t ,orget to return your library book so you are able to &he&k out a new one6

We will be celebrating the 8??th day of school on *ebruary >?th. 'his day will include many many wonderful counting activities for math. (lease have your &hil" &ount 100 o, the sa+e ,oo" ite+ '+ini-+arsh+allows, +ini-gol",ish, &heerios, et&7 ,or a &ounting8sharing sna&k a&tivity. (lease turn this sna&k in, in a baggie labele" with your &hil"5s na+e no later than February 19 'We"nes"ay). 'he children will be making fruit loop necklaces +counting groups of 8? to 8??,, making a cool 8??3s day hat +counting stickers by 8?3s to 8??,, and much much more#

.olunteer Spot sign up for 8??3s Bay celebration is now up. 2lease click here: http:CCvols.ptCw.suD2 to sign up for 8??)s Bay -elebration on 7.olunteerSpot today# 'hank you wonderful parents for your help with our .alentine3s party : ,

$n"oy your family, Melissa Swales Swales6mr7elps.us Please click here: http://vols.pt/rtmwkE to sign up for spring conferences on @VolunteerSpot today! e sure to sign up for a conference time today!

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