Important Dates and Reminders:
January 16-20 Celebrate New Directions Week
Here is a link to the week's events
January 16: PJ and Stuffed Animal Day and Family Art Night
January 17: Crazy Hair or Hat Day
January 18: NO SCHOOL
January 19: Sports Day and Family Gym Night
January 20: 1/2 day and Book Character Day
Here is a peek at our learning this week:
Reading: In reading this week we will continue to use our reading muscles and will learn specific strategies for solving unknown words. We will focus heavily on using our alphabet knowledge to look at beginning and ending sounds to solve words and will also learn to check our reading by making sure the words we read makes sense with the picture and looks right (has the correct letter sounds we read). This is tricky word that these kiddos are ready for!
Writing: How-to writing is in full swing in our classroom! The boys and girls have been loving studying the work of other author's who have done this type of writing and are coming up with great ideas of what they can teach others. This week we will focus on adding more specific steps to our books and using a partner to make sure our procedural writing is able to follow. We will also be working to make sure the illustrations in our books are using to understand and will use labels to show additional information,
Math:Math: This week in math we will continue to solidify our understanding of teen numbers. We will be making teen number arrangements and working to write equations that show the number of 10's and ones in each teen number. We will also be revisiting 2D shapes and will work to show how shapes can work together to make new shapes. Our math centers this week will be:
- Using a 5 frame and chips to solve addition and subtraction problems
- Following the directions of a partner to use position and shapes words to create new shapes
- Organizing math tools into groups of 10 and ones to show teen numbers and recording the equation to match
- Playing a dice game that will help us build teen numbers using ten frames
Social Studies: We will begin our family study in social studies this week. We will learn about many different types of families and the people that make them up. One of the books that we will be using through this study is Todd Parr's The Family Book. This book touches on lots of different types of families, different living situations, and different interests in a bright, colorful, and funny way.
Word Work: We will continue to work on reading and writing the words will, for, have, get and play.
Don't forget...January is a big month for our school! There are many informational events taking place to help others learn more about New Directions. Please share these dates with anyone you think may be interested in hearing more about what a great place New Directions is for students to learn and grow!
Thursday, January 12th-6:00-7:30 PM District-Wide Info Session held at Tanner Early Learning Center
Monday, January 16th-6:00 -7:00 PM Info Session at New Directions
Wednesday, January 18th-10:00 AM-1:00 PM Open House for prospective families at New Directions
Tuesday, January 24th-6:00-7:00 PM-Info Session at New Directions
Families can also call Mrs. Frischmann at 766-6116 to set up individual tours.
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