Wow! Room 1-4 was "party central" today! We began the day celebrating Dexter's birthday and finished the day with our Valentine's party! Thank you to all of the parents that came to help us party! This is always one of the favorite days of the year for the children! Enjoy some of the pictures that we took!
The ECC/Lower Division Cookout is tomorrow! This is a fundraiser put on for Relay for Life by both the Administrative Team and Team Green Eyes (Mrs. Owen's team)! We will be preparing lunch (hot dog, drink, and dessert) for all ECC/LD students. Parents are welcome to come and have lunch with your child to support this worthy cause! Suggested donation is $5.00 per person. Sage Dining will not be available so your child may bring a sack lunch from home in the alternative.
Believe it or not, we are also focused on learning in 1-4! Here is a look at what we are doing this week:
Reading/Language Arts: Our spelling strategy is again on the long vowel/silent e. This week's words will focus on the long /o/ sound with the silent e as in "rose". Our phonograms are -ose, -oke, -one, and -ole. Our word wall (or high frequency) words are brown, city, hello, loudly, love, and, pulled . Our comprehension strategies will be on learning to draw conclusions. Authors do not always tell readers every small detail about a story. Sometimes readers must use clues to figure things out. We will also be reminding ourselves that good readers ask themselves questions as they read to help understand the story better. Our grammar focus will be on using describing words that end with -er to compare two things and -est to compare three or more things.
Math: We will be introducing fact triangles which help children see the relationship between addition and subtraction. Fact triangles are a great tool for practicing math facts within the fact families. We will also be using the Facts Table for subtraction.
Writing Workshop: We are into our new unit of study this week, The Craft of Revision. In this unit, we will learn strategies for making our stories better. Last week, we introduced tools a writer can use to insert new text into the midst of a draft. We will practice using these tools as the study continues. This week we will also talk about other reasons that writers review, such as to show characters talking by adding dialogue.
Science/Social Studies: This week, in our study of America, we are learning about important people in the history of our country. We will be learning about the father of our country, George Washington, and president Abraham Lincoln. As the unit continues, we will also learn little facts about each of our great 50 states!
Volunteers this week:
- Tuesday - Art - Chris Chen - 12:05
- Thursday - Library Check-out - Valerie Pillot and Kristen Danielson - 2:05
Hot dog lunch is tomorrow!
Science Teach-in is this Wednesday, 2/16, from 1:00 - 2:30.
Professional Development Day is this Friday 2/18. There is no school for students!
President's Day is next Monday, 2/21. There is no school for students or faculty!
Spirit Day is next Friday, 2/25 - Children may wear Shorecrest Charger Spirit wear!
Reading Week will take place Monday, 2/28 - Friday, 3/4 - More info will be coming soon!
Oldie Goldie Book Sale will be Friday, 3/4. Start collecting your books now to donate!
Field Day will be Friday, 3/11. More information will be coming soon!
Spring Break will be 3/14 - 3/18.
IMPORTANT ONLINE RE-ENROLLMENT INFORMATION:
We are excited to announce that we are moving to an online re-enrollment process! This will allow you to complete your enrollment contract online, as well as make payments online. We believe that this will save you time and effort.
You will no longer need to complete lengthy paperwork, as student information will be pre-populated on each student's individual enrollment form. Once the enrollment contract is submitted online, you will be able to print a copy of the contract for your records.
In addition, we are pleased to offer you an easy, secure online payment system to make electronic payments of tuition deposits, tuition refund plan payments, tuition, and donation payments. This convenient alternative for families will allow you to make electronic payments by e-check or credit card (Master Card, American Express or Discover only).
A convenience fee of 2.75% will be charged if you use a credit card; however, there is no fee for using e-check, which is a direct debit to your bank account.
Happy Valentine's Day!
Susan and Beth
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