Weekly Class Letter

March 15, 2010

Dear Families,

 

St. Patrick’s Day

I hope you had a nice spring break.  It’s now time to buckle down and do some more learning.  This week, we’re doing activities based on St. Patrick’s Day, which is this Wednesday, so don’t forget to wear green that day.  We’ll have a little celebration in the middle of the day, but no big holiday party (unless we catch a leprechaun with the class trap we’ll make tomorrow).

Writing

Today, we finished writing about the things we’d do for ourselves, our families, and the world, if we caught a leprechaun and got a pot of gold.  Our work will be displayed in the hallway for everyone to read.  Our next writing project will be about the ways in which we are lucky.  It will be written as an expository piece with a topic sentence, examples and details, and a conclusion.  I hope you and your child had a chance to talk about the ways you are lucky during the break.

Reading

Besides writing, we will have Book Club and stations tomorrow, Wednesday, and Friday.  After doing special reading and writing activities like the Penguin Parade and Biography TV, the kids are ready to get back to our reading routine.  We’re going to have a kindergartner named Cathy join us for Book Club, too!

Math

For math, we will start a new unit that focuses on geometry.  I sent home today the math letter explaining the skills.  The students did well on the last unit test, however many tripped up on the money using quarters, so please continue to practice that at home.

 Homework

The math homework will not include the story and money problems for the rest of the month so the children can practice their math facts on the math wheel.  We will have our timed math-wheel tests every Tuesday and Thursday.  I hope everyone will make growth to attend the special field trip at the end of the year.

Miscellaneous Information

Officer Dodd taught a lesson today.  I ordered the Scholastic books on March 5, so they should be coming soon.  I sent home our new vocabulary list today.  Report cards should be coming this week, so if you have questions, please let me know.  I’ll send my News To Share notes next week.  And last, but not least, we’ll have play practice on Thursday with Sarah’s mom. 

Have a great week!  Thanks for being GOOD AS GOLD!

     

Karen Morris 259-3060 home

 

 

 

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