Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Villarreal, and Mrs. Volz Week of February 10th-24th Please read with your child at least 20 minutes a night! Choices: Please choose two or more assignments that are appropriate for your child. Upcoming Events February Friday, the 10th Spaghetti Dinner 5:30 – 7:30 Tuesday, the 14th Valentine’s Day Monday, the 20th Presidents’ Day No School Tuesday, the 21st PTO meeting 7:00 Wednesday, the 29th Golden Lunch Box March Saturday, the 3rd Fun Fair 11:00 – 3:00 Monday, the 5th Casimir Pulaski Day No School Friday, the 9th March to Success Fundraiser at La Majada Friday, the 16th Report cards Monday through Friday, Communication th th the 26 If you havethe any30 questions Spring Break No School or concerns, please contact us via email, send a note with your child, or leave a phone message with the Whittier office 524-3080. ncampbell@op97.org lvolz@op97.org kvillarreal@op97.org cbaker@op97.org Please visit our websites at www.op97.org/ncampbell/ www.op97.org/lvolz/ www.op97.org/kvillarreal/ www.op97.org/cbaker/ First Grade Reading – Practice your spelling words. Also practice reading and writing your popcorn words. Read! Kindergarten Reading – Practice your popcorn words. Popcorn word lists for each grade level are on our websites, or ask if you need one. It’s Dental Health Month! Make a calendar to tally the number of times you brush your teeth. For a challenge, tally how many times you floss. Make a list of ways you Look at some coins. Which coins have pictures of President Lincoln and President Washington on them? Do a coin rubbing to show the class. Use the attached have fun in your instructions to make a wind neighborhood. Draw and flag. Keep the wind data label a map of the places graph for a week. Tell you go to have fun in your which day had the most neighborhood. wind, the least wind and Themes Dental Health Month Weather Have Fun! (1st reading) Animals (K reading) Presidents’ Day Valentine’s Day Black History Month Challenge Choices Presidents’ Day will be Monday, February 22nd. Do a research project on one of the past or our present president of the United States. Make a poster, list some facts and use pictures. which day would have been good to fly a kite. Make a set of heart-shaped cards. Write an addition or subtraction problem on one side of each heart. Write the answer or solution on the back of each heart. Go to the library and find Write the word FEBRUARY on a sheet of paper. Cut apart the letters. Make new words. (ex. are, bear, far) K – Please continue to practice counting to 100+, writing the teen numbers and counting backwards from 20. Be Mine. List as many words as you can that have the word be in them. (ex. Because, belong, maybe). books about famous African Americans (inventors, athletes, politicians, etc.) Bring them in to share with the class. Read the story Cloudy with a Change of Meatballs by Judi Barrett. Draw clouds that look like food and share it with the class. Tour the White House by going to: www2.whitehouse.gov/WH/ kids/html/home.html Write a letter to the president. Mail your letter to: The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C. If you think of a good homework idea, write a note about it and maybe you will see it in the next homework choice list!