Dear Families,
Daylight Savings has arrived! Hooray, for more daylight hours to enjoy time outside. We had a wonderful time last week turning our bulletin boards into Spring themes.That means we are more than ready for the new season, which is just around the corner. Bye, bye winter! YEAH!!!! As the warmer weather arrives, please send a water bottle with your child each day. We will take drinks many times throughout the day in order to stay hydrated. Thanks! This is benchmark assessment week. The children will have assessments in Math, Writing and some in Reading.
LANGUAGE ARTS – All groups have started the literature study, Andi’s Indian Summer. They are enjoying the comprehension packets because they are much easier than what they have previously done. But alas, I continue to throw in the more challenging packets, just to keep them on the tips of their toes. By now they should all be good ballet dancers!!! Our fictional narrative benchmark assessment will also take place this week.
MATH – We continue on 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. The chapter review for both grades will come home on Wednesday, March 12th. Our test will be Wednesday, March 19th. We will take our 3rd quarter benchmark assessment in Math this week as well.
FIVE – A DAY – We will 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 red. You do not need to send it back.
SOCIAL SCIENCE – In our book we are on ,”People Make a Difference”. We will continue on this through the month of March. We will take a test on this chapter when we complete it. The chapter review will come home about a week before our test. We will review at school as well.
BIBLE – We will study Solomon.
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!!! Speeches will be scheduled for March 24-April 3.. The children may dress in costume if they wish and bring a food that represents their country. These suggestions are optional and not a requirement. These are done at 1:45 PM, and we will do three a day. 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 (the requirements of which will come home Friday in the Homework Folder) and will be due the morning of Tuesday, May 6th, in time for our Elementary Fine Arts Festival.
PHYSICAL FITNESS TESTING – We have completed part of the activities last week. Those left are on March 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.
EASTER CELEBRATION – We will have a celebration on Friday, April 11th at 1:20 PM. There will be a sign-up in a couple of weeks on the wall outside our classroom for the items needed at our party. In addition, each child will bring 12 filled plastic, easter eggs. They can be filled with candy, stickers, erasers or whatever else you choose. Anything goes!!!! These will be hidden outside for an egg hunt at our party!!
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!
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 a gift basket for a Game Night. We are still in need of more games. You can check the ” Thermometer” in the hallway of Building 5 to see how we are doing with donations. We are doing well, but we sure could use some more contributions from our class. Many Thanks!
SHOW AND TELL – This week will be Team B.
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! Hallelujah for the Cross!!!
4-25 – PTF Talent Show (Tentative)
5-6 – Elementary Fine Arts Festival – 6:30-9:00 PM
5-7 – Teacher Inservice – School dismissed at 12:00 PM
5-9 – Happy 8th Birthday Kaiden Garcia
5-10 – Happy 8th Birthday Joshua Beckwith
5-19 – Year End Swim Party at the Poplins – 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
5-21 – Happy 8th Birthday Miracle Neal
Spirit Day is every Friday. Please wear one of your favorite FCS shirts!
Bible Verse – March 10-14
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. Isaiah 40:31a 14 pts.
Spelling – March 10 -14 – Lesson 29
for
bear
more
four
dear
hear
wore
earn
floor
wear
earth
share
heard
yearly
careless
nothing
doorbell
May