Beebots!

 A big thank you to Mrs. Farrahar and Mrs. Foley for talking to us about the importance of taking a break ("pausing") from technology!  We also got a chance to do some coding with the Beebots!  Working in groups we programmed our Beebots to travel around a map.  It was a lot of fun!

The kids have been working hard on subtraction (it's kind of a big shift for some to remember to "take away"), we finished our first "How to" book together, we worked in small groups and wrote out the steps of "How to brush your teeth".   We're also focusing on the writing conventions (uppercase letter at the beg, lowercase letters for the rest of the words, spaces and a period).  They are doing a great job!

  

During "fun Friday" we watched a video about a super builder who who was an architect.  She created food, buildings and even Star Wars creations with Legos!  We created our own towers and talked about what we need to make them stand up.  Here are some creations...

February will be a busy month!  Our 100th day is approaching!  If we don't have any snow days it will be February 11th!  Be on the lookout for information about a 100th day project!

I will also be sending home the class list for Valentine's cards this week.  Please make sure your child brings a card in for each student.  If you'd like to address the card with names you may or if you prefer to have your child just sign the card you can.  Our party will be on  February 14th (this is also an early release day) 11:40 dismissal.  Please remember to send a "party in a bag" for child's snack.