Fun Friday Facts!

Happy Friday!  We have been busy in the classroom working on "bumping skills up!"  We have just finished up our writing unit on "how-to" stories.  Our next unit will focus in on opinion writing.  We have also talked about how a story at this point in the school year should be what I call a five finger story. It has a beginning sentence, some details in the middle, and an ending sentence.  Since it is a new month, I have sent home the stories your child worked on in January.  I hope you enjoy them as much I has have.

During our Social Studies time, we have been discussing families.  Right now, we are working on the three questions: what is a family, how are they different, and how can you tell they care about one another. 

During our OG block of the day, we are learning about when to double the l, s, and f at the end of a word when there is a short vowel.  We have also been working on our "fast writing" skills.  This is a way to try and quickly, but correctly write the letters on a page.  We will take a few weeks to practice this and then we are going to start working on learning about syllables.

Don't forget to keep working on your Valentine's cards.  Our party is coming up and there are plenty of opportunities to come in and volunteer.  There was a page that we sent home earlier this week with more information.  We also have some great all school activities coming up in the next few weeks.  Don't forget to check Tiger Tales for those dates.

Have a great weekend!