Weekly News & Homework: March 9th-13th


Weekly News: March 9-13


We had so much fun dressing up and celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday. Thank you for all of your help, time, donations, and to all of our guest readers! 

Over the next week, your homework job as a family is to build a tricky leprechaun trap! We are going to be talking and writing about how we might catch a leprechaun. You will have the whole weekend and  this week to build your leprechaun trap with your family - be as creative as you can! A good idea is to google or pinterest leprechaun trap examples for lots of fun ideas! THESE TRAPS WILL BE DUE BY ST. PATRICK'S DAY On TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH! We are hoping to catch a tricky leprechaun!


Second trimester parent conferences are coming up. Conferences for this trimester will be on a NEED ONLY basis. I have already contacted the families that I will be conferencing with. Report cards will be going home on Friday, March 20. 


Upcoming Events:  
Tuesday, March 17: St. Patrick's Day Centers 
March 23-April 6: SPRING BREAK! 


If you are at the store and think of us, our class needs:
SPARE HEADPHONES FOR IPADS!
Baby Wipes 
Kleenex Tissue Boxes 
Items for our Class Store 
Elmers Gluesticks 
Black Expo Markers


What Are We Learning This Week?:

Sight Words: SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN. 

Letter Team: EIGH (sounding like "a" like in EIGHT and NEIGHBOR).

Reading: We will practice fluency passages, our individual reading goals, and reading books from our book bags!


Writing: This week, we will write about how to catch a leprechaun. We will write a "How-To" piece on how to catch our leprechaun, step by step. We will also begin writing what we know about leprechauns. 


Math: We will focus hard on decomposing and composing numbers within ten. You can help at home by asking your children problems like, "If I need 10 cupcakes and I only have 4, how many more would I need?" I am finding that students do a great job referring to the tens frame and answering "ways to make 10" questions, but struggle with ways to make other numbers, so let's make sure we are also asking, "If we need 7 apples and we have four, how many more would we need?" We will be discussing different strategies for this in class. 

Leadership: We will continue to ROAR and discuss what it means to have a growth mindset!

Homework: March 9-13

Flashcards: Don't forget to make new flashcards for each sight word and letter team. New words for this week are: SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN and the new letter team is:  EIGH (sounding like the long "a" like in EIGHT and NEIGHBOR).

Phonemic Awareness: Please work with your child on: rhyming, blending, segmenting, syllables, and beginning/middle/ending sounds. 


Reading: Read everything in your book bag each night! T Continue to read TO your child every night, having conversations about the stories you are reading. 

Continue to log onto Smarty Ants for 10-15 at least a few times a week. 

Writing: Keep writing each day in your at-home journal. The goal should be at least three sentences on one topic. 


Math: Practice addition and subtraction math pages that come home (weekly)! Practice story problems within 10, decomposing and composing numbers within 10, and building numbers using base 10 (10 and 2 is 12, etc).


QR Codes: Download and print the QR Code practice pages on ParentSquare. Work on these pages together.

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