Wonderful Weather 🌞

Ask Your Child About...

1. Identify and write: it, in, he, no, an, she, all, said, good, make, play

2. Identify, sound, and write: Hh, Kk, Ee, Oo, Xx, Jj

3. Move to different numbers within a 100 chart

4. Good citizens

😊 Thank you all for meeting with me for our winter conferences! It is always great to chat about the kiddos and all they have done as well as what we plan to do next to ensure they are continuously growing. If you ever have questions, comments, or concerns please reach out- I am here all the time for you, not just during conferences! Thank you all again.

💙 International night is Tonight, Friday, March 6th from 5:30-7:30 pm. We look forward to seeing all of the wonderful displays created by our students and their families as we learn more about the cultures that surround us within Lincoln and make us who we are. Thank you for all who are participating as well as those who come to see and learn!

🌞 We are so glad to have such beautiful weather this week and are looking forward to more! Please help your child pick out an appropriate jacket for the day or pack in layers. We are still too chilly to allow no coats/sleeves, but lighter versions are more than welcome!

📚 Our focus in reading this week was text and graphic features. We looked at books that had extra information included through fun facts, keys, table of contents, and labels. We saw these types of texts during reading, centers, and social studies time! We discussed why they are separated from the story's regular text and why some authors decide to add them. You can continue this exploration at home by identifying various text and graphic features in readings you currently have at home or that you get from the library.

🔢 We are currently focusing on place value in math. We are now looking at different segments of the 100 chart (such as 21-50 or 61-100 and so on). We find one number and move to another number by looking at the tens and ones spots of our numbers. This helps us remember what the first and second numerals stand for (if we have 21, we have two groups of ten and one more). We use this to help us move quickly from one number to another within the 100 chart, as well as make connections across and between the decade numbers.

🌎 This week in social studies we have been looking at citizenship. What is a citizen? How can we be a good citizen? We understand citizen as the people of an area. We then discussed and sorted between things that can help us be good citizens such as picking up trash, helping others, being kind to all living things. As you are out and about, help show your child how to be a good citizen with these and so many other small but impactful actions!