Week of March 12-16
& March 19-23
DATES:
March
14: Tom O’Hare from 9&10 weather
presentation
March
16: Donuts with Dad (3rd-5th) Fairy Tale dress up and Robotics presentation
at 9:00
March
19: Delayed Start, Mad Scientist hair
day, Family STEM night @ 6:30
March
23: Green and Gold dress up day
Spring
Break!
Remember
to send in February BOOK IT calendars—March is our last one!
March
12-16
We
read stories about transportation used to get people from place to place. We read a story about how long ago people got
from place to place (horse & buggy, etc).
When
reading we are working on characters, setting and plot. Practice when you read at home.
Letters: Jj & Gg
Sight
words: here & me
Vocabulary: transportation & vehicle
Category
words: vehicles
WRITING: We are finishing up on small moment stories
and reading them to each other. We write
in journals every day to practice our craft at making sentences.
SCIENCE
& SOCIAL STUDIES:
We
have begun our study of maps. The
children will learn directions N, S, E, W!
I will take them out in the morning on a sunny day and we will talk
about the sun rising in the east and the opposite direction is west. If they are pointing east with their left
hand and west with their right then they are facing south and north will be
behind them. Later in the week we will
look at the sun in the afternoon—it will be in the south!
We
will also be wrapping up our science with building bridges for Little Red
Riding Hood to get over the river to Grandma’s house. We also have a marble track to put together
to work with at STEM night!
MATH: We are working on adding and subtracting –
the children will learn using number lines, ten frames, dominoes and writing
out the number sentence.
This
is the last month for Book-it calendars.
Send them in after spring break!
We
will clean out lockers the last day before break! Please take this time to wash coats, mittens,
hats if you can! Let’s be rid of these
winter germs! We sure have been hit hard
this year! Hope everyone has a restful
break!
The
children most likely will not need to wear boots after break! Snow is almost gone (unless we get another
storm! –I know ---SH!!! I’m ready for
winter to be done too, but there’s still a chance!!!) They will however, need hats and
mittens! Chilly in the morning!
March 19-23
Spring
break March 23-April 1: Happy
Easter! Hope you all have a wonderful
and safe break! See all the kids April
2!
READING:
We
are reading Ana goes to Washington D.C.
Mid-April our high school helper Kayla, goes to Washington D.C for her senior
trip. She will be sending me pictures of
the sights she sees and we will compare to the book. We learn about our national symbols through
the book!
Sight
words: what & his
Letters
Yy & Zz
Vocabulary: country & travel
Category
words: ordinal numbers
WRITING:
We
have finished our last small moments and are now moving on to opinion
letters. We will read a few books that
have opinions in it so they will understand and then we will practice a few
class letters before they try one.
March
journals come home this week! I’m SO
impressed with the progress we have made with reading and writing! The children have certainly worked hard this
year!!!! After break I will begin
reading folders. They will be able to
check out a book from my collection to borrow and bring home to read to
you! When they return it they may check
out another book! Details after break!
MATH:
What
fun we have had with Math!! We have been
adding and subtracting! They are enjoying
learning about 3D shapes, they can skip count by 5’s and 10’s and we are
working on 2’s! 2’s are very tricky!!!!
SCIENCE
& SOCIAL STUDIES:
We
are continuing our map skills journey!
We’ve checked out north, south, east and west! Love listening to them use those words in
their conversations!
We
are also continuing to learn about our national symbols.
After
break the children will be bringing home some very important books we have
worked on so far this year! These books
are special for the children! Not only
did they work hard on them, but they have taught them many skills! The first one is their ABC Sound Book! There are directions inside the cover to help
you understand how to read the book with your child! First by saying the letter then the sound
twice then reading the word! Each
picture has a flap covering a picture that starts with that sound . I tried to find covers that would match the
beginning sound as well! These books
were done at the beginning of the year in the first month of school!
Their
handwriting books will come home also and you will see some huge changes in
their writing! We mix up the letters so
it’s not in order, but you will still see growth in their handwriting! The children have also noticed in the last
month or so that they can now ready the sentences!
Their
ABC dictionaries are coming too! Each
letter has 4 pictures they cut out and color, glue in and write the word!
I
hope you enjoy reading these with your child when they arrive home!!! I know many families are saving them with
their scrapbooks that I will send home the last week of school!!!
Have a fantastic break!
