Schedule Update

Ask Your Child About...

1. Infer what characters are feeling in a story

2. Regroup amounts up to 10

3. Different types of fabrics and their uses

🐦 Today we were finally able to hang up our bird feeders! It was bitter cold out and we had to be extra careful not to slip on the ice, but we did it! Our trees in the front of the school are now decorated for the birdies! 

       

💗 Looking ahead to the next week we will have our Valentine's Day Celebration! This will take place on Thursday, February 14th for about the last hour of the day (starting around 12:45 p.m.). I will have paper bags for the kids to decorate earlier in the day so you do not need to worry about sending a special bag or box. We will pass out our Valentines during the day and keep them safe in our special bags until it is time for the celebration. Friendly reminder that if your child is planning to bring any form of valentine, they need to bring one for everyone. 🙂 During our celebration we will have the opening of valentines, snack, and happy choice play time of games and crafts. If you would like to send your child's valentines or your volunteered snack item early, feel free! I can hold onto them in the classroom until it is time to celebrate. Thank you!

👵👴 We are also getting very close to our 100th Day of School! Due to the unexpected school cancelling, our celebrations have moved back a day. We will celebrate this special occasion all day long on Wednesday, February 13th. Our day will consist of various literacy, math, and science activities that all relate to 100! If your child would like, I encourage you to help them dress up for the day. This may consist of dressing up as what they imagine they will look like when they are 100 years old or creating a clever t-shirt. It is sure to be 100% awesome!

 🍇🥜🌻 During the month of February, student council is collecting peanut butter/sunflower butter and jelly/jam donations as a part of the Iowa City Crisis Center's Spread the Love campaign. If you would like to donate to this cause simply send your *plastic preferred* jars to school with your child any day this month! Thank you in advance for your donations and thank you to those who already have!

🍎 Special update about our school days in relation to our cancelled days: an email was sent out explaining we will add 10 minutes to each school day starting Monday, February 18th. This means we will release at 3:05 on regular days and 2:05 on Thursdays. We will also hold classes on Friday, April 26th, which was previously a no school day. Lastly, we will add an extra half day to the end of the school year on Friday, May 31st, meaning we will release at 10:55 that day.
🍏 This also means our full day conferences that were scheduled for Thursday, February 28th will be moved to Monday, March 4th.

🙂 Have a wonderful weekend and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns!