February 23-27

Wow! Time is flying! We can't believe it's already the last week of February!

Happy Book Fair Week! We will ALL visit the Book Fair on Tuesday! Here are our times:

    Boyd: 11:00-11:15
    Howard: 11:15-11:30
    Blackstock and Rowan: 1:30-2:00
    Reese: 2:00-2:15

Earning our money for the Money Store has begun this week in our classrooms! As we learn about the value of money students will be able to earn coins in our classrooms. On  Friday, March 13th (the Friday before Spring Break) our students will be participating in a classroom money store! Each child should bring 21 items to sell in the store! Items should be the same and not expensive. They can be store bought or homemade! Examples from the past are: play dough, pencils, bookmarks, and glitter pens. Students will be able to buy items with the money they have earned and sell the items they brought. It is always SUCH a fun experience! Please let your child's teacher know if you have any questions! You should have a letter home in your child's green folder about the Money Store!

Here are some great ideas for practicing money at home:
  -Have your child use coins at home to build values that you call out to them
  -See how many different combinations your child can think of to build the same value
  -You build a value and then have your child build the value a different way

Also, check our this link for some great money games.. http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/money.html

Take a look at what we are studying this week..

Writing - We will continue the Writer's Workshop process! Students are writing their own imaginative stories linking our writing to our reading or legends, folk tales and fairy tales!

Reading - We will continue to read and notice characteristics of legends, folk tales and fairytales. When we have finished we will delve into non-fiction texts!

Math - We will continue to learn the value of money! We will identify the values of coins as well as add coins and use different combinations to build the same amount!

Science - We will explore needs that must be met and the structures/processes that help plants and animals survive in various environments!

Social Studies - We will continue to identify contributions of historical figures and how they influenced our world!