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!