March Press
Release
News and
Notes:
*Practice
shoe tying!
*Notify the
school of absences and dismissal changes!
*Please do not send your child to school
with a fever.
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Upcoming
Events:
Feb. 27- March 10 Scholastic book fair in Bldg E
March 2:
Read Across America Day! Dress up like a book character and bring a favorite
book to school!
March 6:
Spring Conferences—No school!
March
16-20: Spring Break! Have a fun time with your families!
April 2: Collaboration
Day—Late start @10:40
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March
Trojans & Social Studies/Science Themes:
Week of:
Mar. 2 Eboni/Social Studies: Dr. Seuss
Mar. 9 Dillan/Social Studies: Spring/St.Patrick’s Day
Mar. 23 Science: Water Cycle/Rainy Spring Weather
Mar. 30 Science: Living/Non-living week 1/Spring
*We can’t
wait to see your child’s personal poster and “show and tell” bag! Click on the
Trojan of the Week Information tab above for more information!
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Curriculum
Highlights:
* Word
Work (Spelling)— In
Fundations this month, we will continue to: learn how to blend and read
three-sound words; work on retelling stories; listen for the vowel sound in
words and distinguish between the long & short vowel sound; and introduce
more high frequency words for reading!
I hope
you are continuing to read sight word
flash cards at home. If your child doesn’t know the word, say it for them
and move on.
*Reading— We will read stories this month that will help us investigate how we wonder about new information; how to use questions as tools for our learning; and how we can read with a question in our minds. Please read 20 minutes DAILY with your child and ask questions about the story to see how well they understood the book! Log on to RAZ kids at http://www.raz-kids.com/login
*Writing— We will start learning how to express our opinions in writing workshop. Students will learn to take a stand on topics according to their opinions and tackle classroom problems! Writing words and drawing pictures that provide information, along with writing conventions (using capitals at the beginning of sentences, spaces between words, and an ending mark at the end) will continue to be a focus. Writing at home in fun and authentic ways would be a great way to practice these writing skills at home.
*Writing— We will start learning how to express our opinions in writing workshop. Students will learn to take a stand on topics according to their opinions and tackle classroom problems! Writing words and drawing pictures that provide information, along with writing conventions (using capitals at the beginning of sentences, spaces between words, and an ending mark at the end) will continue to be a focus. Writing at home in fun and authentic ways would be a great way to practice these writing skills at home.
*Math—This month we will finish our math unit called Number and
Operations in Base 10. Making sense of problems and solving them, reason
abstractly & quantitatively, and composing/decomposing numbers from 11-19
into 10’s and 1’s are some math skills we have been focusing on in this
unit. We will also start a new math unit
towards the end of the month called Measurement and Data! Regularly asking
your child to count/write numbers 0-20; identify the numbers in the teens
(11,12,13,….19) ; and counting to 100 by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s would be a
good way to see if your child is retaining what they are learning in class!
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Class expectation:
This month we will
continue to:
Discuss how important
it is to be honest with others. It is the character trait we focused on in the
month of February! Thank
you for your reinforcement of appropriate behaviors! I really appreciate all
you do!
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Homework:
*Please read above for some ideas of
activities you can do with your child at home for extra practice.
*Family Craft: Be on the lookout for our March
Family craft! This month you will get a green shamrock to cut out and decorate!
Please decorate your shamrock to show why you are lucky to be a family! You can
include pictures, decorations, or writing by or about your family. Please return these promptly so they can be
displayed!
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Class Wishlist: The following items are some things that we
could use. Donations are GREATLY appreciated!
*Tape dispenser (2 needed)
*Tape refills
*Tubs of playdough bought or
home-made!*Fine tip black dry erase markers
