​February 20th – March 3rd

Important Dates

à We are going skating again on Feb. 21^{st     at 9:45 – 10:25}. Thank you to everyone who joined us for skating on the 7^th. You have no idea how much I appreciate your help! 

à Sock hop is rescheduled for this Tuesday Feb. 21 at 12:30

à The 100^th Day of School is creeping up on us (It'll be on Wed, March 1...if we don't have any more snow days!). Students will be asked to make a collection of 100 things to share with their classmates. This should be a collection of 100 items that are easy to bring to school. If your child has a large collection, you may choose to email us a picture of this collection instead. Ask your child to start thinking about what items/objects they could use for their 100 things collection.

à Hot Lunch Order Forms were sent home last week. They are due on Thursday, Feb. 23^rd.

à Our pancake breakfast has been rescheduled for the morning of March 1^st. This special breakfast is FREE for all students. YUMMY!

à There is no school for students on Friday, Feb. 24^th as it is a Professional Learning Day for teachers.

à The Grade One teachers have decided to send home a progress report. This report will give you a snapshot of how your child is progressing at this point in the year. It may also have a few suggestions of activities that you can do at home to help your child. Look for this report in your child’s message bag near the end of the month.

The week before March break is Winter Carnival week at BPS! There is a special theme each day of the week. Monday, Feb. 27^th is CRAZY HAIR DAY

Tuesday, Feb. 28^th is TEAM COLOR DAY

Wednesday, Mar. 1^st is DR. SEUSS DAY;

Thursday, Mar. 2^nd is PJ DAY

Friday, Mar. 3^rd is JERSEY DAY.

à Friday, March 3rd: Scholastic Orders Due (Feb & March flyers going home tomorrow)

à March Break – Monday, March 6^th until Friday, March 10^th – NO SCHOOL

For the next two weeks before March Break, we will be working on the following concepts.

Literacy

Words of the week: his, last, want, came, then

We will also be reviewing ALL the sight words we have covered so far this year.  If your child can read them all, try spelling them or finding a rhyming word for the ones you can. 

Word Family: ame (name, same, flame, blame, etc) 

Word Work: r blends (br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr).  We are encouraging students to recognize the two letters as one sound.  Instead of 'b - r' when sounding out...they recognize the br blend and say the sound together 'br'.

Helping at home - please review and practice

****High Frequency Sight Words****

Please keep reviewing until mastered. If your child can read the words with ease, have them practice spelling/create sentences.

Practice reading words with blends:

trip     print     grade     free     trade    grape    creep    dream   train  

Practice printing sentences using the new sight words. Make sure they include capitals and punctuation. Have them reread and edit on their own.

Practice reading words with sound teams.

 sh, ch, th, wh, qu, ck,  ai, ay, oa/ow, ie, or, a_e   u_e  i__e  o__e

 er, ir, ur, oo, ue., ou/ow, ar, oi, oy, aw

Writing: We are going back to the basics in writing.  The students all wrote an independent piece of writing last week and we are using that piece to guide them towards a writing goal to make their writing even better than it already is.  Some goals your child may be working on are: using punctuation in correct places, remembering where uppercase letters really go, adding supportive details, using WOW words (awesome, super, fantastic, etc), using the word wall to help them spell, descriptive words (big, red, juicy, etc.)     

Math: We will finish up this part of the unit on addition and subtraction to 18, as well as counting by 2's 5's and 10's in the next two weeks and will assess the students on what they know and where gaps may still be.  This week we will continue to use money to help give the students a real life reason to count by 5's and 10's. If you have a handful of dimes or nickels at home, try letting your child count them with you.

     Mental math strategy - Doubles plus 1 strategy. For example, if your child knows 4+4=8, then he/she can easily solve 4+5 because it is just one more! Knowing doubles facts “in a snap” can help students solve these “near doubles” facts much easier.

     Review saying the number sequence forward and backward between two numbers (1-50)

     Count by 2’s to 20,  5’s to 50/100, 10’s to 100

Have a great week!​​