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reading. They can connect the text to something in their own life(TEXT TO SELF), to another text(TEXT TO TEXT), to the world (TEXT TO WORLD) or to something they have seen on TV, a video, or movie(TEXT TO WORLD). When working on phrasing and prosody(fluency AND expression), you might want to model what this looks like and then have your child ECHO or COPYCAT your reading. This will support your childs growth in reading fluently!

BE Respectful, BE Responsible, BE Fair-Minded

Mrs. Brinkman jody.brinkman@thompsonschools.org 679-9531 Mrs. Saya janelle.saya@thompsonschools.org 679-9530 Mrs. Workman- melissa.workman@thompsonschool.org 679-9548

Homework
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yours, please let us know and we will send another one home. We will be eating in the classroom on Thursday next week to reward those students that have completed their homework AND turned it in on time. Please be sure that your childs homework is: 1. COMPLETEthis means that

Reading
This week in reading we continued working on Making Connections and Using punctuation to help with phrasing and reading with prosody. While reading with your child, stop and ask him/her if he/she is making any connections to the text. These connections help your child with understanding what they are

BOTH sides need to be finished. 2. SIGNEDparents must sign the homework in order for you child to eat lunch in the classroom.
****** Februarys Homework is in your childs VIP Folder today!******

Math We continue to work on collecting, organizing, analyzing and sharing data in math. We are also continuing to use the QUEST acronym to help us solve story problems. QQUESTION UUNDERSTAND EEQUATION SSOLVE TTell the answer in a complete sentence. WRITING
In writing, we are working on writing Topic Sentences that KNOCK OUR SOCKS OFF! Your child is working on writng a We are paragraph about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his impact on our country! working hard on taking our writing from GOOD to GREAT! Ask your child what they have learned.

STAR OF THE WEEK

Saya..Rian Eberhardt BrinkmanMorgan Meisner WorkmanMadi Kaveny

MARK YOUR CALENDARS February 1st Schools On The Move Begins February 10th 6:00-8:00 Sweetheart Supper and Silent Auction February 14th HEART HEALTHY HALL HOP (Room Moms will be contacting you soon regarding this CELEBRATION!)

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE WE NEED YOUR HELP!! After a great field trip to the Larimer Recycling Center, we are super excited about all that we can do to encourage recycling at Ponderosa! We would like for you to help us by recycling items from these 4 categories: y y y y Plastic Paper Metal Glass

CANS FOR CASH!!!!!

Part of our service learning project in 1st grade will be to recycle cans in order to generate monies to support a charity, country or cause. We are still exploring options for our donation, but would like to start the recycling NOW!! So start bringing in those ALUMINUM cans!! *NOTE.. please continue to collect any cans that might be inappropriate for school, as we will find a time to turn them in outside of the school day.

Please send in appropriate, clean items to help with our learning at school. RECYCLING BINS NEEDED!
If you have any recycling bins that you are not using and would like to donate to the school, we would REALLY appreciate it! Please send in the bins ASAP! Thanks so much! for your support!

HEALTH AND WELLNESS SCHOOLS ON THE MOVE CALENDARS will be coming home next week. We are shooting for 100% participation. So lets GET MOVIN during February!

Sweetheart Supper and Basket Auction

Mark your calendars for our 2nd Annual Sweetheart Supper! We will be hosting this dinner at PES on Friday, February 10th. This is a great opportunity to get to know our community and raise money for our school and students! Be sure to check your childs VIP folder for his/her classroom basket theme. Brinkman: Childrens Books Workman: Scrapbooking Saya: Denver Broncos