Important Dates & Reminders

• Please practice shoe tying at home
• Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday -  January 15 - no school
• Quarter ends, early release - January 25
• Teacher work day - January 26 - no school for students

What are we learning?

Language Arts

• Develop vocabulary by listening to and reading a variety of poems. 
• Ask and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about what is read. 
• Identify the theme of poems. 
• Read and reread familiar stories and poems with fluency, accuracy, and meaningful

Math

• Revisit counting forward orally by ones to 110, starting at any number between 0 and 110
• Write the numbers 0 to 110 in and out of order. 
• Count backward out loud by ones when given any number.
• Count forward by ones, twos, fives, and tens

Science

• Demonstrate an understanding of scientific and engineering practices.
• Investigate and understand that objects can move in different ways.
• Investigate and understand that animals, including humans, have basic life needs that allow them to survive.
• Investigate and understand that there are weather and seasonal changes.

Social Studies

• Develop map skills
•  recognizing map symbols including land, water, cities, roads, etc.
•  use cardinal directions on maps 
•  Read/create a simple map that include a title, and a  map legend

Questions to ask your child at home.

• How were you a strong communicator today? 
• What is one thing you learned in school today?
• How did you collaborate at school ?