Hello Everyone! Happy Friday! I hope you all had a great week.
Our American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge event is starting soon! To get ready, help your student sign up at www.heart.org/
Join NDLC staff members and other NDLC parents and guardians in discussing the book The Read Aloud Family on Tuesday, Feb 9th from 8:00-8:30 pm. The discussion will take place on Google Meet (a link will be sent prior to the meeting). See below for a description of the book. The book can be purchased on Amazon or any other book retailer.
Discover practical strategies to make reading aloud a meaningful family ritual.
The stories we read--and the conversations we have about them--help shape family traditions, create lifelong memories, and become part of our legacy. Reading aloud not only has the power to change a family--it has the power to change the world.
But we all know that connecting deeply with our families can be difficult in our busy, technology-driven society. Reading aloud is one of the best ways to be fully present with our children, even after they can read themselves, but it isn't always easy to do. Discover how to:
- Prepare your kids for academic success through reading to them
- Develop empathy and compassion in your kids through books
- Find time to read aloud in the midst of school, sports, and dinner dishes
- Choose books across a variety of sibling interests and ages
- Make reading aloud the best part of your family's day
The Read-Aloud Family also offers age-appropriate book lists from infancy through adolescence. From a toddler's wonder to a teenager's resistance, you will find the inspiration you need to start a read-aloud movement in your own home.
Upcoming Events:
January 22nd: 1/2 Day
January 25th: No School
CELEBRATE NEW DIRECTIONS WEEK (26-29)
January 26th: Wear NDLC clothes
January 27th: Twin Day
January 28th: Class Color Day
January 29th: Fancy / Special Dress Day
Curriculum Update:
Reading: We've been continuing our Informational Reading Unit. I have been really impressed by how excited and engaged the students are while reading their texts on the American Revolution. I think both the students and I share an excitement for this topic that has really been fueling all of us! Its great! We've been working on how to take notes from Non-fiction texts, synthesizing, lenses to 'look' through while reading, and the questions to ask ourselves as we read.
Writing: Similar to reading, writing has been great! The students have really been soaking up all the information they've been learning and reading and showing it through their writing. I am especially proud of the work they've put into their Historical small moment stories. They are writing a historical fiction piece related to the topic they are studying. This writing seems to be their favorite as they love sharing and writing thinking about life during the American Revolution.
Word Study: Unit 6 Fundations test was given on Tuesday and given back on Wednesday. They were all sent home with the students. This was a tricky unit for everyone as we started it before break and finished after. We began Unit 7 this week. Students are learning about the y and suffix spelling rule. This unit is off to a good start!
Math: We have been cruising through our measurement unit. Students have a Quick Quiz early next week. This unit moves fast but I have been doing a lot of small group work to make sure we're all grasping it. This unit requires a lot of memorization and different units of measurement, but students enjoy creating and solving conversions.
Content: The work we've been doing about the American Revolution has carried into our content time. We've been doing more research and discussion work focusing on each subtopic. Next week during content we will talk about Martin Luther King Jr on Monday, January 18th to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day and on Wednesday, January 20th we will discuss and learn about Inauguration Day.
Have a great weekend! Go Pack! 🏈
Carly Burris
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