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Hello!

February is almost over and we cannot believe it!

We really enjoyed the field trip to the children's theatre on Tuesday. We saw Little Red Riding Hood...Cajun Style! We even got to read the book the next day and journal about our experience.

Literacy:
We started learning about short vowels this week. We have learned several songs to help us remember the short vowels and practiced spelling/reading words with short vowels. We focused on the short vowel "a" this week. Words like cat, apple, bat, math and mat are all words with short vowel "a". This is a hard concept but we are catching on! We will also be learning a new site word on Friday. That new word is does! Look for this word this weekend. We are going to enjoy our last day or writing how to books this week too! On to the next writing unit next week.

Math:
We learned about another object that we can do range cards with this week...lima beans! We are still working on range cards each week and we are really starting to become quick with addition facts because of this. We are also still studying 2d and 3d shapes. Making shapes with geo boards (rubber bands and peg boards) and marshmallows/toothpicks are just some of the fun things that we are doing to learn about shapes! Counting sides, vertices and comparing shapes to each other are all goals for this new math unit. Comparing shapes and verbalizing how they are the same/different is the hardest part!

Science:
Our science experiment this week has been interesting! We put white carnations in colored water on Monday. They have not changed one bit! We are going to add some more food coloring tomorrow to see if that makes any difference. We love coming in each morning and rushing over to see if anything new has happened. We are learning the steps of a science experiment as well as how to make predications.

Author in Me!
We are studying Dr. Seuss for the next two weeks! We will be learning all about who he is and we will be reading lots of his books. On Monday March 3rd we are having "Kid in a Hat" day in honor of the book Cat in the Hat. Your child can wear a hat to school on Monday to celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday which is March 2nd.

Thank you for donating supplies so that our Dr. Seuss unit is fun and exciting!

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Have a sunny, happy weekend!
Hugs,
Mrs. Schultz