February 18th - 22nd         A HUGE THANK YOU to our Home and School and to parents for all the goodies and to my students for the beautiful cards and illustrations. I am the luckiest teacher! Thank you kiddies for the lovely Valentine's Day Cards too.       “Counting Down” . . . the 100 th Day Of School has come and gone, and oh how quickly! We will now begin counting down the last 85 days.  Children can gain insight into numbers and subtraction.     ZOO Phonics Letters of the Week- Y y and Z z ---------------------------------------------- Students will meet Yancy Yak and Zeek the Zebra! We will focus on the letters, sounds and words associated through various activities. With an adult, Read every night and practice your sight words. *Math Outcome- Comparing groups with more or fewer without counting objects, Comparing quantities from 1 – 5, counting forward and back and on from specific numbers. Playing cards and board games together will increase your child's math abilities!     Here’s   What’s   Up! Monday – Snow Day?  Who knows, if so the play will be rescheduled. Beginning of  MANGO ‘s    “Healthy Lunch”  watch, try to incorporate all 4 food groups. Students go to the library today. Continue to practice your January Words each night, assessment is not quite complete.   Tuesday – HOT lunch day Wednesday This is not a skating day Thursday Poetry anthologies go home (usually J).  Please check for a new poem/activity and feel free to go back and review as it is great practice for reading skills and letter and sight word recognition Friday- PIZZA DAY!! To avoid confusion or lost money,   please ensure that money is in a container (or baggie) with child’s name and number of pieces, and that it (and any notes or money) is placed in the yellow home folder.  Thank you.