Weekly Update 2/1-2/5

Hello, families!

Here are this week’s announcements…

* We collected about 600 items for the St. Luke’s Food Drive. Thank you so much for your support!

CHANGE IN VALENTINE'S DAY PLANS! READ BELOW...

 

*We will have a Valentine’s celebration on Friday, February 12^th. Mr. C has asked us to have children pass out their Valentine cards on Tuesday, February 9th. We will hold them for 72 hours, and children can take them home on Friday, February 12th. This will help us ensure that Valentines are COVID free.  Class list of names will be in  your child’s OWL folder today. Children may bring pre-packaged treats to go along with the Valentines if you choose.

*There is no school on Monday, February 15^th in observance of Presidents’ Day.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK, EVERYONE!

Literacy *Good readers can identify who the narrator of the story is. *Good readers can write about what happened in the beginning, middle and end of a story. Mathematics *Solving subtraction word problems within 20 *Balancing equations * End of module 2 math assessment Word Study/Grammar *Sight word list week three will be tested on Wednesday *Bossy e spelling pattern Unit (Social Studies and/or Science) New unit on the United States *Who are good citizens from the past? Writer’s Workshop Introduction to research writing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly Update 1/25-1/29

Hello, families!

Here are this week’s announcements…

* Thank you for supporting your child in studying their week 1 sight words. When I graded last week’s test, I saw much improvement on their spelling of these words. On Wednesday, they will be tested on their week 2 sight words.

*Willow Creek is collecting snack food items for the St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital family kitchen. Our class collected over 360 snack items!  Thanks for your support! The food drive ends on Friday, January 29. If you would like to donate items, please see details from the flyer below.  You may have to click on the photo to see the list

CHANGE IN VALENTINE'S DAY PLANS! READ BELOW...

*We will have a Valentine’s celebration on Friday, February 12^th. Mr. C has asked us to have children pass out their Valentine cards on Tuesday, February 9. We will hold them for 72 hours, and children can take them home on Friday, February 12th. This will help us ensure that Valentines are COVID free. I will send home a class list of names next week. Children may bring pre-packaged treats to go along with the Valentines if you choose.

We have some new families, so I will post these items again…

*Mondays are early release days. School is dismissed at 2:10 on Monday. Lunch is served on these days.

*School lunch continues to be FREE until the end of the school year!

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK, EVERYONE!

Literacy *Good readers can determine which events are important vs. interesting *Good readers can write about what happened in the beginning, middle and end of a story. Mathematics *Solving subtraction word problems within 20 * Solve subtraction problems within 20 Word Study/Grammar *Sight word list week two will be tested on Wednesday *Bossy e spelling pattern Unit (Social Studies and/or Science) New unit on the United States *Who are good citizens from the past? Writer’s Workshop Introduction to research writing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly Update 1/18-1/22

Hello, families!

Here are this week’s announcements…

* Your child brought home their sight words last week. They will be tested on the week one words this Wednesday.  They need to know how to both read AND spell the words.

*I am going to try something a little different for spelling this time around.  At home, kids only need to focus on studying the reading and spelling of the sight words.  I will not send home a spelling pattern list. We need to really be focused on the sight words.  If they can’t read the sight words, they will not improve their reading fluency and comprehension. They need to practice spelling them because sight words do not follow a specific pattern, so they can’t rely on that pattern they have memorized to spell. Please have them practice their words at home each night.  We will continue to work on spelling patterns in class, but at home I really need to them to focus on the sight words that are highlighted on their list.  Thank you!

*Information about our annual district art contest will be coming home on Tuesday. If your child is a little artist, they may be interested in participating!

*Book orders have been placed.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK, EVERYONE!

Literacy *Good readers can retell stories *Good readers can sequence events in a story Mathematics *Solving subtraction word problems within 20 * Solve subtraction problems within 20 Word Study/Grammar *Sight word list week one will be tested on Wednesday *Bossy e spelling pattern Unit (Social Studies and/or Science) New unit on the United States *What is a good citizen? *Who are good citizens from the past? Writer’s Workshop Introduction to research writing

 

Weekly Update 1/11-1/15

 

Hello, families!

Here are this week’s short and sweet announcements…

* New sight word lists will come home this Wednesday, January 13^th.

*Book orders due this Friday, January 15^th!

* There is no school on Monday, January 18^th. It is observance of Human Rights Day.

*Mondays are early release days. School is dismissed at 2:10 on Monday. Lunch is served on these days.

