Wow. I really can't believe that it is March already and that Spring Break has almost arrived.
What a great time we had last week during reading week. Check out the latest edition of Ebytes that shows a photo of us taken outside during Drop Everything and Read last Tuesday.
This Tuesday, two people from the local chapter of the National Audubon Society will visit to give a presentation which will include live raptors, as well as, information about the eagles' nest in the neighboring cell tower. We can't wait!
Field Day has been rescheduled for grades K-2 to Tuesday, April 5.
Other Important Dates:
* Relay for Life - Friday, March 25 - Students may wear their relay or purple shirts on this day
* Class Picture Day - Wednesday, March 30
* Spirit Day - Thursday, March 31 - Students may wear green and gold colored clothing on this day
* Field Trip to the Museum of Fine Arts - Friday, April 1
* Celebrate the Arts - Friday, April 15
Here is our week at a glance within the classroom. Remember library check-out is on Tuesday, so please remind your child to bring his/her books back to school on this day.
Parent Reader - M. Farley
Current Events - Tuesday: Hailey, Channing; Wednesday: Shaherzad, Aidan; Thursday: Rylan, Zaynab; Friday: Lauren E., Gage
Language Arts
* Phonics - vowel variant oo, ew, ue, ui, ou; prefixes mis-, re-, un-
* Spelling - cartoon, classroom, cartoon, juicy, newspaper, group, balloon, cruise, fruit, clue, gloomy, suitable, knew, spoon, group
* Reading - The Bee by Sabrina Crewe
* Reading Fluency - Good readers change their reading rate based on the type of writing they are reading. They might slow down as they read nonfiction so they can pay attention to the main ideas and details.
* Comprehension - Using graphic aids, synonyms
* Robust Vocabulary - thickens, plentiful, crowd (v.), sealed, carefully, attack, pattern, disappear, role, diligent
* Grammar - Past-tense verbs
* Writing - Prompt writing
Mathematics - Unit 7
* Patterns in doubles and halves
* Exploring weights
* Measure length to the nearest centimeter and to the nearest inch
* Middle Value (Median) of a Set of Data
* Review and quiz (Friday)
Social Studies
Asia - India, Japan
Science
Magnets
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