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February 21 - 27

LANGUAGE ARTS:
Phonics: We will work on rhyming words, utilizing context clues, venn diagrams, homophones, and other various concepts themed with Dr. Seuss week. 

Assessment: No assessment

Spelling: Spelling list 16 test will be on Friday, March 6th.

far, much, play, gave, upon, after, handy, dribble, spell, shapeless, *says, *should

  1. Six friends came to my slumber party.

  2. We stayed up until three.

Foundations and Frameworks: 

We will be in the unit of Story Structure and work on it throughout February.


MATH: We will be working on coins, counting, math riddles, and other various concepts themed with Dr. Seuss week.

Assessment: Fact test will be on March 6th. Unit 7 test will be on April 9th & 10th.


SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES: We will be doing many activities that will incorporate Dr. Seuss. We will continue our unit on Earth’s Surface in science. In social studies, we will continue our unit on North America.

Weekly Memory Work: Oh the Places You’ll Go 

Oh The Places You’ll Go

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.


REMINDERS:

  1. February 23-27- Dr. Seuss Week

  2. February 27- Dr. Seuss Party

  3. March 17-20- Book Fair & Art Show

  4. March 20- Grandparent’s Day - ½ day

  5. March 25- Class Pictures

  6. March 27- Easter Party

  7. March 30-April 6- Spring Break

  8. April 7- School Resumes

  9. SAVE THE DATE for this field trip: April 17th to the Knoxville Zoo (all day, siblings, extra family may attend) - parent drivers. 

  10. A reminder that neatness and returning homework on time are two skills noted on the first-grade report card, as mentioned at the August parent intro conferences. 

  11. Please help your child unload their homework folder and allow them to read to you each night for 10-15 minutes. 

  12. Snacks: A healthy snack may be sent each day. No cookies, potato chips, or candy, please!



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Dr. Seuss Week

Week of February 23rd-February 27th

We will be celebrating Dr. Seuss this week in honor of his birthday. 

*Attire info noted with each day 

Monday – “The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins” – Today is the day you may wear a hat to school.- It can be awesome or it can be cool. 

(*full uniform aside from hat)


Tuesday – “The Cat in the Hat” and other Seuss favorites.

Thing 1 and Thing 2 have hair that’s blue, but their clothes are red so you need to wear red too. 

(*Please wear the purchased red “Thing” shirt today with civilian bottoms.)


Wednesday – “Wacky Wednesday” – Your child must dress WACKY!!!  Almost anything goes – hair, shoes, and clothes – don’t match – wild, different colors – you get the idea!!! 

(*no uniform-total wackiness from head to toe!)


Thursday – “How Many Kinds of Feet Will We Meet?” What will you wear on your feet today? Will your feet dress in a normal and crazy way? Clown feet, pig feet, fuzzy fur feet, we can’t wait to greet all the feet we meet. (*full uniform aside from fun socks/shoes)


Friday – “Happy Birthday to You” – I wish we could do what they do in Katroo. They sure know how to say “Happy Birthday to you!” So wear your party clothes so we can get loose and say “Happy Birthday!” to our dear Dr. Seuss. (*no uniform-total Seuss attire from head to toe - may re-wear the “Thing” shirt)