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Mrs. Hendershot’s Class

Friday, February 7, 2014

Dates:

   February 17^th – Snow Make Up Day!  We have School!

   February 19^th - Early Dismissal

Daily 5/Writing:

We are really getting into reading the books in our new levels.  We have worked with a lot of books that are nonfiction.  We discussed how these books give us real information.  Ask your child to tell you if their IMC book is fiction or nonfiction.  We have really been practicing our writing skills.  We have done many lessons on how to create sentences.  We are really focusing on using spaces, capital letters, and periods.  We know these are important.  Have your child do some writing at home to show you their improvements.

Math:

We started our new chapter on basic addition skills.  We have worked very hard on these and are hoping to continue to add bigger numbers together.   This can be a tough concept for many to understand so any practice at home will be very helpful to their learning of basic addition.  We have spent a lot of time figuring out different ways to make numbers.  Check their papers as they come home to help practice our skills.  The next chapter is all about addition.

Health:

We have spent a lot of time talking about keeping our bodies and hearts healthy.  Then we did a really fun activity to show how fast germs spread when we do not wash our hands.  We used glitter then moved about giving high fives and touching tables.  We were able to see how the germs get everywhere and how quickly they spread plus it was just a lot of fun.  J  Then we moved on to dental health tips.  February is dental health month so the nurse came in to discuss the best ways for us to take care of our teeth.  Please ask your child to share with you what they are learning!

Helpful Hints:

·      Practice writing numbers all the way to 100.

·      Have your child start spelling their word wall words.

·      Continue working on basic addition problems.