*School lunch continues to be FREE until the end of the school year!

 

 

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK, EVERYONE!

Literacy *Good readers can retell stories *Good readers can sequence events in a story Mathematics *Solving word problems within 20 *Making a 10 to solve addition problems within 20 Word Study/Grammar *NEW SIGHT WORD LIST COMES HOME ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY13 TH! Unit (Social Studies and/or Science) New Social Studies unit starts this week! Writer’s Workshop Introduction to research writing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly Update 1/4/2021-1/8/2021

 Happy New Year!

It’s 2021, and we are back at it tomorrow.  I am looking forward to being back at school after an “early” Christmas vacation for me. I’m crossing my fingers that my December quarantine experience will be my first and last quarantine of the year. Fortunately, I did not have COVID.  

There aren’t any big announcements this week. Mostly, we are just getting back into the swing of our regular schedule. Here are a couple of reminders…

*Mondays are early release days. School is dismissed at 2:10 on Monday. Lunch is served on these days.

*School lunch continues to be FREE until the end of the school year!

* We will not have any new spelling lists until Wednesday, January 13^th.

* There is no school on Monday, January 18^th. It is observance of Human Rights Day.

 

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK, EVERYONE!

Weekly Update 12/14-12/17

Hello to everyone!

Big news this week is I am in still quarantine!  I sent out an email twice to all families, but I don’t think everyone got it…it may be in your junk mail. On Tuesday, I was exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID. So, I am in quarantine until December 22^nd. So far, I have no symptoms. Hopefully it will remain that way. Mrs. Hecht is our sub, and she is WONDERFUL! She is a former teacher, and has a special superpower in Math instruction, so your kids are definitely in good hands.

I am going to do some one on one assessing this week via Teams, so I will be touching base with all students this week!

Here are this week’s announcements:

*We will begin our next unit of sight words when we return to school in January. Kids will have a spelling test on December 16, then no new sound out spelling list until we return from Christmas break.

*I will be assessing each child in the reading of their unit 1 sight word list this week. I will start on Tuesday, so please have them review reading all the unit 1 sight words on Monday evening.

*Friday, December 18^th is our last day of school before Christmas Break. We return to school on Monday, January 4^th.

*Grinch Day is Friday (THIS IS A SURPRISE!!! Please do not tell your child.) We will watch the Grinch movie (the Jim Carrey one) on Friday, and have a pizza movie snack. The only thing your child needs to bring for the snack is their favorite drink to go with their pizza!

*Did you know…the free lunch program has been extended to the end of the year for ALL students. Great news!

*This week is holiday dress-up week at Willow Creek! Here are the dress-up/theme days:

Holiday dress up days

What are we doing this week??? See below!

Literacy *Identifying main idea and details Mathematics *Addition problems with 3 addends (i.e. 3+7+4= __) *Review of commutative property *Introduction of Associative property *Making a 10 to solve addition problems within 20 Word Study/Grammar *NO SIGHT WORD LIST UNTIL JANUARY */kn/ and /wr/ spelling list test on Wednesday NO SPELLING OVER CHRISTMAS BREAK! Unit (Social Studies and/or Science) *Unit study on patterns of the sun and moon Writer’s Workshop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly Update 12/7-12/11

Hello to everyone!

Here are this week’s announcements:

*We will begin our next unit of sight words when we return to school in January. Your child will still have their weekly sound-out spelling list test this week (December 9) and next week (December 16). There just will not be any sight words.

*On Friday, your child brought home a moongazer and an at-home assignment to observe the moon. This at-home activity is due Thursday, December 17th. 

*Did you know…the free lunch program has been extended to the end of the year for ALL students. Great news!

*Friday, December 18^th is our last day of school before Christmas Break. We return to school on Monday, January 4^th.

*We will have a holiday party on Friday, December 18^th. More information to come later this week.

*Next week, December 14-18,  is holiday dress-up week at Willow Creek. Here are the dress-up/theme days:

What are we doing this week??? See below!

Literacy *Good readers can use non-fiction text features to help them identify the main idea of a text. Mathematics *End of Module 1 Assessment *using subtraction to solve change unknown/missing addend problems  (missing addend :  eg.  ____ +4 = 7) Word Study/Grammar *NO SIGHT WORD LIST UNTIL JANUARY */KN/  /WR/ digraphs Unit (Social Studies and/or Science) *Unit study on patterns of the sun and moon Writer’s Workshop