103- Weekly Updates (January 3-7, 2022)

Happy New Year! Dear Families of Room F1, We’re going to have a great upcoming week. Below is a short description of what’s coming up and important links and/or announcements: Watch These Announcements on Video Here Mr. Gray’s Class Podcast Class Website GATE/APAAS Update No School January 17th and 18th Winterbowl Registration (Flag Football) - Represent Santiago Hills- Tournament is January 29th Global School Play Day (Play all day)- Wednesday February 2nd Open House (Minimum Day)- February 17th 6-7pm No School February 18th and 21st (Teacher Work Day and President’s Day) Read Across America Day (Read all day)- Wednesday March 2nd Running Club Registration Multiplication and Division Facts Practice (Check your student’s progress report) Spelling Words - The kids will receive the words Tuesday, practice during the week, and take the quiz on Friday. Reader’s Workshop We are getting back into routines for Reader’s Workshop. The kids will be reading fiction books of their choosing. We will review and practice: choosing “just right” books (and lifting the level of the books we read), improving reading stamina, best practices of individual conferences, and group work time. Writer’s Workshop The kids will take time to organize and write about their experiences over the break. We will spend the next week on a creative writing mini-unit learning about the elements of stories (characters, setting, problem, and solution). We will also do our first spelling unit (link to spelling words for practice). The kids will receive the words Tuesday, practice during the week, and take the quiz on Friday. We will also start cursive. The kids will work in a practice book at school once a week. Math We will review multiplication and spend the next two weeks learning about area and perimeter as well as the similarities and differences between them.