FEBRUARY 20 - 24

*JUMP ROPE FOR HEART MONEY WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AT HIGHLAND!  WE RAISED OVER $7,000 FOR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION!

*NO SCHOOL MONDAY, 2/20!!

*YEARBOOK - $20 DUE BY 2/27. 

*READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK – 2/27 – 3/2……
2/27 – Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book –  pajama day
2/28 – The Cat in the Hat – hat day
2/29 – My Many Colored Days – wear lots of different colors
3/1 – Fox in Socks – mismatched sock day
3/2 – guest readers will visit classrooms


MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF :  February 20 - 24


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 2/24.
cheerful                visitor          slowly weekly         yearly         
teacher                 helper          hardly          graceful        quickly
fighter                   sailor            gardener       competitor    extremely
BONUS:  station, tightly, building, responsible, roar  
 


**English
We will learn about pronouns.

** Reading
  We will read the story “Fire Fighter”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be main idea/supporting details and text structure.

**Writing
We will write about firefighters and being responsible.

**Cursive
We will continue to write words using lower case letters.  We will learn the following capital letters:  S, K, T, and F.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.



**BOOK IT – FEBRUARY  GOAL – 250 MINUTES  - DUE 2/28.
FEBRUARY GOAL OF 250 MINUTES WILL BE DUE FEBRUARY 28.
For the next few months we will be participating in the Book It at-home reading program sponsored by Pizza Hut.  At the beginning of each month your child will be given a calendar with that month’s reading goal.  Your child will read the specified number of minutes, have the calendar signed by an adult, and return the calendar to school by the due date.  When the calendar is returned to school, I will give your child a coupon for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  Your child will also receive a 100% as a Book It reading grade.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in a 0% as a Book It reading grade


WELLS' MATH
This week we will learn:
*hundreds, tens, and ones
*problem solving strategy
*place value to 1,000
*read and write numbers to 1,000