Campfire News Around the Campfire Week of February 11-15 Camp Spanish Phrase of the Week is: Amistad (friendship) Inquiry into Math: This week, we will be adding and subtracting a ten to both a one and two-digit number. Inquiry into Literacy: This week we will be celebrating our 100th Day stories, along with a stories of friendship, specifically Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink by Diana DeGroat. Students will practice making predictions, sequencing with beginning, middle, end as well as making text-self connections. Letterland Unit 18: Children learn the soft sounds of c /s/ and g /j/ when followed by e. They use Magic e with Mr. U (Example: nice, cage, and cute). Writer’s Workshop: We will write about a time when we did something nice for someone else just as Gilbert, our story’s main character did when he wrote nice cards for his classmates. Inquiry into Science: We will continue our next big unit of study, where we will explore Forces and Motion. Inquiry into Social Studies: We will continue our Geography unit. We will take a look at the basic elements of geographic representations using maps (cardinal directions and map symbols). Week of February 11-15 Camp First Grade Email: www.iss.k12.nc.us/coddlecreek Phone: (704) 439-4077 Around the Campfire It is that time of year!!! Colds, viruses and flu are all around us! We appreciate you keeping your child at home if they are not well enough to be at school! According to Punxsutawney Phil  spring is just around the corner…so hopefully these germs will be leaving town soon!!! PYP Corner Our Current Unit of Study: How We Express Ourselves Central Idea:  Expression of Culture grows our appreciation of others Lines of Inquiry: Beliefs and values that define a community/Features and characteristics of celebrations/Relationships between celebration and culture Learner Profile: Principled Attitude: Integrity Let’s Take Action: Mark your calendars!!! February 20th is our next Charity Day. Students are encouraged to pay $1 to dress like a superhero! All money collected will go to support Autism research! Upcoming Dates Feb. 13: Math Fair/100th Day of School Feb. 14: Valentine’s Day Feb. 15: Spirit Day-Favorite Sports Jersey Day Feb. 20: Support Autism-Pay $1 to Dress Like a Superhero Feb. 22: Box-Top Collection/ CCIB Shirt Day Feb. 26: Progress Reports sent home Feb. 27: Early Release Day Created by Teaching Kids 1st