February



Newsletter for February 2018 = Important Dates & Reminders = Please have your child wear their gym shoes to school on their gym days
 * [[image:tenpenny/dont_forget.jpg width="73" height="67" align="left"]]Gym Class**
 * Tuesday and Friday**

Be sure to email your top 3 choices- include **bag __numbers__** in your email please.
 * [[image:tenpenny/toy bag.jpg width="64" height="68" align="left"]] 4K Literacy Bag Checkout weeks**
 * February 5th- 9th**
 * February 19th- 23rd**
 * February 26th- March 2nd**

Watch for information from our room moms regarding party details.
 * [[image:tenpenny/valentine.gif width="77" height="74" align="left"]]St. Valentine's Day Party**
 * Tuesday, February 13th.**
 * When making valentines, please have your child sign only their name (do not address any to friends by name)**



The 4K am class will attend the 9:00 all school mass at the North Church.
 * Ash Wednesday Mass [[image:IMG_4087.JPG width="360" height="480" align="right" caption="Playing with snow...inside!"]]**
 * Wednesday, February 14th.**




 * February is Dental Health Month!**
 * Visit from Dr. Kwiatkowski's Office**
 * Date: TBD **


 * No School**
 * Friday, February 16th- teacher inservice**

No February Birthdays
 * Happy Birthday To You...**

The following dates are coming up and we thought you may want some advanced notice. Spring Break- March 30th- April 6th. School resumes on Monday April 9th.
 * [[image:tenpenny/stardict_hi.png width="77" height="77" align="left"]]Important Future Dates**
 * More details will follow closer to the event.**

= From The Teacher's Desk = I just want to comment on how great the month of January was! We worked on a lot of new skills during our winter unit and our space unit has been a BLAST!! I cannot believe how much the children learned and remembered from all the non-fiction books we read about space. We have a fun month of February planned with Catholic Schools Week activities, a St.Valentine's Day party, and a unit on the Olympics- with a E.C. parade and winter games! The following is the format for my newsletters each month. Each important area is hi-lighted, with the individual skills we will focus on listed below. Our classroom themes for this month are Catholic Schools week, Valentines, Friends, Dental Health, and the Olympics. = = = Literacy = = Math =
 * Using listening skills to identify rhymes, repetitive language, and patterns of language.
 * Practice asking "Wh" questions to clarify understanding.
 * Practice with identification, the sounds and writing the letters- A, T, I and J.
 * Drawing and dramatizing parts of a story.
 * Practice with one-to-one correspondence
 * Interpreting graphs by telling most/least and equal.
 * Practice counting by 10's to 100
 * Practice writing numerals 1-10

= Science =


 * Trying a simple "ramp" experiment, and recording what happens.
 * Discovering that sand takes the shape of the container it is in.
 * Experimenting with magnets
 * Primary color mixing

= Religion =
 * Learning about how Jesus taught us to love one another.
 * Practice prayers
 * Learning about LENT and making our "Good Deed Beads".

= Fine Motor Skills =
 * Using different materials/activities to strengthen our fine motor skills, such as:
 * Using different Handwriting Without Tears materials to practice making letters.
 * Using and forming Wiki Sticks to make letters, numbers, and shapes.
 * Using the iPads to play simple educational games.