We have an exciting week ahead of us!  On Tuesday, we will travel to Camp Crystal.  We will go on a nature walk and visit three different habitats.  This is always an excellent field trip, and I am looking forward to experiencing it with this sweet group of children.  I sent a map home to each chaperone, but if you’d like to follow the bus, please be in the bus loop by 8:00.  We are going to have a wonderful trip!

Here’s a glance at our upcoming week:

Language Arts: In Language Arts, we’re beginning our second week of Unit 2.  We’ve been learning about using context clues to gather a deeper understanding of what we read.  This week, we’re learning how to use clue words (first, next, then, last, etc.) to figure out how to sequence a story in order.  As you read with your child, please help him/her to pay attention to important words that will help him/her better understand the meaning of the text, and please help your child to pay attention to the order of the events in the story.

• We are in need of two more volunteers!  We need one volunteer to help on Wednesdays with our Literacy Work Stations.  We need another volunteer to help with fluency checks either on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.  If you are interested, please send me an email (herrerrc@gm.sbac.edu).  Thank you!!!

Math: In Math, we took our Big Idea I test last week, and the kids did very well!  At home, please continue to help your child practice counting through the thousands, because that’s a skill the kids need to remember as the year continues.  This week, we’re beginning to learn about addition and subtraction strategies.  I encourage you to practice math facts (basic addition and subtraction problems) with your kids at home, to help those math problems to become automatic.  If you would like some math fact games to play with your kids, please let me know and I’d be happy to send some home.

Science: We are ending our Habitats unit with our Camp Crystal field trip.  We have also already begun our Life Cycles unit.  In this unit, we will be learning about plant and animal life cycles, and our human body systems.  This is a fun unit, and we are looking forward to it!

We are excited to have another wonderful week!  I look forward to seeing many of you for our Camp Crystal field trip on Tuesday!!!