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Week of February 20- February 23, 2016

Monday, February 20^th – President’s Day  School Holiday

Thursday, February 23^rd – Kindergarten Round Up at 12:25 pm for parents of children entering kindergarten in the fall of 2017.  Please pass the word to your friends and neighbors!

Friday, February 24th - All kindergarten classes will be demonstrating their square dancing skills in the gym at 12:35 pm. Come and enjoy dancing with your little cowboy or cowgirl! Everyone can wear their western clothes to celebrate GO TEXAN DAY at Rummel Creek. (Note: if your cowboy/cowgirl wears boots, please send an extra pair of shoes for playing on the playground.)  There will be time to take photos with your child following their dances.

Thanks to all who attended the Auction last weekend!  We are so thankful for all the ways families support our school.  PTA is offering everyone the chance to buy unsold items or spots for parties.  Click here to see what fun things are still available to purchase.

Theme: Finish Presidents and begin TEXAS

Reading:  We’re doing some assessment of skills to see where we need to focus in our reading groups as we press toward the end of the year. As decoding improves, we spend more time on comprehension of text.  Keep reading home readers and ask your child to tell you details from the beginning, middle, and end of the story.  Remember to send book bags back each MONDAY.

Writing:  More letter writing, as well as non-fiction writing about Abe Lincoln and George Washington

Word Wall Words:  REVIEW: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black, my, is, to, like, can, see, go, the, in, it, all, me, and, big, has, on, we, but, look, at, little, for, he, said, was, not, she, this, come, you, are, get, some, with, will, have, went

NEW WORDS: saw, so

Word Study:    No new word families.  We will review all short vowel sounds. 

Math: We will be identifying finding the value of and comparing attributes of coins.

Science: We will wrap up our exploration of soil.

Social Studies:  Presidents Abraham Lincoln and George Washington; starting Texas at the end of the week.

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

·                Tuesday:  Practice your short vowel sounds.  Can you make a list of 5 words for each vowel?

·                Wednesday:  Write a letter to someone you love…don’t forget the date, greeting, body, closing, and signature!

·                Thursday:  Find Abe Lincoln on the penny.  Flip your penny 10 times   and record using tally marks how many times you got heads and how many times you got tails.

Friday:  Pack up your library books and practice your home reader