Mrs. Fortune’s Newsletter For the week of: Jan. 23 rd -Jan. 27 th

STAR student for the week of Jan. 30 th -Feb. 3 rd will be Bryan M.Weekly Homework Listed Below

Please make sure your child is reading for 15-20 minutes every day!

Email: Sandra.Fortune@cobbk12.orgBlog: http://baker.typepad.com/fortunes/

Phone: 770-975-6629

Monday TuesdayTACKY TUESDAY

Wednesday ThursdayTHURSDAY FOLDER is coming

home…empty and sign!

FridayBLACK AND WHITE DAY

Homework: Phonics and Language Arts Sheet

**Take Home books are coming home today if your

child has returned their previous books. **

Homework: Book Report Sheet (Read a book,

complete the Book Report, and return to

school).

Media Center Visit

Homework: Math Sheets

Penguins BookRead the book, answer the questions on the last page

and return tomorrow.

Homework: Phonics and Reading Comprehension Sheet

Spelling City will help your child study for their spelling test!

The link for Spelling City is: http://www.spellingcity.

com/FortuneSpelling/ We are working on Spelling Words

List 16.

Happy Friday!!!Spelling and Math Facts assessment will be given

today.

Spelling Words and Math Facts for the Week

1. show2. know3. coat4. boat5. hold6. cold7. see8. they9. of10. go

Bonus Words: under over

Subtraction Math Facts for this Week4-0=4 4-1=3 4-2=2 4-3=1 4-4=0 5-0=5 5-1=4 5-2=3 5-3=2 5-4=1 5-5=0

Great job to Victor for turning in a Reading log! Everybody, make sure to keep reading!

Tues. Jan. 24 th -Tacky Tuesday- We’ve been reading various Tacky the Penguin books and on this day your child will be able to dress in “tacky” clothing (polka dots with stripes, bright, mismatched, or backwards clothing). Tacky day is generally a day designated at school for wearing clothes that are tacky. The tackier the clothes for tacky day the better. **Try not to repeat colors, make them all different and don't match. **

Tues. Jan. 24 th - Wellstar will be here talking to us about Temper Tamers. Look in your child’s folder on Tuesday to see the handout.

Wed. Jan. 25 th -Bojangles Spirit Night on Wade Green Road from 5-8 p.m. Wed. Jan. 25 th - IDENT-A-KID will be at Baker Elementary School. Please complete the form that was sent home

last week, if you would like for your child to participate. Fri. Jan. 27 th - Black and White Day. I am asking that you have your child dress in black and white. We will be doing

various activities that involve the colors: Black and White. ** Please do your best to help your child get ready for this day. ** Fri . Jan. 27 th -Baker Science Fair 2017! Fri. Feb. 17 th -If you would like to order a yearbook the price is $30.00 or you can order online at Baalfour.com. Tues. Feb. 28 th - SIX FLAGS READING LOG WILL BE DUE-The reading log was sent home in your child’s folder. Please

make sure that your child is reading every day and writing the title of the book on their Six Flags Reading Log. The amount should be 360 minutes or 6 hours.

Save the date: Fri. Feb. 3 rd -Baker Talent Show @ North Star Church. Mar. 30 th -First Grade will be performing in the Three Piggy Opera at 5:30 p.m.

Please make sure you are helping your child practice and study their Math Facts for our test on Friday! Please look on the back for important

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Things we will be learning and reviewing the 3 rd 9 weeks of school

Math-We will be learning how to mentally add and subtract up to 20. We are reviewing addition and subtraction word problems with facts up to 20, solving equations to determine the unknown number, place value (tens and ones), and addition and subtraction facts up to 20. We will be comparing numbers using the greater than, less than, and equal to symbols. We will also be learning how to add within 100: mentally adding 10 more or ten less and measuring objects by comparing the lengths.

Phonics/Language Arts-Learning long vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u) and reading words with them, reviewing words with the l, s, and r blends (bl, cl, dr, st, sw), digraphs (sh, ch, th, wh), contractions (can’t-can not), singular and plural, blending words into sounds to read, and syllables/word parts. We will also be working reading words with vowel teams such as: ai/ay, ee/ea, oa/oe/ow, ie/igh, and ue/ui/ew. We will also be learning how to use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs and also use verbs in the past, present, and future.

Social Studies- We will be learning about Theodore Roosevelt and all the special things he has done. We will be learning about Harriett Tubman and her achievements and accomplishments. We will also be learning about and locating our city, county, state, nation, and continent.

Reading- We are reviewing details about a story by asking who the characters are, the setting of the story, and the beginning, middle, and end of the story. We will be working on main idea (central message) and details. We will be reviewing fiction and nonfiction books. We will also compare and contrast the adventures and experience of characters in stories.

Writing-We are continually working on the components of a sentence; such as: capital letters, spaces, and punctuations (periods, exclamation marks, and question marks). We will also learn how to use a capital letter for dates and names of people. We will also be learning how to write an opinion piece by stating our opinion, giving details, and providing a closing sentence.

Science-We will be learning about light and shadows.

Health-We will be learning about Muscles.