March 20th Newsletter

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Last Friday was filled with fun reading experiences with our special guest readers as part of the Read-a-Thon!  We were so lucky to have Natasha, owner of the Cedarburg Toy Company, read to us and tell us jokes from a fun joke book!  Natasha was so kind that she even gifted the copy of Home for a Bunny that she read to us.  Next we had Mrs. Halvorsen from Riveredge who is also a mom of two Thorson students.  She explained that she used to live in a place that didn't really experience "spring" the way we do, so she really enjoys and appreciates that.  She read The Curious Garden to us, and we loved watching as the scene went from gray and dull, to green, lush and beautiful!  And finally, Gill from the Chinooks joined us with his friend and they read One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, which is always a big hit!   

As we finish up the third quarter this week, we are starting something very exciting!  With our completed "how to" writing pieces, we will read them to you virtually through an app called Seesaw!  Watch for more on this in your child's folder this week.  

In math, we will be using counting up as a strategy for making change for amounts up to one dollar.  We will also be exploring equal shares by dividing objects and groups of items into equal parts.  This will be our introduction to fractions.  Look for Home Links 8.5, 8.6 and 8.7 to come home this week.

We will be finishing up our social studies unit on Canada this week.  The kids are having fun learning about our neighbor to the north!

Special Points of Interest

• No School on Friday, March 24th - End of third quarter and teacher record day