1. Weekly Newsletter : February 24 th – February 28 th MondayTuesda y Wednes day Thursd ay Friday Running Club, 8:15  Behavior Note Running Club, 8:15  Behavior Note Dolphin Dash Kick-Off Assembly  Behavior Note Homework Week at a Glance Name : _______________________ Spelling Pattern Words Weekly Vocabulary Words Read Aloud: Amos and Boris immensely luminous Indivi dual Sight Words 1. _________________________ 2. _________________________ 3. _________________________ 4. _________________________ 5. _________________________ MondayTuesdayWednesda y Thursday  Read for 15 minutes  Spelling Pattern/Sight Word Practice  Read for 15 minutes  Math: At Home Number Scavenger Hunt  Read for 15 minutes  Spelling Pattern/Sight Word Practice  Read for 15 minutes  Math: Building Numbers Parent initials _____ Parent initials ____ Parent initials _____ Comprehension Focus : Discuss the character actions in the stories you read. How do these actions influence the outcome of the story? bake rain say play Pattern: Review all long vowel patterns night kite pie fly sleep eat honey body soap snow hope spoke glue suit food chew

2. Parent Informatio n Greetings Parents! This Friday, we will have an assembly to kick off our Dolphin Dash! This year’s Dash will be a lot of fun. Please encourage your child to make a goal for the Dash, and talk about how we can plan to accomplish our goals. Thank you! Living the Dolphin Way Living the Dolphin way is doing the right thing, even when no one is looking. Thank you for helping your child live the Dolphin Way at home and at school! Thank You! Thank you to my volunteers! Wish List: We are in need of the following items – *Ticonderoga Pencils (Thank you to the Kinsella family for your donation!) *Clorox wipes Important Dates and Reminders: 2/28: Dolphin Dash Kick-Off Assembly 3/7: Razzle Bam Boom Assembly 3/12: LCM Jog-A-Thon 3/14, 3/21: Friday Flag 3/21: Movie Night 3/27: Open House 3/31-4/4: Spring Break Learning Goals: Word Work: Students will review all of the ways to make long vowel sounds. Reading: Students will practice retelling the stories they read through discussion of the setting, characters, problem, character actions, and solution in the story. Math: Students will practice building numbers and identifying tens and ones within a number. Writing: Students will continue to practice writing informational and opinion paragraphs. Social Studies: Students will learn about significant figures in America’s history. Science: Students will begin an investigation into habitats across the globe.

3. Number Scavenger Hunt ! Directions: Search your house for numbers! Fill the box below with as many numbers as you can find (but at least ten). Challenge: Can you use different colors for one-digit and two-digit numbers?

4. Building Numbers Directions: Choose 3 numbers from your scavenger hunt. Write the number, then build the number by drawing tens and ones below. NumberTensOnes NumberTensOnes NumberTensOnes Challenge: Write what you notice about tens and ones, and how they relate to the written number.