Dear Parents,

Hope your winter break was fun and relaxing! I'm sure the kids (and some parents) are happy to be back to school!

Our Valentine's Party was great fun. We exchanged Valentines, played games and made a Valentine craft. We also enjoyed yummy treats! A big thanks to our party moms!

We began sharing our president reports before break and will continue this week. So far, they've been great!

We are leaving our physical science studies for a while to begin our unit on Health. Our studies will include the 5 senses, healthy foods, and taking care of our bodies. If you are in the health profession (i.e. doctor, nurse, dentist) and would like to visit our classroom, please let me know. We'd love to have you!

We are nearing the end of our third quarter. Before you know it, the school year will be over. If you'd like to meet with me to discuss your child's progress, please contact me. I'd be happy to meet with you. I am available most days after school.

Have a great week!

Ms. Kopilchack

This week's activities:

Reading/Writing
This week is a review week. We will review all of the vocabulary, skills and reading strategies we've learned over the last several weeks. We'll take our unit test on Thursday.
We continue to develop our writing skills through our journal writing and at our writing center.

Phonics/Word Wall Activities
We begin learning the long "u" sound and the spelling patterns that make the sound (u_e, _ui_ , and _ue).

We'll be doing lots of fun activities to review our word wall words (i.e. sight words) including "Guess the Word" and Word Wall Relay.

Math
Our focus this week will be on number patterns. We'll explore number patterns using a 100's chart and learn what comes before, after and between. We'll also learn greater than and less than ( > and < ) to compare numbers.

Science
We begin our Health unit this week and will start with the 5 senses.

Religion
We begin a new unit this week: We Belong to the Catholic Church.

Homework - Review spelling and sight words, attached activities.