Week ending 1/27/17

Hello families!  January is closing up quickly and February will be here before we know it!  We are less than 10 days away from the 100th day of school.  I've added some additional websites/apps that are great for spelling, reading, math practice at home.  You can check them out on my Newton schools website.

Important information:

• Next Wednesday, February 1st is an early release day with dismissal at 12:30.   Please plan accordingly and don't forget there is no ASCA on early release days.  

3, 2, 1 things you should know about our week...

3 math activities we worked on were identifying and recognizing 3-D shapes in the classroom and real world, identifying attributes of quadrangles, and sorting polygons based on number of sides and number of angles.  

* Ask your child how many sides and angles a triangle, quadrangle, and hexagon have.  

2 writing skills we continue to work on as we finish publishing our informational books are editing for complete sentences and using the word wall to help spell words unfamiliar to us.  

* Ask your child what their topic is and to tell you 2 ideas they've written about.

1 whole class read aloud book, we're reading is Have You Filled a Bucket Today?  They class really enjoyed it.  We also introduced peer positive postcards to the class.  This is another way students can support each other, recognize others' efforts, and be mindful of how we're building a classroom community.
https://www.amazon.com/Have-Filled-Bucket-Today-Bucketfilling/dp/099609993X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485545619&sr=1-1&keywords=have+you+filled+a+bucket+today