Maps!

We had a great program by the Stamford Museum. We learned about geography and also made a map of Connecticut. We learned that there are 3 big rivers in our state that all flow into the Long Iskand Sound. 

Peek at the Week of January 18-22

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, January 18		Martin Luther King Day No School
Tuesday, January 19	C Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC 9-10
Wednesday, January 20	D Day Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Writing: Cafeteria Letter (persuasive writing)
Thursday, January 21	E Day Spanish	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC 11-12
Friday January 22	F Day Library	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

CAPTAIN

It’s Rafi’s turn this week!

WELCOME TO MISS DENNEN

Kathryn Dennen is one of the interns at Ox Ridge School this year.  Kathryn will be doing her student-teaching with your child’s first grade class!  Kathryn will begin on Tuesday, January 19^th and will be working in our room for a few months.  The kids are very excited to have Miss Dennen working with us! We will have to get used to

UPCOMING DATES

January 18:  MLK Day No school

January 19: Scholastic Book Orders due

January 22: Nature Center $4.50 due (letter went home last Wednesday)

January 28: Winter Board Game Day

February 5: Spirit Day—Superbowl—dress in sports jersey/sweatshirts

February 8:  Day 100 Dress up like a 100 year old! (memo went home last Monday stapled to the newsletter)

February 12: Valentine’s Day—wear red/pink/purple

February 15-19:  Winter Break

Mystery reader

CK was so happy to have both his parents come in today!

Collections

We used our collections as a way to generate topics for Writing Workshop. Here are a few!

Peek at the Week of January 11-15

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, January 11	D Day Music	1. Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Reader Response:  Choose 1
Tuesday, January 12	E Day Spanish	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC page 5-6
Wednesday, January 13	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Writing: Blue and White Journals
Thursday, January 14	A Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC page 7-8
Friday January 15	B Day Art & Music	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

CAPTAIN

It’s Quin’s turn this week!

NEW YEAR

In 2015 our classroom goal word was “automatic”.  This was the word we used to become more independent with things like unpacking, packing, writing our names on paper, etc.  In 2016 our new goal word is “careful”.  This means working carefully in all areas of our school day.  This can mean different things in different subjects.  For example, in math, working carefully means checking to make sure numbers are written correctly and checking our answers.  In writing being careful means checking for capital letters at the beginning of every sentence.

UPCOMING DATES

January 18:  MLK Day No school

January 19: Scholastic Book Orderd due

January 28: Winter Game Day

February 5: Spirit Day—Superbowl—dress in sports jersey/sweatshirts

February 12: Valentine’s Day—wear red/pink/purple

February 15-19:  Winter Break

Peek at the Week of January 4-8

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, January 4	E Day Spanish	1. Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Reader Response:  Choose 1
Tuesday, January 5	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC page 1-2
Wednesday, January 6	A Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Writing: Blue and White Journals
Thursday, January 7	B Day Art & Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC page 3-4
Friday January 8	C Day Gym	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

Happy New Year-----Welcome back!

CAPTAIN

It’s Tessa’s turn again!  We are on our second round!

ACADEMIC UPDATE

The business of the holiday season is behind us and it’s a great time to refocus on our school work.  This will mean setting some new goals and starting some new units of study. 

*Math Workshop: We will begin Unit 4 of the Investigations program.  This unit focused on data analysis.  The unit is divided into three sections:

Sorting

Collection & Representing Data

Comparing Age Data

*Reading Workshop:  Our new unit is called “Getting to Know Characters”.  During this unit we will take a deeper look at the characters in our books. We will learn about character traits, make connections to characters, and

*Writing Workshop: Our next unit of study is called “Writing Reviews”.  This is persuasive writing.  We will learn about using details to support our opinions.  During this unit we will write reviews of books, movies, restaurants, games, etc.  We will launch this unit by writing about collections.  There is a green paper attached to this newsletter explaining our collection ‘show & tell’.

Peek at the Week January 4-8

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, January 4	E Day Spanish	1. Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Reader Response:  Choose 1
Tuesday, January 5	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC page 1-2
Wednesday, January 6	A Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Writing: Blue and White Journals
Thursday, January 7	B Day Art & Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC page 3-4
Friday January 8	C Day Gym	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

Happy New Year-----Welcome back!

CAPTAIN

It’s Tessa’s turn again!  We are on our second round!

ACADEMIC UPDATE

The business of the holiday season is behind us and it’s a great time to refocus on our school work.  This will mean setting some new goals and starting some new units of study. 

*Math Workshop: We will begin Unit 4 of the Investigations program.  This unit focused on data analysis.  The unit is divided into three sections:

Sorting

Collection & Representing Data

Comparing Age Data

*Reading Workshop:  Our new unit is called “Getting to Know Characters”.  During this unit we will take a deeper look at the characters in our books. We will learn about character traits, make connections to characters, and

*Writing Workshop: Our next unit of study is called “Writing Reviews”.  This is persuasive writing.  We will learn about using details to support our opinions.  During this unit we will write reviews of books, movies, restaurants, games, etc.  We will launch this unit by writing about collections.  There is a green paper attached to this newsletter explaining our collection ‘show & tell’.