March is Reading Month!

Upcoming Events

*Feb. 28- March 1 – ½ Days of School

*March 6- Late Start

*March 7- Kdg./Y5 Round Up

*March 13- Late Start

*March 20- Late Start

*March 29- ½ Day of School

Important Reading Month Dates

• Kick Off Video Played on News/Passports passed out - Friday, March 1st
• BOOK FAIR: March 11 - 15

• Book Fair Family Night: Thursday, March 14
• Reading Month Celebration Movie(s):  Friday, March 29th (Movie and Times TBD)

Fun Friday Dress up Days!

• Dress like a World Traveler Day - Friday, March 8th
• Dress as your favorite book character - Friday, March 15th
• Flashlight Friday & Fuzzy Socks - Friday, March 22nd
• PJ Day - Friday, March 29th

This Cycle

We have had a very busy couple of weeks. I have spent lots of time assessing your child’s growth in math, reading, and writing.  EVERYONE has made SO much progress this year!!!  In phonics we worked on the letter Ee sound, which can be the most challenging vowel sound.  We are now spending extra time on the short vowel sounds in words.  It can be easy to get the vowels confused so extra practice on these is a good idea at home too. In math we are working on drawing addition and subtraction number stories, as well as representing them using numbers and the plus, minus, and equal sign.  In writing, we are finishing up our ‘All About’ books and will begin writing opinion pieces in the next week! 

Report Card Scoring

Your child’s report card was sent home yesterday.  Please remember that the scores are based on the end of the year expectations.  A lot of students will have a 1 in sight words since we haven’t learned all of our words yet. Keep practicing as the words come home and your child will be at or near a 3 by the end of the year. A 3 is where we want them to be by the end of the year, so a 2 right now in any area means they are progressing toward the final goal, as they should be.  I tried to make sure I wrote in the comment section if there was an area that needed extra practice or was of more concern. If you have any questions after reviewing the report card, please let me know. 

Thank you!

Upcoming Events

*February 20, 27- Late Start

*February 22- ½ day of school

End of the Trimester

*Feb. 28, March 1- ½ days of school

*March 6, 13, 20- Late Starts

This Cycle

Isn’t it hard to believe we have been in school for over 100 days now! Our focus this week in phonics
was the ‘Uu’’ sound.  We talked about how the letter Uu is a vowel and can make many different
sounds. We are learning the difference between needs and wants in social studies. Please remember
to practice sight words at home. We will be assessing them in the next couple of weeks.   

100th Day

We had a great 100th day of school!  The children had a ton of fun writing their numbers to 100,
counting out 100 pieces of snack,  matching numbers to 100, recognizing 3D shapes in the number 100,
and playing a Race to 100 game.   

Thank you so much to the parents who donated items for 100 pieces of snack.  We couldn’t
do this fun activity without you! Thank you also to all of the parents that came to help with the centers.  Your help and involvement are so valuable!

We had so many great 100’s day projects.  We loved seeing the creativity and imagination each
child used in this project.  I am so proud of each of them.

Snacks

When you and your child are deciding what snack to send in, especially for a birthday, please
remember that we have a child with allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, and another child with
an allergy to red dye in our class. Some families choose to send in a separate snack if the class snack
contains those ingredients. We do have alternative snacks in the classroom if needed but a
separate snack helps the child with the allergy feel thought about. Thank you!

Valentines Day

Please send in your child’s Valentine cards on Wednesday or Thursday of this week. We will hand
them out during our party on Thursday. We will be decorating bags in the classroom so there is no
need to send in a Valentine box.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

It’s hard to believe that it is time to start planning for the last scheduled conference for this
school year.

The end of second trimester is February 22nd.  Our spring parent-teacher conferences are the
week of February 25th.   This year’s spring conference window is formatted differently than the fall
conferences.  The change reflects the ongoing nature of electronic communication between parents
and teachers throughout the school year and our efforts to provide ‘just in time’ responses to parent
questions and concerns about their child’s progress as they arise. As a result, conferences will be
scheduled with parents on an ‘as needed’ basis.  The goal is to schedule conferences with parents of
children needing additional academic, social, or emotional support and those with ongoing improvement
plans.   To ensure you have the most up-to-date information about your child’s progress, report
cards will come home the week of February 25th.  If you have questions about your child’s progress
at any time, please let me know.  

Solid Shape Museum

We will start learning about the 3D shapes cube, sphere, cylinder, cone, and pyramid.  If you have items
at home that have any of these shapes, please send them in with your child so we can practice
recognizing these shapes in our environment by making a solid shape museum in our classroom.  
(Please label the items if possible and please do not send in fragile and/or valuable items as the
children will be touching these).

Have a fabulous week!