Here are a few things happening this week: *In Literacy this week, we are working on the letter U u.  This vowel works very hard because it has two sounds.  The short /u/ sound begins with words such as under, unzip, and umbrella.  The long u says its own name and begins words such as, unicorn, unicycle, and university.  Show and Tell will be on Friday.   *In Math, we are learning about 3D shapes.   *We will be having out Spelling Bee test on Monday, Feb. 11th.  The results will go home on Thursday, Feb. 14th.  Good luck everyone!    *Happy Valentine’s Day!  The Valentine’s Day dinner will be held on Thursday, Feb. 14th.  This will be the only meal served in the cafeteria on this day.  The cost of the meal is $5.00.  We will also have a Valentine’s Day celebration in the afternoon so we can hand out our Valentines.  * Scholastic Book Orders are due on Friday, Feb. 15th.

Ok, we are back in business.  My computer is back up and running.  Here are few things happening this week.   *  In Literacy, we are working on the letter O o.  This letter is a hard working vowel because it has two sounds.  The short O o is our Zoo Phonics sound and can be found in words such as, otter, ostrich, Oliver, opera, octopus, ox, and omelet.  The long O o sound says its own name and can be found in words such as, over, Olivia, ocean, and open.  Show and Tell will be on Friday so happy hunting for something that begins with the /o/ sound.       *  In Math, we are finished with Unit 2 so we are now moving onto Unit 3: Exploring Geometry and Measurement.       *  Please send in a cereal box or snack box with your child so we can make our Valentine mailbox.  Thank you.         *  We had our Spelling Bee kickoff yesterday and pledge sheets and a list of words was sent home with your child.  Please have your child study the words and be able to write them out.  We will have our spelling bee test on Monday, Feb. 11.