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                                           Webpage: msdevinesclass.com                      January 26, 2018
                                                                       Reading/Language Arts
                                              Our learning targets for reading this week have included:
                                           *long e vowel sound made by e, or ee
                                           *dividing syllables in the VCCV pattern to decode
                                           bigger words
Dates to Remember                          *blending words.
                                           *rhyming words
Jan. 25 Progress Reports online            *understanding syllables
Feb. 14 Valentine’s Party                  *using background knowledge and thinking about the
Feb. 19 No School: Winter Break            author’s purpose in our reading
                                           *learning new vocabulary.
                                           *being able to use nouns properly (identify nouns)
 What’s New:                               *reading just right books
 On the website:
 *This week’s newsletter                      Our Writing learning target has focused on:
 *Fun in the Gym Photos                    *the writing process! We have been working on writing thank you letters.
 *S.N.O.W. Day Photos                      We are learning:
                                           1. correct letter form
                                           2. how to punctuate the parts of a letter
 Special Notes:
                                           3. how to write a beginning sentence,
 *Celebration - We DID IT! EVERY           4. to support our beginning sentence, and
 student in our class made mid-year        5. to write a concluding sentence
 benchmark. THANK YOU to you as            6. how to delete unnecessary words or phrases, and
 parents for keeping them reading, to      7. how to edit our work at the end to make sure it’s our BEST work!
 our wonderful weekly/bi-weekly
 volunteers who read with students
 each week and to Mrs. Glass,                             Health
 Mrs. Knebl, and Mrs. Barajas who have        We’ve continued our work on
                                                                                                    Math
 also had some of my students in           germs this week. We’ve read a                This week’s math learning
 groups! It’s been a real team effort!     couple of books this week and             targets have focused on unit
 We celebrated on Wednesday with           learned that there are germs              objectives:
 a video and ice cream sundaes with        everywhere. More importantly,             *comparing 2-digit numbers
 syrup, whipped cream, and sprinkles!      we’ve learned all germs are not bad       *adding a 2-digit number and a 1-
                                           and all germs do not make us sick!        digit number
 I reported your child’s scores on their   We’ve also talked about how to keep
                                                                                     *counting on to add a 1-digit
 progress reports!                         germs from spreading. Our
                                           LEARNING TARGETS are to                   number
                                           understand that 1) covering our           *drawings to prove our answers
                                           sneezes and coughs prevents germs         *adding 1’s or 10’s to decade
                                           from sneezing, and 2) handwashing is      numbers
                                           very important and helps germs from       *distinguishing between adding 1’s
                                           spreading. We did a fun                   or 10’s to numbers
                                           handwashing experiment!
                                                                                     *identifying and writing numbers
                                                                                     and number words.
                                                                                              We have worked on
                                                                                     reviewing and assessing Unit 4 this
                                                                                     week! WE brought home our 1st
   Valentine lists are in students
          Friday Folders!                                                            semester math journals, all done!