Saturday, March 18, 2023

March 20-24th Newsletter

 

March 20th-24th, 2023



We will be tapping maple trees in the school woods this Wednesday. It is very muddy and wet, please dress accordingly. Thank you! 

This week in literacy, we will…

  • Decode and spell one-syllable words with the /oi/ vowel team.

  • Read irregularly spelled words (four, any, better, only).

  • Identify the elements of a sentence and review the use of question marks.

  • Read and write words with the suffixes -ful and -less.

  • Read a poem titled, Jack-in-the-box. We will review vowel teams and contractions. 

  • Read Zip, Zip, Zip, by Andrea Young. We will talk about important information in the book. We will also recognize beginning consonant clusters and compound words.

  • Write a response to reading.

  • Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons.

This week in writing, we will…

  • Finish our non-fiction books

  • Make covers for our non-fiction books

  • Share a “published” non-fiction book with a small group

This week in math, we will….

  • Use Emperor Penguins and Little Blue Penguins to do the following

  • Compare pairs of 2-digit numbers

  • Add with sums to 100

  • Explain the reasoning behind a strategy used to add with sums to 100

  • Express the length of an object as a whole number of units

  • Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them

  • Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others


This week in social studies, we will…

  • Continue learning about symbols of the United States

  • Learn about the states that border Wisconsin and the countries that border the United States

  • Work together with our classmates to locate different states in the United States


Important Dates to Remember!

  • March 21- Down Syndrome Awareness Day (Wear colorful socks)

  • March 24- No School- Professional Development Day

  • March 27- April 2- Spring Break

  • April 3- Brewers Home Opener (wear MLB gear)

  • April 6- End of 3rd Quarter

  • April 7- No School

  • April 10- No School (Professional Development Day)

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