DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Friday, March 21st—My Many Colored Day (wear all of one color) + Popcorn
-Monday, March 24th—Crazy Socks Day
-Friday, March 28th—Jammie Day + Popcorn
STUDENT OF THE WEEK:
Our student of the week is Drew Bode. Drew enjoys many outdoor activities—hunting, fishing, off-roading, and football. His favorite place to go is to the Great Wolf Lodge. Drew is adventurous all around, which will serve him well, as he aspires to become a Dirt Bike Racer when he grows up! Congratulations to Drew on being our Student of the Week!
READING:
Our focus text for the beginning of this week is Shoes Like Miss Alice’s; later in the week we will be reading Corduroy, as we work on drawing conclusions using Iggy the Inferring Iguana. We will wrap up the letter Ww by reading some funny stories about Mrs. Wishy Washy, then we will begin working on the letter Ee. Since Ee is a vowel, we will be using Chunky Monkey to practice reading and writing words with the et, en, ell, & ed word families. We will also use Flippy the Dolphin to practice flipping the vowel sound from long to short while trying to figure out tricky words. Our sightwords for this week are here, she, to, & get.
WRITING:
This week we will complete a journal about our favorite patriotic symbol and another journal about our favorite storybook. Students will also work together to create a class book, predicting what they think Mrs. Wishy Washy will wash next. I am excited for you to read their completed small moment stories—I will be sending them home with report cards in a couple of weeks.
This week we will wrap up our ‘Me on the Map’ Unit and our study of maps and globes. We will also be reading several books related to Spring—yes it officially begins this Thursday! We will be reading about all of the exciting changes we can expect to see in the coming weeks. We will also read some narrative and informational texts related to St. Patrick’s Day.
MATH:
This week we will work on finding numbers and identifying patterns on a number grid. We will also create some fun graphs using Skittles and Lucky Charms and then interpret & analyze the data. We will continue to work on addition and patterning this week. We will also introduce the Penny and the Nickel and practice making fair exchanges.
It is that time once again! We’ve been diligently working on assessing the students for upcoming report cards. Special thanks to my faithful parent volunteers who help me complete many of these assessments—it is a time consuming task! As the year progresses, the expectations continue to increase as we prepare for first grade. Report cards will go home the week following Spring Break!
