Friday February 9th

Updates/Important Information:

-No school on Thursday February 15th or Friday February 16th

-Conferences are the end of March

-Have your child return their Home Reading folders when they are ready for a new book

-Blue Folders sent home today:  You child took home the blue communication folder that was shared in the EHS Connect.  They have a sample of writing and a handout with "2 Stars and a Wish" (2 things your child feels they do well and one "wish" or an area they want/need to improve in).  All students were given 10 minutes of discussion time, 10 minutes to "plan" their ideas with pictures and 20 minutes only to write.  Please review both handouts with your child and then return just the folder to school school.  Let us know if you have any questions.

-We will be exchanging Valentines cards on Wednesday next week.  Please see the blog for more information.  Each child brought home a list of student names this week.  We ask that food/treats are not brought to school due to allergies, personal preferences, etc.

-Grade 1 Math Group: focused on adding as joining together 2 groups of objects, pictures, etc.  They also focused on word problems that involve addition of numbers up to 20.

-Grade 2 Math Group: focused on addition with 3 addends and addition/subtraction of a 2 digit number and a 1 digit number.  For example, solving 64+3, 64-4, 10+5+5, how can we solve these equations?  (hint: making groups of ten, making ten, using place value, counting up, counting back, finding patterns in numbers)

-Thursday February 8th was our last day for literacy groups.  We will start up with new groups in 2 weeks.  Ask your child what they did in their group and who their teacher was.

Have a fantastic weekend!