Mrs. Blackner’s
Newsletter
1-10-11
Happy New Year!
January Ar assembly scheduled for Jan.28th.
We have lots of exciting new things to learn in the New Year.
Reading: This week we will be reading the story called
“Papa tells Chita a story”.
Our class will be taking a dibels assessment this week.
We would like students to be reading with 90 wpm.
Our class will be finishing up the book “Charlottes Web” as our read aloud.
We are excited to use the Ipods in our reading groups.
Math: Our class has started multiplication and we have passed
0,1,2,5,10’s. This week we will be working on our 3’s. Please practice multiplication at home nightly.
Cursive: Our class has just started to learn cursive using the Zaner Bloser method. Students are learning the proper strokes and have been practicing letters i and e. We will focus on new letters every week.
Science: This month our class is starting a new unit on the six Simple Machines.
A special thanks to parents who have helped in our classroom this year.
