Valentine's Week! Feb.

Specials
Monday - No school!
Tuesday - 5
Wednesday - 6
Thursday - 1
Friday - 2

Upcoming Events
February 15th - No school!
February 17 - All Pro Dad's Breakfast 6:30-7:15am
March 1 - PTA Family Night at Panera
March 3 - PTA Carnival Planning Meeting 6pm
March 18 - Snow Makeup Day (School is now in session)
April 6 - Spring Pictures
April 8 - Snow Makeup Day (School is now in session)
May 14 - Spring Carnival!
May 25 - Snow Makeup Day (School is in session)

Kid-Friendly Objectives
***Language is review again this week (verbs, subject/verb, shades of meaning, etc.).***
I can write true facts about habitats.
I can solve double digit word problems with addition.
I can read, write, and identify words with ee and ea.
I can compare two topics from informational texts.

Spelling List
Please continue to practice writing your spelling words in sentences! We had SO many kiddos earn 100% this week. They were able to join me for a Lunch Bunch in the classroom with lunch and PBS Kids! :)

List A (Purple Cats, Green Frogs)

feel

deep

steer

three

team

fear

lead

beak

stream

agree

List B (Blue Dogs, Yellow Ducks)

speech

agree

sweet

between

stream

squeak

dream

grease

season

degree

Week in Review
We continued working on double digit addition this week. We are really trying hard to make ourselves ALWAYS start with the ones place. Apparently, starting in the tens place can sometimes make our answers incorrect. Nothing like a classic game of Tic Tac Toe to give you the extra motivation to get your answers correct! 

 We had fun coming up with BIG problems using dominoes. 

 Some of us even began working on addition...with REGROUPING. Here's how I introduced it...
We used a sailboat template. 
The boat is where our answers go, the mast is to help us separate our tens and ones, and the sail is where we carry our tens. 
As always, we start with our ones. "Start at the top with the ones. Add them up and let it drop!"
Here's the next rhyme/hopefully not confusing tip: "If it's 9 or less, let it drop. If it's 10 or more, sail to the shore." 
We have talked about not being able to mix our tens and ones. They are practicing sliding their pencil up the mast and writing their tens on the sail as they sail to the shore. Alternatively, some of them are going ahead and writing the total (such as 7+18=15) in the ones place. Because we are using dry erase templates, they then erase their tens (the 1) to write it on the sail, leaving only the 5. 
Next, we "go to the other side. Add the tens and let it ride!"

Unfortunately, my example below shows the incorrect order to solve the problem but I wanted to show you the method they have been practicing with me! 

Some serious thinking happening here. :)

We reviewed Shades of Meaning with some cool "shades."

We reviewed our verb tenses (past, present, future)

We also started learning about different habitats. Thus far, we've learned what habitats are, what habitats need for animals to survive (food, shelter, and a way to breathe!), and we've researched polar and desert habitats. 

Researching penguins made them completely prepared for this next unit. They are dominating it! 

 We are also working to compare the two habitats during Comprehension time. 

Then it was finally time for VALENTINES!
We wrote Valentine's Day cards to 1st graders at another school in Kentucky. This week, we got cards mailed back to us!

 Before our party began on Friday, we discussed ways we can show others that we care. Sometimes, it's as simple as giving compliments. We completed "Compli-Mats" - mats with our names, a compliment we give ourself (because that's okay, too!), and a compliment from every student in the classroom.

Every single compliment was so thoughtful. Our class cares so much about one another.
Here are pictures of our party!
Thank you SO much to everyone who donated food, supplies, and your time. 

Have another great week! :)