This week:
We will be reading Winter Lullaby by Barbara Seuling and Bear Snores on by Karma Wilson. The students will be learning about how the land, plants, and animals change for colder winter weather.

Our Sight Words are: where and do. We will be using and writing these words in sentences all week long. Where are we going today? Where will you line up? Where will we go? What will we do? Do you like cats? Where do you line up for the bus?

Our new vocabulary words are: arrives, creep, nestle, slumbering, delight, and blustery.

We will be working in our Literacy Centers, too. The students will be listening and then talking about a story. They will be reading, then writing and rereading sight word sentences. The students will be focusing on writing their letters from the sky down to the ground. Also they will be trying to space their words in a sentence and end it with the right punctuation mark. They will be working on memorizing the words "where" and "do". In the Letters and Sounds Center they will be building and writing words with the short i sound. I will be working with small groups using our decodable books.

January’s “Caring for Our Community” has been a huge success. The students are enjoying the dollar days and the Give Like a Rock Star photo booth. It’s been great to have this additional fun and excitement during the month of January. Thank you for your support of Cents for Heart! Thursday bring a dollar and dress like a "Rock Star"!

CULVERS NIGHT

Wednesday, January 26, is our next Culvers Family Night. Please stop by between 4:00 and 8:00 pm for some good food and good company. Remember, a portion of the evening’s sales is donated back to Shirley Hills. We are still in need of some volunteers to help bus tables and serve meals. If you can help, please call 952-472-3469.

IMAGINATION FAIR

If your child plans to participate in the Imagination Fair on February 10th, remember the entry form is due in the office by Tuesday, February 1st.