The students celebrated Groundhog Day and the start of Chinese New Year, the year of the horse.  The students predicted if Punxsutawney Phil would see his showdown on February 2nd
The student’s made Chinese lanterns, painted fireworks and made a horse out of tangrams.  Also, the student made Dragons and went on a Dragon parade/dance around the school.  The students enjoyed a special Chinese snack, noodles, fortune cookie, and lucky candy.  They received lucky money and chopsticks.  
Field trip:  Village Farms – Tuesday, February 18th
• Please sign the permission slip and send in $5.
• Students will need to wear long pants, tennis shoes (no flats or boots), hat and a sweatshirt that can be tied around their waists.
• Students will need to bring a bag lunch.  Please NO lunch boxes.  Everything will be thrown away at the park.


Kindergarten celebration – Friday, May 16th from 9:00 – 10:00

Mid quarter reports will be sent home next Monday.  If you have any questions, please email me or stop by the classroom.  Please continue to review and reinforce class work.  It really does make a huge difference in your child’s education and confidence.


This week we will be working on:
• Letter Rr
• Verbs – “A verb is a word, it’s an action word.”
• Plot
• Subtraction
• Writing and identifying numbers 1-75
• Counting to 100