February Mrs. Stanley's Classroom News What we’re doing: Who's Who: 2/5 Valentines 2/16 USA (President’s Day/Patriotism) 2/3 Mung Birthdays 2/6 Janae 2/23 Niang Trojans of the Week: 2/1 Henry 2/8 Khup 2/16 Mung 2/22 Miyah 2/29 Aubrey Reminders: Donuts with Dads is February 5th Feb.9- Bond Vote – Please, please get out and vote!! Valentine Party Feb. 12 at 10:30 to 11:00. Watch for more info. No School on February 15th Feb. 25th Collaboration – late start day. Feb. 23 thru March 13 – Book Fair March 2 Read Across America – Dress as your favorite book character Mrsch 4th – No School – Parent/Teacher conferences – watch for a sign up email Curriculum and Objectives: Phonological Awareness Identifying and blending syllables Hearing first and last sounds to write words Letter Knowledge Identifying and naming letters in words Learning to form letters accurately and legibly Letter Sound Relationship Connecting letters and sounds to distinguish between words Vocabulary Sight words: with, be and review Word meaning Recognizing and matching number words Word solving actions Making new words by changing the first letter Using know words in simple texts to read Writing: Write first/last name with upper/lowercase letters Writing upper/lowercase letters correctly Writing words/letters/sentences to represent pictures Writing numbers 0-20 Using punctuation in writing Science: Exploring My Weather Math: Positions/ Location (beside, between, by,) Classification (color, shape, and size) Sorting by one or more attributes Count forward 0 to 100; Count back from 20 Read the numbers 0 to 50 Count to answer: “how many more?” Match one-to-one Recognizing shapes and their attributes (number of sides, corners, etc) Making sets 0-20 Addition and Subtraction with manipulatives Working with numbers using 10s and 1s Decomposes numbers less than or equal to 10 (ex. the number 8 can be 2+6 or 4+4 or 3+5 etc.) Social Studies: Review Character traits associated with Valentines (sharing, compassion, friends) We will learn about the USA, our flag and presidents (past and present) A “Home and School Connection” Newsletter is available on the Jenks East Elementary Title I webpage. A hard copy is available upon request.