Newsletter


Mrs. Brown’s Newsletter                                              March 4 - 8
Reading: Non-fiction books about Pets and Animals
Phonics: *see word sorts
Reading Comprehension- Strategies: Asking questions, monitoring & clarifying, predicting, visualization, cause & effect,
Language Arts- plural nouns, common nouns, proper nouns
Writing-Writing Sentences with subject/verb agreement: Writing in paragraph form; Writing a Persuasion Letter
Math: Shapes, Measurement, Fractions
Social Studies/Science: Animals and their habitats
 
Dates to remember


March


10 Daylight Saving Time
Reading Night! 6:00-7:30* Notice time change
17  St. Patrick’s Day!
29  Good Friday/No School
31  Easter




A note from Dr. Brown

Hello Parents!!! I’m so excited about the month of March! It sure came in ‘like a lion!’  Don’t forget that tomorrow is Reading Night! Bring a can of soup for the food bank, have your child dress in his/her pajamas, and come join us for a fun-filled night of Amelia Bedelia! We have so many fun things planned for school! Along with fun, we have some current needs.

 

 We need white copy paper – we are completely  out, gold chocolate coins for St. Patrick’s Day, and it’s time to start thinking about Easter!!!

 

I will let you know, by next week, when we will have our annual egg hunt. We will need 10 plastic eggs for your child, filled with candy! I am thinking the egg hunt will take place March 28, the day before our Spring Break! I know we will need some parent volunteers to ‘hide’ the eggs! Just imagine, 250 eggs!!! If you can come join us for that fun-filled day, please send me a note so that I may start keeping track of how many helpers we will have!

 

HOMEWORK

Monday:  Have your child rainbow write this/her spelling words. Have your child explain to you the ‘phonics standard’ he/she is working on in each column of the word sorts. Have him/her write 5 words that match each of their phonetic rules. Their individual phonics standards are the same as the ‘feature’ listed at the top of their word sorts.  Don’t forget to practice reading on Raz – Kids and math on IXL.com!

Tuesday:  Have your child sort their spelling words, put them in ABC order, read them, and spell them to you. Have your child explain to you the ‘phonics standard’ he/she is working on in each column of the word sorts. Have him/her to pick five of the words and write them in a complete sentence. They should be using a capital letter at the beginning, a noun and a verb in the sentence, and a correct punctuation mark at the end.  Don’t forget to practice reading on Raz – Kids and math on IXL.com!

Wednesday:  Practice math skills on IXL. If you do not have internet, I will be more than happy to send home a practice worksheet. I may also continue asking your child to practice flats, rods and cubes – if he/she needs practice with place value. Please make sure that you are asking him/her to point at the ‘one’s place,’ ‘ten’s place,’ and ‘hundred’s place.’ I have found that some kids are able to ‘build’ the number and understand the value of the cubes as 1, rods as 10, and flats as 100. However, they are still confusing which place the number is written. This will just take lots of practice.  Practice spelling words. Don’t forget to practice reading on Raz – Kids and math on IXL.com!

Thursday:  Have your child do as many multiple representations for the number 116 as he/she can think to do. We will be adding some new ways to create numbers this week.  The copy of the rubric that is taped in the front of your child’s agenda should be getting really easy for him/her. However, your child must use that rubric in order to get credit for being able to do this skill. Please help make sure your child is writing on the lines correctly and keeping his/her work neat. I will be keeping some of these Thursday assignments in his/her portfolio to prove that he/she can do this standard. It is extremely important!

 

Please study spelling words, read on Raz-Kids, and Practice IXL nightly! Even if it only for a few minutes!

 

Friday:  No Homework!


 



 






 

                                                                     

 








 

 

 









 

 










 

 
 
 



 

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