Friday, March 18, 2016

Weekly Update March 18th



Important Dates/Events:
·         Wednesday, March 23rd--Moose Hill Maple Sugaring 9:00-11:30
·         Friday, March 25th—No School Good Friday
·         Monday, March 28th- No School
·         Monday to Friday, April 18th-22nd —April Break
"If I Caught a Leprechaun" Creative Writing





Moose Hill: On Wednesday for our field trip to Moose Hill, students should bring both a bag snack and bag lunch.  While we plan to be back to school to eat our lunch, school lunch will not be available.  Students should come dressed in their gym uniform with coats and boots for winter weather in the woods.  Thank you!

Phonics: We began unit ten this week.  Students will work to blend and segment words (ex: strap, blimp) as well as introduce the ed and ing suffix endings (ex: squinted and squinting).  Unit ten is lengthy since it introduces these concepts and additional vowel teams for reading.

Math: We completed work in our tenth unit, Adding with Tens and Ones.  This week we began unit eleven, Subtracting with Tens and Ones.  In this unit, students will work to subtract tens using a hundreds chart and by using mental math.  We have drawn comparisons between ones number sentences and tens number sentences (7-1=6 so 70-10=60).

As a reminder, please review math facts nightly with your children.  This will help ensure your child’s success in math this year!

Religion:  Students are learning about the different parts of mass.              

A big thank you to Mrs. Arbuckle for coordinating a fun cultural experience yesterday for Saint Patrick’s Day!  The kids had a great time learning about this holiday and about Irish sports and traditions!


Have a nice weekend!
Alison