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Monday, March 7th (115th Day of School)

Grade 1 Spelling Words ("ig" ending)
twig
big
dig
pig
wig
jig

Grade 2 Spelling Words ("th" beginnings and endings)
thank
think
with
them
those
bath
than
that
thing
both
there
this

In math, we have been continuing to add and subtract. We have been working with doubles. A problem solving question that the students did using pretend darts went home today for you to see what we are doing in class. We also have been playing faceoff with numbers up to 20. This game can be played at home with a regular deck of cards. Ask your son or daughter to play faceoff with you on day after school so they can show off their math skills. We will be starting to talk about measurement this week. We will be using lots of objects in comparison to help us measure. You can question your children about measurement by asking how many marker lengths long they think the kitchen table is or how many shoe lengths would measure the length of the kitchen, etc. and have them guess and then measure it for you. This helps them make connections between what we are learning in school and applying it at home or in real life!

This week each student will be starting a research report on an animal of their choice. This will be the final project for our animal unit in science. The majority of this project will be completed at school, but parts of it will be done at home as well. We are starting our earth unit now in science. We will be learning about the earth's resources and how to take care of the earth. This will help us be prepared for Earth day in April.

Please be sure you are listening to your son or daughter read every night. It is important that someone is always listening to them read at this stage.

Just a reminder to please have the green survey that was home with report cards sent back to school as soon as possible!

February Star of the Month

The star of the month for the month of February is Madison Shindle!

Madison is star of the month because she is kind, caring and respectful to everyone. She is always happy to be at school and does everything with a smile on her face! Madison always puts her best effort into everything she does and never takes any shortcuts. Madison is a great friend to all of her classmates and always lends a helping hand whenever she can.

Congratulations Madison!

Tuesday, March 1st, 2010 (111th Day of School)

Welcome back! I hope everyone enjoyed Family day and the February break. We are back into the spelling routine this week. Spelling test will be on Friday.

Grade 1 (_id ending words)
lid
hid
grid
kid
did
rid

Grade 2 (sh words)
she
shove
shoe
push
shake
fish
wash
sheet
shop
dash
rush
finish