1. Mrs. Kurth’s Classroom News February 15 th – 19 th, 2016

2. Dates to save: February 15 th : No School February 17 th : 101 st Day of 1 st grade (Dalmatian Day) February 17 th /18 th : Author Visit February 18 th : Pacer Anti-bully presentation February 19 th : Dress up as a book character February 27 th : Tiger Fun Fair

3. “I Love to Read” Logs We got off to a great start by reading a total of 2543 minutes! Way to go kids! You need to read at least 100 minutes a week to earn a ticket for the Reading Fair. Extra minutes beyond 100 help us with our school goal. Keep up the great reading and remember to turn in your second week’s minutes next Tuesday. Happy Reading!

4. Reading Carnival Volunteers Needed http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c 44aca62eaafa7-ilovetohttp://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c 44aca62eaafa7-iloveto We are looking for parents to help with the Reading Carnival. Could you help, March 4th? Here’s the schedule: 8:30-9:30 3rd grade 9:40-10:40 1st grade 10:45-11:45 2nd grade 12:00-1:00 Kindergarten 1:10-2:10 4th grade

5. I Love to Read Month February is I Love to Read month. We will be celebrating the fun of reading with many great activities throughout the month: –February 19th – Book Character Day –February 26th – Hippie Day –February 29th– Pajama Day to end “I Love to Read” Month

6. Mystery Readers You could join our love of reading in 1 st grade by being a mystery reader. A few days before you come to read, I will ask you to share 3 clues about yourself and/or your family (how many kids are in your family, what you like to do, trips you've taken, etc.) On the day of your visit, we will try to guess who it might be before enjoying the story you brought. If you are unable to read at the time listed but would really enjoy reading in our room, please send me an email and we'll find a time for you! Sign up using the link below: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4faaab2da4fe3- mysteryhttp://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4faaab2da4fe3- mystery

7. Author Visit Author and former teacher, Patrick Mader will be visiting our school February 16th and 17th for "I Love to Read" month. Our class will be able to chat with him the morning of the 16 th.

8. 101 st Day of School We will be celebrating the 101st day of school with some fun 101 Dalmatians activities. Your child is invited to wear black and white (like a Dalmatian) on Wednesday, February 17th. If you have an old, white shirt you could draw black spots on it with a sharpie. It should be a fun day!

9. Jump Rope for Heart Goal: –challenge kids to start living a healthy lifestyle now to prevent problems later –give them an opportunity to participate in a service learning project that funds the fight against heart diseases and stroke Register on our page http://jumphoops2016mwa.kintera.org/delanoesdelanomn http://jumphoops2016mwa.kintera.org/delanoesdelanomn

10. Tiger Fun Fair: DES PIE will host our annual Tiger Fun Fair on Saturday, February 27th from 4-8pm at the TAC. Games, inflatables, silent auction, food and lots of fun. Many volunteers are needed to make this event a success. Please consider signing up for a shift by following the link below: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0949a 5ab29a0f58-2016http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0949a 5ab29a0f58-2016

11. Outside Recess Even though it may be warming up, students will not be able to play in the snow if they do not have snow pants or mittens. Please send gloves/mittens and hats! Label everything!

12. We will celebrate your child’s birthday here at school If you decide to send store bought treats or goodies please send 24 of them. If it's a weekend day we will celebrate the Friday before or Monday after. We will also celebrate ½ birthdays. If this doesn’t work for you we can celebrate it in May. Please let me know which day you will choose if it falls on the weekend or holiday break. February Birthdays 12 th : Harrison ½ Birthdays: 8 th : Oak

13. Upcoming Academics: This will change each week!

14. Reading: Lesson 16 Main Story: Let’s Go to The Moon (Informational Text) and Mae Jemison (Biography) Word Wall Words: around, because, before, bring, carry, light, show, think Comprehension Strategy: Main Idea; Asking ?s Phonics: long o (CV, CVCe); long u (CVCe) Grammar: Identifying questions Writing: suffixes –y and –ful

15. Spelling Words: 14 words this week!! –so, go, no, bone, home, hole, joke, poke, rope, stove, chose, wrote, *think, *because (big elephants can always use small elephants) *Practice writing sentences with word wall words, words with –long vowel sounds, and vowel-consonant-e (VCE) word endings so your child will be prepared to write a sentence on the final test.

16. Long Vowel Sounds: We will continue to have a vowel-consonant-e pattern. We will begin to explore vowel pairs such as, ai, ay, ee, and ea. Please continue to help your child read the words and understand the spelling rule. Look for the spelling rule in other words you come across.

17. Math Concepts in this Unit: fact fluency, finding pattern rules, time and money Anticipated Homework: Monday: None Tuesday: None – FinishingTesting Wednesday: No Homework Thursday: 6.1 Friday: 6.2

18. More Math…. Here is the link if you need to reprint homework pages: http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/1st-grade/em-at- home/unit_6/http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/1st-grade/em-at- home/unit_6/ http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/1st-grade/em-at- home/unit_5/http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/1st-grade/em-at- home/unit_5/ Things you can practice at home if you are looking for additional ideas: -Number Stories -Addition Facts -Telling Time to the half hour and quarter hour -Find the value of coin combinations

20. Word of the Week Extra: Each week, your child can receive a sticker for their sticker book by writing down our special word/phrase of the week along with a parent signature. This word also helps me to know that you have seen the newsletter! They love stickers! Word of the week: Presidents’ Day

21. Family Journals Family Journals are due each Monday. Please find your child’s current entry and use the next empty page to complete your response to your child. I also encourage you to use the letter format to allow your child to see and experience that format.

22. General Homework Expectations Mondays: Spelling words and word wall words will come home (practice these words to be ready for the spelling test on Friday Wednesdays: Wednesday work: students complete the comprehension page as well as practice reading the words on the opposite side. When you feel your child is confident in knowing the words and has completed the comprehension page, please return it to the classroom. It is due by the following Tuesday at the latest. Monday through Friday: Math homework will be sent home each day, except Wednesdays. I expect each page to come back the following day.

23. Volunteering Sign Up With Students http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4faaab2da4fe3- volunteer Sign Up Without Students www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0C4FAAAB2DA4FE3- volunteer2

24. Volunteering The media center is also looking for volunteers to help shelve books. In the past, some parents have volunteered in the library right before coming to our room to volunteer. Please contact them beforehand to see if they have an available opening. Thank you for ALL your help! We couldn’t do it without you!!!

25. Digital Days Day of the Week Digital DaySpecialistImportant Reminders Monday4Computer & Phy. Ed.Wear Tennis Shoes Tuesday5Music Wednesday1P.E.Wear Tennis Shoes Thursday2Music Friday3Media & ComputerSend library books

26. Contact Information Angie Kurth 1 st GradeTeacher – rm. 102 763-972-6200 ext.4102, angie.kurth@delanoschools.org angie.kurth@delanoschools.org Classroom Website/Blog: http://www.delano.k12.mn.us/elementary- school/gradesstaff/first-grade/mrs-kurth