Week in Review, February 5-7, 2024

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Happy Lunar New Year to you and your family! 

We had a short, but super fun week! We celebrated Groundhogs Day (he didn't see his shadow and spring will come early), the 100th Day of School and the Lunar New Year. When we come back from Chinese New Year we will be celebrating Valentine's Day and the SAS Festival of Reading with special author guests, DEAR events (drop everything and read), and special dress up days. 

In Writing, we continued writing "All About" books (Nonfiction) and learned how to add a table of contents, captions, and diagrams to our writing. 

In Reading, we read about and learned the parts of a flower. We will use this knowledge to assist our learning in our STEAM Lab next week. We also did some reading on our Nonfiction writing topic. We want to be an expert so we can turn and teach our friends through our writing. 

In Word Study, we reviewed patterns in word endings. We reviewed that the vowel would be long in one syllable words ending in "st", "ld" or "ld." We also reviewed the two sounds of "y" at the end of words and the "le" combination at the end of two syllable words. Please review these rules and the heart words "both", "four", "fourth", "forty" and "people." 

In Math, we had a Center Day, reviewed for our math assessment, took our Unit 4 Assessment, and enjoyed some 100th Day Math. Please watch for assessments coming home next week in your child's zippy.

We also learned about the Lunar New Year. We learned about the Great Race, that resulted in the Chinese Zodiac Calendar, and the Legend of Nian. We also watched a Dragon Dance and Lion Dance on the SAS playground. We had a New Year snack of fried dough twist (reunion), caramel treats (sweetness & good fortune), oranges (gold & wealth), and Korean sujeonggwa (traditional cinnamon and ginger punch). We also made a Lunar New Year craft. Thank you parents for your help with our classroom celebration! Review this video in preparation of your home celebration. 

Upcoming Events:

*We will be in the Keyboarding Lab Feb. 6-19. Students are welcome to bring their private lesson piano books/pieces to school on Music days.

• February 8-12-No School! Chinese New Year!
• February 14-Valentine's Day! 
• Valentine's Day dress (red, pink, hearts, etc.) 
• Bring cards to give to your classmates. 
• A PM snack will be provided. 
• February 15-Last Swim for PE!
• February 16-Treats for Amaira's 1/2 Birthday during PM snack. 
• February 19-23-Festival of Reading Week! We will be having guest authors Zoom in with us during our Morning Meetings. 

• February 21-Curl Up and Read Pajama Day for Festival of Reading!
• February 23-Book Character Dress Up Day for Festival of Reading!
• Last day for Season 2 EAA.
• February 26-Late Start (10:00).