Thank you for all you did to help make Celebrate NDLC Week a success! We all had a lot of fun with the dress up days and finishing the week reading with our buddies. It was a wonderful week!

Report cards will be coming home Tuesday. You do NOT need to sign and return report cards. However, if you have any questions or concerns regarding your child's progress, please let me know.

Dr. Berkers will join us tomorrow morning for a dental health presentation.

Monday, February 5th- PSC meeting at 6:00 PM

Wednesday, February 14th- Valentine's Day-Wear Pink/Red

Friday, February 16th-Funky Friday- Wear funky clothes
Wednesday, February 21st- Six Flags Reading Calendars Due

Thursday, February 22nd and Friday February 23rd- No School for Students

Tuesday, February 27th-Family Night- Music, Munchies and Masterpieces
 
Curriculum Updates:

Reading - We will be finishing up our 3rd reading unit focused on characters and the lessons they learn this week. We will begin our 4th unit at the end of the week in which we will work on fluency, literary language, and meeting the challenges of longer books.

Writing - We will be working on writing catchy leads that allude to the tension in our stories, and endings that wrap up with a lesson the character learned, as we finish our final revisions on our realistic fiction stories. 

Math - We are continuing to work on subtracting double-digit equations. The students have many different strategies to use when solving problems that require ungrouping. The tricky part is to remember that not all problems require ungrouping a ten. We will continue to work on these types of problems this week. 

Valentines Day - I will be sending home a note this week with our current class list for Valentines. We will decorate a paper bag late next week to use as our Valentine holders. Students can bring in Valentines when they complete them, but we will not be passing them out until Valentines Day. Doing Valentines is optional, but if your child chooses to hand them out, please be sure that he/she has one for everybody in class.


Have a great week!

This week is Celebrate New Directions Week!   There are lots of special days and special events this week.  The schedule is below.

January 22nd: No School for Students - Staff development for teachers

January 23rd-BE Creative -Game Day (dress like game characters ie. Twister, Mario)

January 24th-BE Unique - Backwards Day

January 25th-BE Active - Activewear

January 26th-BE Adventurous - Camping Day (we'll be doing special camping activities at school)

                          

Curricular Updates:

Reading and Writing ~ We continue our fiction reading and our fiction writing. We are looking closely at what the characters are like on the inside in both areas.   

Math ~ We'll continue working on 2-digit subtraction.

Content ~ We continue to work on mixing and separating in science.

Don't forget...January is a big month for our school!  There are many informational events taking place to help others learn more about New Directions.  Please share these dates with anyone you think may be interested in hearing more about what a great place New Directions is for students to learn and grow!

Monday, January 22nd-10:00 AM-1:00 PM Open House for prospective families at New Directions

Thursday, February 1st-6:00-7:00 PM-Info Session at New Directions

Families can also call Mrs. Frischmann at 766-6116 to set up individual tours.

Have a great week!

Lisa

Wow! It is hard to believe that this Friday marks the end of the first semester! On Friday afternoon, teachers will be working on progress reports. The reports will be sent home at the end of the month.

A few upcoming events:

January 19th: Half Day for Students, 11:30 Dismissal; MAP test for math

January 22nd: No School for Students-Staff development for teachers

January 22nd-26th: Celebrate New Directions Week!

January 23rd-BE Creative -Game Day (dress like game characters ie. Twister, Mario)

January 24th-BE Unique - Backwards Day

January 25th-BE Active - Activewear

January 26th-BE Adventurous - Camping Day

                          

Your child received a Six Flags Six Hour Reading Program form last week. If your child reads six hours at home between now and February 21st, he/she will earn a free ticket to Six Flags to be used this summer. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Curricular updates:

Reading and Writing ~ We continue our fiction reading and our fiction writing. We are looking closely at what the characters are like on the inside in both areas. What are the character's motivations? Troubles? Heart's desires?

Math ~We are learning strategies to solve 2-digit subtraction. To start with, we are using ten sticks and ones to show why we ungroup and what happens when we ungroup.  From there we will learn numeric strategies to solve the 2-digit subtraction problems.

Content ~ We continue to work on mixing and separating in science.

Don't forget...January is a big month for our school!  There are many informational events taking place to help others learn more about New Directions.  Please share these dates with anyone you think may be interested in hearing more about what a great place New Directions is for students to learn and grow!

Tuesday, January 16th-6:00 -7:00 PM Info Session at New Directions

Monday, January 22nd-10:00 AM-1:00 PM Open House for prospective families at New Directions

Thursday, February 1st-6:00-7:00 PM-Info Session at New Directions

Families can also call Mrs. Frischmann at 766-6116 to set up individual tours.

Have a GREAT week!

Lisa

Whoa, what chilly temperatures we had this past week!  With indoor recess all week, we are all ready for some warmer temperatures so we can get outside! Please help your child to remember all their outdoor gear this week.

Upcoming Events:

January 19th: Half Day for Students, 11:30 Dismissal

January 22nd: No School for Students-Staff development for teachers

January 22nd-26th: Celebrate New Directions Week!

January 23rd-BE Creative -Game Day (dress like game characters ie. Twister, Mario)

January 24th-BE Unique-Backwards Day

January 25th-BE Active-Activewear

January 26th-BE Adventurous-Camping Day

A Little Bit in the Future:

February 27th-Music, Munchies and Masterpieces Family Night 6:00 PM- Students will be performing songs for families

May 10th-Second Grade Concert-6:30 PM

MAP testing dates:

Wednesday, January 10 - Reading MAP test - 8:15-9:25

Thursday, January 19- Math MAP test - 9:30-10:45

Curricular updates:

Reading and Writing ~ We are continuing to work with fiction in both reading and writing.  The students are learning ways that readers pay close attention to characters feelings, character traits and character changes.  In writing we are using our character to write a series fiction books and elaborating our stories by adding in dialogue, actions, thinking and setting. 

Math ~Unit 4 starts this week. Unit 4 involves more work with money, adding the quarter into the mix. This unit also introduces 2-digit subtraction. Students will learn many strategies for solving 2-digit subtraction problems. The standard algorithm will eventually be taught as well. 

Content ~ We are continuing to explore changes in science. We've been investigating mixing and separating solids, mixing solids and liquids and separating solids and liquid mixtures.

Don't forget...January is a big month for our school!  There are many informational events taking place to help others learn more about New Directions.  Please share these dates with anyone you think may be interested in hearing more about what a great place New Directions is for students to learn and grow!

Thursday, January 11th-5:30 PM District-Wide Info Session held at Tanner Early Learning Center

Tuesday, January 16th-6:00 -7:00 PM Info Session at New Directions

Monday, January 22nd-10:00 AM-1:00 PM Open House for prospective families at New Directions

Thursday, February 1st-6:00-7:00 PM-Info Session at New Directions

Families can also call Mrs. Frischmann at 766-6116 to set up individual tours.