In Reading, we have finished up all of our Alphafriends! Now we will be starting Daily 5. Every day we will have 2-3 rounds where students will get to choose from the five choices: Read to self, read to someone, writing, word work and listen to reading. We will be building our stamina so ask your child what stamina goal they met that day. Along with Daily 5, we are going to start learning some reading strategies, so watch for those in the weeks to come. Report cards are coming up again very soon, so I will be doing skills testing for those in the next few weeks. Your child may have a week or two where they do not get a new guided reading book, as that is my only time for one-on-one testing. Please be patient with me as I finish up the skill tests.
In math, we are continuing to learn our teen numbers, practice our fluency in addition and subtraction, and greater and less than. We will be finishing up Unit 4 this week and will be taking our test on it next week. Unit 5 will be focusing on more partners of 10, the numbers 1-20, and more story problems and equations.
In religion we are celebrating the time of Lent. Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of Lent. We will be learning the Easter story, and will be able to retell it to you!
We have had so much fun learning about many different events in the month of February, and have so many more to look forward to in the month of March. For Presidents day, we learned about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. February was also, dental health month and we learned about the importance of taking care of our teeth. Everyone received a tooth brush and I still have a box full! If you would like some for siblings or friends, please let me know :)
The month of March is going to bring us so many exciting topics to learn about. We are looking forward to Dr. Seuss week, and will be reading many, many books by him. If you have any Dr. Seuss books at home, feel free to send them to school with your child with their name on them. We will be trying to figure out the lessons Dr. Seuss is trying to teach us through his wild and wacky stories. We are also looking forward to St. Patrick's Day and even Spring Break!
God Bless everyone over Spring Break and safe travels for those who are going someplace (hopefully warm!).
Upcoming Events
March 7- Kindergarten attends Mass
March 10- No School- Teacher In-service
March 17- St. Patrick’s Day
March 20-24- Spring Break
March 27- Bring in Bullfrog reading logs
March 30- Kindergarten attends Mass