1. 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
Phone: (704)
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
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