Kindergarten                                                                                                                                                       Wahoo! We made it to 100 days of Kindergarten! We will be celebrating 100 Days on February 4th! We are so proud of our Kindergarteners and how much they have grown!!                                                                                                                                                                       In Reading, we will keep working on building reading skills by bringing home our “red” books, workin on our SNAP (sight) words, and using our SUPER READER POWERS when we read! A few of our Super Powers are: pointer power, picture power, snap word power, and sound power! Watch for these SUPER skills to grow as the year progresses!                                                                                                                                                        In writing, we will continue to write All About things we know a lot about! You would be amazed at how knowledgeable 5 and 6 year olds are.                                                                                                                       In Math, we will be starting our Geometry unit.  We will be learning about 2D and 3D shapes and using positional words to describe where these shapes are in the world around us.

1st Grade
In First Grade, this is the time of year our students explode in their learning!  Our students are deeply involved in their non-fiction reading and writing.  They love learning and becoming experts on so many fantastic topics. This learning transfers to their non fiction writing.  We will have our district assessment on Informational writing the first week of February. Then we will explore other writing options until we reach our opinion unit in the spring.  Please work with your student on proper formation of letters and general handwriting practice.  We have also started the Accelerated Reader program and are shooting to get what we call an Independent level. That requires ten AR points from reading and taking tests. Look for a giant sized balloon to come home as your student achieves their “Independent” status!  In math, we rocked 2-D and 3-D shapes and are moving onto our next unit, Counting to 40.  In this unit, your student will focus on base ten values.  You can practice at home choosing a number from 1-40.  Then ask your student to show you how many tens and ones are in the number.  We also are beginning the Mr. Robinson Math timings for addition, subtraction, and mixed addition and subtraction.  When your student passes each of these, they will get a chocolate dollar from Mr. Robinson.  When they pass both addition and subtraction, they earn a real gold dollar!  Practice those math facts at home, especially the number bonds!

2nd Grade
This month in 2nd grade we will continue to practice adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers with regrouping and borrowing. This practice will help us to add and subtract 3-digit numbers. We are taking the district writing assessment on Feb. 4th. Afterwards, we will begin to write Fairy Tales. In reading we will focus on point of view and main purpose of a story.

3rd Grade
 Third grade has been busy rounding,  adding and subtracting 3 and 4 digit numbers. We are also working on finding the perimeter of polygons. You can help at home by showing your students real life situations where you might need to find the perimeter or area of a project you are working on, such as a picture frame, or painting a wall. In reading we have had fun finding the meaning of non-literal words and phrases and looking more closely at poems, plays and other types of literature. Everything we learn is leading up to our WyTopp tests coming up this Spring. We are getting excited!