January 15th

Hello!
Let it snow! It was a fun day at recess with all the new snow! At our assembly last week we picked themes for our door decorating for NDLC Week. Our them is BE WRITERS. It will be fun getting it decorated this week! Each class also took on a challenge to make our school a better place. We are working on following the Golden Rule.

Don't forget...January is a big month for our school!  There are many informational events taking place to help others learn more about New Directions.  Please share these dates with anyone you think may be interested in learning more about what a great place New Directions is for students to learn and grow!
Thursday, January 11th-5:30 PM District-Wide Info Session held at Tanner Early Learning Center
Tuesday, January 16th-6:00 -7:00 PM Info Session at New Directions
Monday, January 22nd-10:00 AM-1:00 PM Open House for prospective families at New Directions
Thursday, February 1st-6:00-7:00 PM-Info Session at New Directions
Families can also call Mrs. Frischmann at 766-6116 to set up individual tours.
January 19th: ½ Day for Students and Yearbook Orders due
January 22nd: No School for Students
January 23rd: Art Family Night
January 25th: Jump Rope for Heart Family Night

Reading: This week in reading we are working on reading our stories fluently. This means paying attention to end marks, changing our voice to match the characters, and reading with feeling. We will also be paying attention to dialogue in the story and see how parts of the book have the narrator setting up the story and how some parts are the characters talking. We will also be starting up book clubs to really get to know some of our favorite characters!
Writing: Students are bringing green  writing folders home today. We are asking students to decorate their folders with pictures (photos or magazines) or drawings/words of things they know alot about that they could review as part of our opinion writing. This could include movies, toys, games, places, restaurants, books...anything your child has experience with that he or she could write a review about. Please return folders by Wednesday, January 17th. Let me know if you have any questions.
Word Study: This week in word study we are working on adding the suffix s to words and our new trick words will be where, there, and here.

Math: This week in math we are working on understanding tens and ones.  We will represent 2 digit numbers as tens (sticks) and ones (circles).  We will also read and write number words this week.  We will end the week with adding 1-digit number to a 2-digit number.  
Content: Today we talked about Martin Luther King Jr. and wrote about our dreams for the world. In science we will talk about what makes day and night.

Let me know if you have any questions.

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