Week of January 14-18, 2013

Hello Room 4 families,
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a relaxing, enjoyable holiday with your families. We are back to work in room 4. The kids really didn't miss a beat this week as they got back into our routines.

Important dates:
Wednesday, January 16: Open enrollment tour for prospective students, 9am. Please let friends who are interested in learning more about Phoebe Hearst know.
Monday, January 21: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; no school
Friday, January 25: free dress day
Friday, February 8: PTO Family Dance, 6-8 pm

Language Arts:
This week we are continuing our unit on the wind. We will be focusing on the sounds of /h/, /t/, and short o. The kids will be listening for, writing, and reading words with these sounds.
New high frequency words: like and too.
We will be writing paragraphs about what we would do if we lived in a snow globe.

Math:
This week we will finish the chapter on numbers 11-20. We will work on counting to, writing, and comparing numbers 11-20.
We continue to review past concepts during Board Math

Science:
We are continuing our unit on animals. We will be comparing and contrasting different animals, talking about animal habitats, and learning about parts of insects.

If you would like to volunteer during our centers time from 8:10-8:50, we still need 3 more volunteers: one for Tuesdays, one for Wednesdays, and one for Thursdays.

Thanks, parents, for everything you do! Please email me at carrie-relles@scusd.edu if you have any questions or concerns.