Sunday, March 11, 2018


Week of February 26-March 2
DATES TO REMEMBER:
MARCH:  Reading month—STEM theme
March 1:  Reading month kick off:  Kaboomistry at 1:15 in the auditorium
March 2:  Career day, dress up as your favorite career or profession
March 5:  6pm Community Bond Proposal Meeting in the Auditorium
March 9:  Donuts with Dad (K-2)  Math dress up day
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

Reading:
Our big book this week is about pets.  We will be talking about how to care for pets.
VOCABULARY:  responsibility, train
CATEGORY WORDS:  pets
SIGHT WORDS:  of, they
LETTERS:  Gg & Ww
COMPREHENSION:  character, setting & plot

WRITING:  We are finishing up on our small moment stories.  Once they have pictures and a cover we will take turns reading them to the class.  We will have a new journal March 1!

MATH:
We are learning to measure using strings and sticky notes.  We are introducing subtraction and will continue working on learning 3D shapes, counting to 75 by 1’s, 100 by 5 and 10’s.

SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES:
We are wrapping up our discussion of weather. 

READING MONTH:
March begins reading month!  Our theme is Enchanted Engineering with fairy tales.  Our fairy tale is Little Red Riding Hood!  We will be problem solving how we could get Little Red Riding Hood safely through the forest to Grandma’s house. 
The children may bring in a small stuffed animal for the month of March to read to.  They may also bring in or purchase for $1.00 a pair of safety goggles to read with.  March 1 we have our reading month kick off in the afternoon with Kaboomistry from the Michigan Science Center.  Friday March 2 we dress up as our favorite career or profession.

STUDENT OF THE MONTH:
DRAKE
Drake is a hunter.  He loves to go fishing with his Dad.  He is so good at riding his bike!  His favorite food is pizza and carrots.  Drake’s favorite movie is Alice in Wonderland.  His goals are to shoot a big buck and he wants to be a police office when he grows up! 

If you haven’t sent in your child’s ALL ABOUT ME poster, please do!  I’m nearing the end of the ones I have!
Looking forward to a fun reading month!!!  Keep reading at home!!  I can tell children are practicing sight words and reading with you!!!!


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