February 18 - 21

Calendar:

• February 17th - NO SCHOOL - weather day
• February 20th - Town Center Cultural Night and Art Show  5:30 - 7:00pm  
• March 5th - Open House
• March 9th - 13th - NO SCHOOL  Spring Break

Look At What We Will Be Learning Next Week:

Language Arts:

• Writer's Workshop - We will work on adding details to our writing!  
• Reader's Workshop - We will work on reading more, more, and more to help build our stamina! 

Social Studies:  
We will continue learning about individuals that who impacted our state and nation.

Math:   The learners will continue to skip count by 2s, 5s, and 10s to 120.  We will continue to practice counting a group of coins and look at all the ways to make a dollar.  We will begin to discuss how and why do people earn money.  

Please see the link to practice identifying coins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ARNqyQ0CuY

Please see the link to practice counting coins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbtmucV-U2c

Please see the link below to exercise while counting to 120 by 5s. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKg0eu9_fsM

Please see the link below to count by 2s to 100  (1st grade's goal is to count to 120 by 2s) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wwydguSKOU

Science:
Learners will continue to research about each season and what makes that season special.

Discussions At Home:

Don't forget to read to your child every night.  There are so many great benefits to reading to your child!!!!

• builds vocabulary
• helps with fluency
• promotes communication
• teaches inflection in voice 
• increases reading level
• increases imagination in children
• builds academia in subject matter
• and many more!!!! 

Grab some coins and work with your child to find the value of the coins.  Discuss all the ways to make a dollar.  

In Other News:

Mark your Calendars!!!!  First grade is going on a field trip on April 2nd to Kidzania in Frisco.  More information will follow but we wanted to let you know in case you would like to accompany us and need to take a day off of work. We can't wait!! 

3rd Annual TCE Cultural Night
Mark your calendars for Thursday, February 20th from 5:30-7:00pm for Town Center’s 3rd Annual Cultural Night! Learner art will also be showcased in our gym! Last year was such a great time celebrating our cultures with family, friends, food, and fun! A flyer came home in your child's backpack this week. We hope you can sign up to share a traditional dish! This is one of our favorite nights!! We hope you can come and celebrate with us!!

First Grade Pics:

These boys are too cute! 

We love having big brothers stop by to say hello!   

Who can make the greatest number?