Go Texan!

This week we will be continuing our Where In the World Are We From? planner with a focus on the state of Texas.
We will be reading several books about cowboys and Texas and doing the following activities.
*Alamo bean collage
*writing/illustrating favorite Texas thing
*creating a cactus hotel based on the book by the same name
*putting together a horse
*making our own Texan, Texan book
This week's sight words are more, eat and said.
In math we will be doing activities involving measuring and time.
REMINDERS!
*Book Orders are due on Wednesday. You may submit them online or send in the order form.
*Friday is GO TEXAN Day! Please wear Texan attire and bring a SACK LUNCH! We will watch the trail ride go by and eating a special snack---Frito pie and S'mores (Teddy Grahams, marshmallows, and chocolate chips!)
*If you would like to contribute to Mrs. Diaz's baby shower, please send in the money by Wednesday. This is totally optional.

Thank you to everyone who sent in the items for this week's activities! We couldn't do it without you!

Where In the World...

This week's activities include...

*Read Me on the Map- Students will create their own book about their place on the map. This will begin our study of our place in the world.

*Students will learn and sing Continents and Oceans songs and become familiar with the placement of oceans and continents on the globe/map.

*Read Mapping Penny's World- Students will learn the shape of the continents and make a small book.

*Read We Dream of a World- Students will create their own page of our class book describing/illustrating the world that they dream of.

*Math- activities involving tally marks, probability, patterns, and addition.

Other info:

*This Thursday is Kindergarten Round-Up. We will have up-coming kindergarteners visiting the classroom.

*Thursday we will be having our Valentine's Day party. Please send cards for each child by Wednesday.

*There will be a substitute in the classroom this Friday. I will be at a training.

*No school on Monday, February 15th.

*We will be doing a few Mardi Gras activities on February 16th, and Chinese New Year activities on February 17th.

*We will go to LDC again for 2 weeks starting the 16th.

*February 26th is Go Texan Day! Students are encouraged to wear western clothing. We will walk to Stella Link to see the trail ride pass by. Please send a sack lunch on this day.