Reminders:
<ul>
	<li>The green and white Ray School folder will come home only on Fridays full of notes for you to read.  Please read and respond appropriately.  Send the folder back on Monday.  This is a good way to send lunch money as well.</li>
	<li>The red folder will come home Monday with homework.  Please work on it a little bit at a time each day with your child and return in on Friday. </li>
	<li>Please send lunch/milk money for the week on Mondays.</li>
	<li><span style="text-decoration: underline">February is snack month for girls</span>.  Please send in a healthy snack, enough for 25 students.  We do have a peanut allergy so please be careful in choosing your snack.</li>
	<li>March will be snack month for boys.</li>
	<li>Ms. Travis Traveling Library books (in clear bag) come home on Wednesdays and should be returned Tuesdays.</li>
	<li>Library books (in the green bag) are chosen by the student and should be returned on Fridays.</li>
</ul>
Remember that school starts at 9:00.  A school wide “contest” has begun in which the class with the best on-time attendance will win a pizza party.  Let’s give it our best shot.

Valentine’s Day is approaching.  We will have our party on Wednesday, February 10 at 2:30.  We have 25 students in the class.  A simple way to this is to have each child sign his/her name but leave the “To:” part blank.  Please make sure you send a valentine for each child.  I have included a class list in case you need it.
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Desean</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Ruth</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Maeta</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Zofie</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Aniyah</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Alanis</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Thomas</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Julian</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Tachela</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Maxine</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Aretha</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Mwenda</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Bianca</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Spencer</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Jana</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Antonio</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Henry</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Miles</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Lisa</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Jaden</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Jazmyn</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Maya</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Kennedy</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Khloe</td>
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<td width="100%" valign="top">Devyn</td>
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This week:
<ul>
	<li>In Math we will continue unit 5 with playing Guess my Number, working on counting with calculators, and using nonstandard measurements.</li>
	<li>In Reading we will continue exploring letters and sounds.  We will work on hearing and saying beginning sounds and making words with –an and -ay.  We will use shared reading to explore phonics and comprehension strategies.  We will continue to build stamina for reading to ourselves.  I will pull small reading groups to work on decoding and comprehension skills.  Students are creating letter books, practicing sounding out and writing words with particular beginning sounds. </li>
	<li>In Writing we will continue to discuss stretching words to write them and planning details for our stories.  Students will continue to tell those stories through drawing pictures and writing words, when they can.  They’ve been making “books” to illustrate and write stories with a beginning, middle and end.  We will continue to talk about beginning, middle and end.</li>
	<li>For Handwriting we will begin lower case letters with x and z.</li>
	<li>For Science we will continue our unit on animals. We will begin observing water snails. </li>
	<li>Over the next few weeks we will be reading and studying about other famous African Americans as we prepare for African American History month.  We will also be reading African Folk tales. </li>
</ul>
Important Dates to Remember:
<ul>
	<li>No School Feb. 11, 12, 15</li>
	<li>Feb. 26 is the 100<sup>th</sup> Day of School</li>
	<li>African American History Month Gallery Walk-through Feb. 26</li>
</ul>
Homework:   Due February 10

Math
<ul>
	<li>Homelink 5.4 Guess My Number</li>
	<li>Continue to collect groups of 100 for the 100<sup>th</sup> day (2-26)</li>
</ul>
 

Reading
<ul>
	<li>Find four things that start with the /s/– take pictures of the object &amp; bring to school on <strong>Wednesday</strong></li>
	<li>Study the following sight words: here, jump, little, look, make</li>
	<li>Look for those words in your reading with your child and in the world around you.
<ul>
	<li>Create another set and play a matching game.</li>
</ul>
</li>
	<li>Listen to someone read aloud to them for ten minutes each day</li>
	<li>Fill out reading log</li>
</ul>
 

Writing

Complete reading response page for a book the student has read (or had read to him/her) this week.<span> </span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span>Homework:<span>   </span>Due February 10</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span>Math </span></p>

<ul style="margin-top: 0in" type="disc">
	<li class="MsoNormal"><span>Homelink 5.4 Guess My Number</span></li>
	<li class="MsoNormal"><span>Continue to collect groups of 100 for the 100<sup>th</sup> day (2-26)</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span> </span><span>Reading</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;text-indent: -0.25in"><span style="font-size: 11pt;font-family: Symbol"><span>·<span>         </span></span></span><span>Find four things that start with the /s/– take pictures of the object &amp; bring to school on <strong>Wednesday</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;text-indent: -0.25in"><span style="font-size: 11pt;font-family: Symbol"><span>·<span>         </span></span></span><span>Study the following sight words: here, jump, little, look, make</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;text-indent: -0.25in"><span style="font-size: 11pt;font-family: Symbol"><span>·<span>         </span></span></span><span>Look for those words in your reading with your child and in the world around you.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in;text-indent: -0.25in"><span><span>o<span>        </span></span></span><span>Create another set and play a matching game.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;text-indent: -0.25in"><span style="font-size: 11pt;font-family: Symbol"><span>·<span>         </span></span></span><span>Listen to someone read aloud to them for ten minutes each day</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;text-indent: -0.25in"><span style="font-size: 11pt;font-family: Symbol"><span>·<span>         </span></span></span><span>Fill out reading log</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span> </span><span>Writing</span></p>
<span>Complete reading response page for a book the student has read (or had read to him/her) this week.</span>