Dear Families,
Welcome March! Spring is sneaking up!!!!! Tally’s Treasures can’t wait!!! We are being spoiled by some beautiful weather and are loving it. We were also so thankful for the rain God sent. Please send a water bottle with your child each day as they are warm and thirsty when recess is over!!!!
LANGUAGE ARTS – The children are improving on their comprehension packets and getting more accurate with first time answers. We continue to work on their narrative for the upcoming benchmark assessments which is writing a fictional narrative!
MATH – We have started Numbers and Patterns to 1000. This is a real good exercise for Number Sense. Some have that well developed and others developmentally are not completely there. It comes with time for most.We will continue to revisit multiplication and division as not everyone has mastered this. This will be revisited and expounded upon greatly in 3rd grade.
FIVE – A DAY – We make the corrections at school, but please go over at home the kinds of mistakes your child is making. You will know they made a mistake if the number beside the problem is circled in a colored pencil or crayon. You do not need to send it back.
SOCIAL SCIENCE – We are also are continuing to review what country we live in, the state, and the city, as well as the seven continents. In our book we are on ,”People Make a Difference”. We will continue on these units through the month of March as well.
BIBLE – We will continue with David and learn how God used him in spite of his sin.
HOMEWORK– There will be no skill sheets or Book Project for the month of March. The requirement for the Reading Log will still be 100 minutes per week. They will be working on their speech and heritage doll which will keep them plenty busy!!! Just a reminder, when your child is ready for the final copy to use the lined paper I sent home a couple of weeks ago. If you have lost it or need more, just let me know and I will send home more with your child. Speeches will be scheduled for the last week in March and the first week in April. These are done at 1:45 PM, and we will do three a day. A schedule came home last week.If the time I have chosen for you does not work, just let me know and we will reschedule. The last Book Project will be a Diorama and will be due the morning of May 6th, which is the day we will have our evening, Open House.
PHYSICAL FITNESS TESTING – This will take place on March 5th (1/2 mi run), 7th Curl-Ups), 12th (Sit and Reach), 14th (Pull-Ups) and 19th Shuttle Run). It will be in the afternoons. If possible, please try not to schedule appointments for that week. If it is unavoidable, there certainly will be make-ups. Also, please have your child in appropriate clothing and footwear (tennis shoes) for these activities.
BOOK ORDER – A book order went home last week for the months of February and March. I will finalize the order on March 8th. There was a coupon for a free book attached to the order form. It was supposed to be attached to their balloon for Valentine’s Day, but they ran out at Scholastic. This coupon is now good through March 31st, so this will be your only chance to use it. We will then have one more order, which will be for April and May.
NEATNESS – We are focusing on making our work neat. I am pointing out to the children samples of neat work. We are doing lots of encouragement in this area. We will be redoing those papers which are sloppy. I appreciate your support in this area as we together emphasize how important neat and careful work is. Many thanks!
SPRING PICTURES – All children will be photographed on Tuesday, March 4th. You do not need to send money now. A proof will go home and if you so desire, you may order pictures at that time. These pictures will be taken with a pretty spring background.
FCS AUCTION– The FCS auction is underway! The dinner/silent and live auction will take place on Saturday, March 15th from 5:00 to 9:00 P.M. in the FCS Gym. Our class project is wonderful basket for a “Game Night” . We have received just a few games for the basket, so we are in need of many more. You can check the ” Thermometer” in the hallway in Building 5 to see how we are doing with donations and tickets. We are doing great, but we sure could use some more contributions from our class. Many Thanks!
SHOW AND TELL – This week will be Team B.
3-4 – Elementary Spring Pictures
3-14 – Quarter 3 Ends
3-15 – FCS Auction
3-19 – Teacher Inservice – School dismissed at 12:00 PM
3-19 – Happy 8th Birthday Andres Fierro
3-30 – Happy 8th Birthday Noah Luginbill
3-31 – 4-4 – SAT Testing
4-2 – Happy 8th Birthday Faith DeGroot
4-14 – 4-21 – Easter Vacation – He Is Risen!
Bible Verse – March 3-7
Jesus answered , “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 24 pts.
Spelling – March 3-7 – Lesson 28
word
were
turn
girls
verse
color
first
world
third
serve
purple
doctor
further
herself
birthday
Saturday
walked
April