Sunday, March 12, 2017

March 2017


The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.  by Dr. Suess



Happy March


  • LANGUAGE ARTS
Your children worked very hard on their "Eagle Book" over the past month and I hope all of you will able to sit down with your child and read their writing with them and praise them for their great effort.  Some of the students chose to submit their book to the Love Your Library Contest hosted by our librarians.  Others chose to save it to add to their portfoilio which will be given out at Kindergarten Graduation.  In May the library will host a book fair in the evening and showcase all of the book entries from our school.  More information about the day and time will be coming soon.  The students know that they "CAN DO HARD THINGS!"  They all felt so happy when each of them were able to see the final book and read through all of their great writing pages and realize that they are now authors just like Eric Carle, Jan Brett and Dr. Suess.  A few of the authors we have studied this year.

My Little Eaglets
                                                        



Unit 5 Language Arts Test will be sent home in the red folder on March 6th.  Please review your child's assessment and praise them for all that they have mastered.  Also, please continue to practice skills that are not yet proficient.  Praise your student for all of the progress made to this point.


Words Their Way Spelling Sorts- Please make sure each week that we have a sort that you are practicing all the steps.  Look at the right side BLOG page tab for a review.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. Suess!  
During this month, we will continue our author/illustrator study of Dr. Suess and the many books that he has written and/or illustrated.  The students have enjoyed this very much!  



 SCIENCE     

During the next several weeks we will be Botanists and learning all about plants.
Last week in science we reviewed information about living verses nonliving things.  We are learning about the characteristics of a living thing:
  • They can move on their own
  • They can breathe air
  • They can eat food and drink water
  • They can reproduce
  • They change as they grow
To observe some of these we have planted and are going to grow grass over the next few weeks.  We have watched a time lapse video about growing tomatoes, very cool!  Our "Groovy Grass will be going home with your child on Thursday, March 16th.


The following week on March 20th we will begin our Non-living thing focus and will be studying about Rocks and soil.  Your student needs to bring a rock to school that would fit in the palm of their hand by March 23rd.







  • Mathematics
Do you know what a number bond is? A number bond is a fact family.  Part, Part, Whole.  Students are learning how to decompose numbers into 2 parts and take 2 parts and find a whole. The biggest goal is to teach that a whole can be broken into many different parts.  For example:
  • 0 and 5 make 5
  • 1 and 4 make 5
  • 2 and 3 make 5
  • 3 and 2 make 5
  • 4 and 1 make 5
  • 5 and 0 make 5
This week we are going to play the game spoons. It is a lot like the cup game I sent home in Feb. homework.  Two spoons facing up and 4 spoons facing down make 6 spoons all together.  You can play this game with pennies.  Shake some pennies in a cup.  3 pennies facing heads and 4 pennies facing tails make 7 pennies altogether. See if your student can draw a number bond and write a number sentence for each number pair.  We call these "number partners".



  • Safety Skills      
If your child does not have all of his/her safety skills passed off you will want to work extra hard on them.  They were part of 3rd term's grade and the term ended on March 10th.  We will no longer be making that a learning focus in class.  A half sheet note went home on the 10th stating what skills your child had passed off in class.  Please work on mastering the rest at home.  Thanks for the support.




  • Donations Needed
22 gold chocolate coins - can be purchased at WINCO in the bulk bin section.  We need these by Wed., March 15th

1 box of Lucky Charms cereal- we need this by March 15th too.

Celery Sticks (a bundle will work)- we need all of the items below by TH., March 23rd

Large bag of Skittles

6 Plastic or styrofoam plates (with a good rim)



UP COMING DATES…

  • March 10th starts the Last Quarter of Kindergarten- can you believe that it is almost over- wow!

  • Thursday, Mar. 16, $1.00 FREE DRESS DAY for the 9th grade Spain Trip and Early Dismissal @ 12:45, Report Cards will be sent home today 

  • Friday, Mar. 17th   No SCHOOL

  • Friday, March 24th Parent Centers- we will need 3 parent volunteers 11:45 to 3 pm.  Please email me if you will be available to help us in the classroom that day.

  • April 3rd-7th    No School- SPRING BREAK; students out all week

SAVE the DATES
  • Last Field Trip to Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City- May 9th 8:30 AM to 3 PM


  • Kindergarten Graduation May 19th 

 A special thanks to all the parents that have sent donations in February and have completed volunteer projects at home.  I really appreciate all of the support and help!!!

Thanks to all the parents that attended Parent Teacher Conferences in February with your student.  They are the little people that make my life full of joy and laughter!  Thanks for sharing them with me each day.  If you have any questions or concerns never hesitate to call or email me.
Have a wonderful month!