Happy March! Can you believe we are already in the month of March?? The end of the 3rd quarter is quickly approaching. I am so proud of how hard our students have been working and how much progress they are making. We are well on our way to being ready for 3rd grade! Thank you so much to all of our fabulous readers for Read Across America day. We had a blast celebrating and reading alongside you!
As we have hit the 2nd half of the year, we are starting to run low on a few supplies that we use daily. If you are able to send in any of these supplies it would be greatly appreciated!
-Black Dry Erase Markers
-Pencil Cap Erasers
-Paper Towels
We have lots of events coming up. Please the important dates and curriculum updates below!
Important Dates:
March 11th- Daylight Savings Time- Don'f forget to change your clocks!
March 14th- Early Release Day
March 23rd- Talent Show
March 27th- Performing Arts Day
March 30th- $1 Dress Down Day
April 2-April 6th- Spring Break
April 23-April 27th- Teacher Appreciation Week
April 30th- US Cafe Spirit Night
Below you will find an outline of the topics we will be covering in class this week. Please be sure to check and initial the agenda every night and that your child is reading each evening for thirty minutes. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions! :)
As we have hit the 2nd half of the year, we are starting to run low on a few supplies that we use daily. If you are able to send in any of these supplies it would be greatly appreciated!
-Black Dry Erase Markers
-Pencil Cap Erasers
-Paper Towels
We have lots of events coming up. Please the important dates and curriculum updates below!
Important Dates:
March 11th- Daylight Savings Time- Don'f forget to change your clocks!
March 14th- Early Release Day
March 23rd- Talent Show
March 27th- Performing Arts Day
March 30th- $1 Dress Down Day
April 2-April 6th- Spring Break
April 23-April 27th- Teacher Appreciation Week
April 30th- US Cafe Spirit Night
Below you will find an outline of the topics we will be covering in class this week. Please be sure to check and initial the agenda every night and that your child is reading each evening for thirty minutes. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions! :)
- Reading: Fairy Tales/ Fables Unit: Point of View
- Guided Reading: Uses reader's theater to deepen our comprehension and fluency, summarizing, Close reading of poetry
- Learned Words
- some
- now
- later
- soon
- been
- Daily 5 Centers
- Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work, Work on Writing, Listen to Reading
- Phonics Focus- 1-1-1 Doubling, e-drop
- Fluency- Reading like we talk, changing our voice when reading quotes
- Writing: Opinion Writing
- Book Review- typing our final drafts
- Grammar Focus: Shades of Meaning- Vocabulary Devlopment
- Book Review- typing our final drafts
- Social Studies:
- Juliette Gordon Low
- Math:
- Addition and subtraction strategies within 1,000
- Word problems involving money
- Adding up to four 2-digit numbers using partial sums strategy
- This quarter we will continue to work on addition and subtraction using the same strategies introduced last quarter but now the numbers we use will be within 1,000 rather than 100. (2 digit vs 3 digit). Please refer to the curriculum tutorial videos for a refresher or don't hesitate to email me if you have any questions
- Please do not teach your child the standard algorithm (Carrying and borrowing). This is not yet developmentally appropriate or conceptual for their understanding.
- One and Two Step Word Problems within 100
- Number talks will focus on adding and subtracting groups of 10 and 100;
- Please continue to count your pennies, nickles, and dimes, and quarters and practice telling time to the nearest half and quarter hour.