Jan. 21-25

Jan. 21-25

Dear Families,

We had a great first week back from Winter Break!  We are ready to start 2020 off with a bang.  

There will be no school this Monday, Jan. 20 to observe Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  We read a couple of stories about this amazing man and had a discussion on how he wanted all people to be equal and be treated fairly.  We read a poem called "The Crayons that Talked".  It is about how each crayon is unique and when you put them all together it creates a beautiful picture.  I talked about us being that box of crayons and we all have different talents that come together to make a beautiful picture.

Chinese New Year : Next Friday, we will march through the classrooms to celebrate Chinese New Year.  If your child would like to bring in a "noisemaker" (ie tamborines, bongos, bells, maracas,etc.) they are welcome to bring in on Friday. It should be lots of fun!

Language Arts:
 Our new theme is winter animals!  We already introduced owls and penguins and will talk about how winter animals adapt to their environment during the winter months by hibernating, growing more fur, storing food, etc.  This week and next, we will have center activities focusing on  owls. and penguins.

In the next few weeks, we have a few holidays/occasions to celebrate.  We celebrate Chinese New Year, Groundhog Day,  100th day of school, Valentine's Day, and President's Day.  This makes these next few months go quickly!

Word wall words: this, that

Math:  We will continue to work on number bonds and practice word problems as well as addition to 10.
  

Please continue to practice counting to 100 , and counting by 5's,and  10's.

Math Festival coming up on February 6th!!!! We need parent volunteers.  
We need 2 volunteers for both sessions:
First Session: 7:55-10:35
Second Session 11:35-2:10
Volunteers will be assisting with classes, grade K-6th, as they filter through the MPR to explore math activities and games.  
You do not need to teach any math or know the skills, you will be more of a facilitator at a center- cleaning up materials  between each class, helping younger students read the directions, etc.
If you are interested and can commit to one of the sessions, please email alyssa_davis@pvusd.net (our academic coordinator).  We definite need volunteers for this to run smoothly.

Classroom Needs/Donations:

red lunch or dinner size plates

white paper plates

paper grocery bags (need 25)

Paper towels

Clean-up wipes

Crayola twistable crayons

Fruit loops/necklace string (for 100 day project)

Individual boxes of conversation Valentine hearts(for math activities)

Trader Joes's brand whole wheat pretzels (for Abe Lincoln log cabin)

Reminders:
No school this Monday- Jan.20
No school Monday Feb. 10
No school Monday Feb. 17
Math Festival Tuesday, Feb. 6

Have a great week!