I hope your children are having a fabulous week off & that you
are able to enjoy some family time. The upcoming month will be very busy
as we celebrate, "Read Across America Day" in honor of
Dr. Seuss, St. Patrick's Day, and prepare for conferences. I am looking forward to
discussing your child's progress with you soon.
For St. Patrick's Day, we will be doing a special leprechaun trap project in class on March 15th. Please send in small boxes (cracker, tissue,
cereal, etc.) and toilet paper/paper towel rolls and any other materials
you think could be useful for trap building during the next few weeks!
Also,
if your child did not send back the white envelope before vacation, please remember to send it in
upon our return. Thank you!
Language Arts
This week, we will be working with the word families ug and ut. We will be reading and spelling words such as bug, mug, rug, but, cut, and nut. We have two new high frequency words, little and it. Continue reviewing those high frequency
words posted on the website with your children. Remember that you can
also use http://spellingcity.com/k2grist as
a fun way to review the words, as I have posted our list on the
website. You can encourage your children to play games on the website to
become more familiar with the words. Check it out! There is also a
Spelling City app for the iPad, if you are interested. Additionally, for
those who prefer iPads, Lexia Core 5 is also available as an iPad app.
Use the same login information as previously provided to you. Please
continue taking advantage of all these online sites-- they are being provided for you by the District for grade level concept reinforcement.
Our
stories this week will be books by Dr.
Seuss in anticipation of Read Across America Day on March 2nd (Dr.
Seuss's birthday). We have some fun activities and writing projects
around these stories, as well as special STEAM centers on Friday.
We will have a writing assessment
coming up next week. I will share the results of this assessment with
you at your parent-teacher conference. Children will be expected to
write one or more complete sentence without assistance that covers the
given topic. Your children have been doing well with their journals, so I
anticipate some good results!
Math
We are continuing with Eureka Math Module 4. We continue to focus on decomposing numbers into the various addends. Parent tips for helping
your child with this unit can be found here. Please continue reinforcing the concept at home.
STEAM
This Wednesday, we will make a trip to the Makerspace to work with Hexbugs. We will be building mazes out of Legos and sending the Hexbugs through the mazes to see if they can get through. Also, on Friday, we will have a Dr. Seuss-themed STEAM center
Read Across America
On Friday the 1st, we will be celebrating Read Across America with
a reading by Grandma Gail, our weekly guest reader. Read Across America
is a national event in celebration of reading that started over 20 years ago, and takes place on or
around Dr. Seuss's birthday.
Upcoming Events
Conferences:
Parent-teacher conferences begin Thursday, March 7th. If you have forgotten your date/time, please check this link.
I have now made this document viewable only (cannot be edited). If you
need to change your time, please email me. Just a reminder that we will
not have centers during conference time.
Spring Fling:
On
Friday, April 5th, we will have a special event called Spring Fling.
Fun spring-themed centers will be a part of the day to celebrate the
kick-off to our Spring Break. Sign-ups and more information will come
later, but we need many helpers to make this event a success.
This Week's Helpers & Activities:
Monday: Daily 5, Centers (Barbara & Jenny)
Tuesday: Daily 5, Centers (Belinda & Hiromi)
Wednesday:Trip to the Makerspace, Recess 101
Thursday: Daily 5, Centers (Erika/Pablo & Ellen)
Friday: Daily 5, STEAM Centers (Claire & Chris H.)
Upcoming Events
2/18-2/22: President's Week Vacation
3/7-3/13: Spring Conferences
3/29: Mulitcultural Faire
4/05: Spring Fling
4/8-4/12: Spring Break
4/26: Cambrian Relay for Life
