We had a great month of March, and are marching in to April and on to the end of the year! ~ We started out the month of March celebrating Dr. Seuss Day on the first and came SO CLOSE to catching that rascal Leprechaun in our homemade Leprechaun traps! ~ We are well on our way in the Lively Letters program for phonics, studying the articulation mechanics of all the consonants and the short vowels to build words for our reading program. We are also learning about the 7 different types of syllables that make up words, starting with closed syllable (CVC) words that include digraphs and blends. We have also begun learning about Open Syllables and will learn about the Floss Rule and CVCe (magic-e) words as well! ~ In math, we are learning all about numbers, counting and math concepts! We will also work on a mental math program to learn new mental math tricks. This will involve comparing numbers, patterns and sequencing as well. We are also learning about "grouping" numbers and relationships in number families. ~ We finished our science unit on our 5 senses, and will move into learning about the 4 seasons, insects & butterflies, and start working on our special science project for our next Open House in May. ~ Our unit in social studies has recently covered African American Inventors and Spring Holidays and will soon learn about transportation and maps. As always, we will continue learning about social skills and how to develop a growth mindset. Our Spanish lessons will be sprinkled in amongst these studies as well as we move from Mi Familia to Los Colores & Números. ~ Our Pizza Hut "Book It" reading program that started up in October has officially come to an end, but we look forward to "logging" more minutes of reading at home to continue to build a lifetime love of reading. ~ We are also looking forward to more learning fun as we advance in our reading decoding & fluency and math skills ! ~ Please see the calendar below for special dates in the month of March!
April:
March 28 - April 7th: NO SCHOOL - Spring Break
8th: School Resumes
26th: 2nd-5th Grade Talent Show at 1PM & Earthquake Drill 2:00 PM (classroom only)
30th: Fire Drill 9AM
May:
9th: Open House 6:00-8:00PM! Creative Writer's Fair and Science Fair! Families welcome!