Fun Fair on Friday!

Important Dates:

March 23: Fun Fair 4:30-6:30
March 26: Library
April 12 and 13: Parent Teacher Conferences
April 23-27: No School

I'm updating our website early this week so I can remind families about the Fun Fair. Fun Fair is Friday, March 23 from 4:30-6:30 I hope to see you there!

Don't forget our book order is due Friday also! Here is the link: Scholastic Book Order. Our online code is DZPMV. Please get your order in by Friday, March 23.

Our new School Resource Officer, Officer Jason Ziter, came to our morning meeting on Monday to introduce himself to us and talk to us about school safety. He gave the kids a chance to ask questions and talk about any worries they had.

Literacy:
The writing this class is producing is wonderful! We have learned how to write an introduction and conclusion in our opinion pieces. We are using transitional words and phrases such as: because, another reason is, also The students write and write and write!

During reading workshop, the students are starting to understand what type of books they like to read. From 10:45-11:30, you can find kids all over the room reading their books. Favorite books include atlases, books by Mo Willams, and a new favorite series some students are hooked on: King and Kayla by Dori Butler. 





Math:
Our core math idea has been breaking apart double digit numbers. Now, we are also learning how to add double digit numbers which means the students have to break them apart, reorganize them, and put them back together! Amazing work these mathematicians have done!

March 16, 2018

Important Dates:

March 19: Library
Jump Rope for Heart: March 20

March 23: Fun Fair

I sent home a book order form today. Here is the online link in case you want to do your order online: Scholastic Book Order. Our online code is DZPMV. Please get your order in by Friday, March 23.

We fit a lot into this week!

Sara Raabe came in on Tuesday and talked to the first grade about school safety. The kids asked great questions.

Mrs. Demore's third grade class came down and read their nonfiction books they wrote.

Tracy Towers, the Tooth Tutor came to our classroom on Friday and taught us how to take good care of our teeth. We learned about visiting the dentist, brushing, and flossing. Each child has a bag that they brought home from Tracy.

We also had a whole school celebration! The entire school played bingo and it was a blast!














Jump Rope for Heart will be on Tuesday. We had to change it due to the snow day.

Literacy:
We started our opinion writing unit for writing. The students are learning how to state their opinion and back it up giving multiple reasons. In reading, the students are becoming the Boss of their Reading! This means they are monitoring their own reading to see if what they are reading makes sense. If it doesn't make sense, they are developing strategies to help figure out the hard words.

Math:
Wow! Lot's of great work in math this week! Students are deepening their understanding of tens and ones. We have also introduced greater than and less than signs. We also are working on  telling time to the hour and half hour.

Back from vacation!

Important Dates:

March 11: Daylight Savings Time

March 12: Library

March 14: Early Dismissal

        Social Media Presentation 5pm

March 16: Report Cards Home

March 23: Fun Fair

I'm so sorry I didn't update over vacation. I ended up being super busy and the time got away from me!

It was so good to see all the students this week We had such a great time catching up with each other. We ended up taking 15 minutes during the morning to just chat with friends! We had so much to tell each other.

Literacy:
We finished our nonfiction units in both writing and reading! To celebrate, we invited Mrs. Moulton's class in to hear our nonfiction teaching books that we wrote ourselves.

Then, we invited Miss Bushey's kindergarten class in and we read nonfiction books to them. Our class had prepared questions to ask the kindergartners throughout the reading to check for understanding.


Math:
The mathematicians continue to explore and build on their understanding of place value, using tens and ones. This is a huge leap in learning and requires flexibility in number sense and counting. This week, we introduced clocks and telling time to the hour and half hour.