​​Ha! I remember doing this for more than a few years. Enjoy!

• ​​​Please return library books by next Tuesday for exchange.
• Send the January sharing activity back when completed. It reads, "I am different because..." on the top.
• Another Health Check form has been sent home this week. If you already returned the last one, thank you. If you did not, please fill out and return one next week. Thank you!
• BEST will be focusing on kind words for the week of January 18th-22nd, and onward (of course!).
• Saturday, January 23 to Saturday, January 30 is Unplug and Play Family Literacy Week. The goal of Unplug and Play is "to promote the message of finding a healthy balance between active family time and recreational screen time". There are different themes each day and there will be free events advertised within the community. Each student will receive a flyer and those who return their completed flyer will be entered for a prize.
• Scholastic digi-flyers for January can be found here. 
• Please have Team Awesome read any little paper books that come home (approximately 1 per week) multiple times for practice/ fluency. Thank you.
• The BEST newsletter can be found here.
• Check out what Mrs. Phillips is doing with Team Awesome here.
• Sight words we are learning in class: be, big, can, it, little, me, on, us, with, we. Please feel free to practice them at home. 

Go forth and Be Awesome!​

​​Mathematics is the science and language of patterns. Thinking about sorting and patterns helps children make sense of mathematics and young children are naturally interested in them. They enjoy patterns in rhymes, chants, songs, poems, and stories, and they experiment with creating patterns using play materials. They examine patterns in wallpaper, fabric, and geometric designs, and recognize patterns in their lives (e.g., the sequence of daily routines) and in nature (e.g., the cycle of the seasons). When students enter school, they continue to explore patterns in mathematics and in other subject areas. Developing an understanding of patterns and relationships is central to learning mathematics. In the primary grades, students identify, extend, and create a variety of patterns, using objects, actions, sounds, pictures, letters, and numbers. Through experiences in exploring and discussing patterns, young students begin to make conjectures and generalizations about mathematical relationships. Team Awesome has been using a variety of materials while exploring sorting and patterning activities and having a great time doing it.

Welcome 2021! This past year was hard. For many people it was full of uncertainty, fear and high anxiety. Most of us were beyond ready to be rid of 2020 and embrace the sense of hope and new beginning the turning of a year brings. And while we often start the New Year by setting a resolution, the last thing we need to do is put more pressure on ourselves or set a goal that might not be realistic right now. If we must make a resolution for 2021, let's resolve to be kinder and gentler to ourselves and others, be more attentive, and be aware of and grateful for the things that are going well. The past year has been challenging; lets make the new one less so.   

• ​Please return library books by next Tuesday for exchange.
• January sharing activity is due back Wednesday, Jan. 13 or when it is finished. Another copy went home this week. It reads, "I am different because..." on the top.
• Friday, Jan. 15 and/or Jan. 22 are possible Fresh Air Fridays. We will let you know closer to the dates as January weather can be uncertain.
• Saturday, January 23 to Saturday, January 30 is Unplug and Play Family Literacy Week. The goal of Unplug and Play is "to promote the message of finding a healthy balance between active family time and recreational screen time". There are different themes each day and there will be free events advertised within the community. Each student will receive a flyer and those who return their completed flyer will be entered for a prize.
• We would like to welcome our new friend Harper and her family as the latest Team Awesome members.
• Scholastic digi-flyers for January can be found here. 
• If you find any of our classroom spoons/ forks in your utensil drawer, please return them. Thank you to Theo and his family for donating some extra spoons.​
• Please have Team Awesome read any little paper books that come home (approximately 1 per week) multiple times for practice/ fluency. Thank you.
• The BEST newsletter can be found here.
• Check out what Mrs. Phillips is doing with Team Awesome here.
• Sight words we are learning in class: but, friend, give, good, in, look, up, see, want.  . Please feel free to practice them at home. 

Go forth and Rock the Resolutions!​