Dear
Families and Friends,
I just spent the
evening with some of the finest people in the world, the Kathy Caraway families!
You all are a part of a fantastic community who has come together, once again,
and turned an ordinary evening into a special time for all. The amount of
donations and bids at the silent auction was very encouraging! It will be
exciting to learn of how much the PTA was able to raise through this Family
Dinner Night. It would not have been the same without each of you who participated!
Math: This week in Math we will be learning
strategies using Count on 2 subtraction. We are linking our thinking with addition to subtraction. We will practice our strategies during stations
and problem solving situations. We will identify fact families (3+2=5, 2+3=5, 5-3=2, 5-2=3) and related
facts (3+2=5, 5-3=2). The objective is to quickly recall facts
by visualizing and using a strategy when we solve problems.
Reading Workshop: This
week in Reading Workshop we will be celebrating Read Across America with Dr.
Seuss books!. Our focus this week is: author study! We
will start the week off exploring the biography of this famous author. Each
day we will read a new book and do an activity with the literature. Wednesday we will read Wacky Wednesday and wear wacky socks to school. We will kick off our
shoes and spend our reading time reading different Dr. Seuss books with our
partners! If you have any Dr. Seuss books, please bring them to school
for this fun reading time. Please put your child's name on the book so we can
make sure it gets returned to you. If you don't want to
write on the book, please use the blue painters tape and write your child's
name on the tape. It will remove easily and not harm the book. :) This
author study will lead itself into our poetry unit that will follow after
spring break.
Writing Workshop: During our Read Across America
celebration, we will be using the works of Dr. Seuss to explore the rhyme,
rhythm, and alliteration of his writings. We will be stretching our thinking to
write our own alternative story endings, respond to The Cat in the Hat, create
our own alliteration, and compare and contrast some of his work.
Science: This
week we will finish up our unit on objects in the sky. We
will observe the sun during the morning, noon and afternoon, and notice how the position of the sun seems
to change in the sky. We will learn about the moon and the stars and how the
moon appears to change in the night sky. This week we will be
the super scientists who make careful observations and record their
observations in their journal.
Habit #1: Be Proactive. I am responsible. I am in charge of my actions. I choose my actions, attitude, and mood.
Reminders:
*Please
remember to send a healthy snack every day. Snack time is @ 9:30am.
*Make sure
your child wears tennis shoes every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
*Library
day is Thursday.
*Please
remember to return your child’s homework bag on Friday.
*It helps
me tremendously if you leave the reading response notebook and books in the
homework bag as we reuse them!
Dates to remember:
March
1: Family Dinner Night
March
3-4: Turkey Trot
March 3-7:
Dr. Seuss week in 1st Grade – Bring Dr. Seuss books with your name on them.
March 5:
Wacky Wednesday – Wear wacky socks.
March
10-14: Spring Break
March
19: Early Release Day
Family Skate Night
March
24: Turkey Trot Make-up
April
2: Spirit Night
May
1: Talent Show (K-3)
May
2: Field Day
Talent Show (4-5)
May
5-9: Teacher Appreciation Week
May
7: Early Release Day
May
9: Career Day
May
12-16: Book Fair
May
29: End of the Year Party
May
30: Last day of school!
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