Mark Your Calendar:

 

Monday, February 27th>  new HW packet goes home: it is due Friday, March 17th

**March’s USA Heritage Map Challenge Activity will be found in your child’s HW folder.  Please follow the directions on the paper and return it to school by Monday, March 13th.

Wednesday, March 1st>  Ash Wednesday, Mass at 1:30

Thursday March 2nd>  Dr. Seuss’ Birthday:  Colorful Sock Day for W-6 ONLY!

***In celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, students in our class will be invited to wear colorful socks to school.  We will use our socks during a bonus enrichment math activity designed around the book Fox in Socks. 

Friday, March 3rd>  Completed Field Trip forms and $2.00 bus fee due, Stations of the Cross begin, Quick Check Assessment

Monday, March 6th> K-1 Religion Retreat (on-campus)

Friday, March 10th>  Quick Check Assessment

Monday, March 13th>  USA Heritage Map due

Tuesday, March 14th>  Kindergarten’s Field Trip to the Fire Station and Kid’s Crossing Park> see paperwork for details

Friday, March 17th>  1/2 day Noon Dismissal, Homework Packet due, Quick Check Assessment, End of 3rd Quarter

******Spring Break> <March 20th – 24th, return to school on Monday, March 27th

Schedule of Specials: 

Tuesday and Thursday (PE): children wear PE short and shirt with approved tennis shoes and plain white socks.  Light-Up shoes and socks with color/emblems are not allowed.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday (Spanish, music, guidance):   children wear regular uniforms (no PE).  Approved shoes and navy socks are required.  Tennis shoes are not to be worn on these days.  Belts are required if there are belt loops.  Hair accessories are limited to the colors found in the uniform.

Academic Themes for the Week

Topic: Dr. Seuss’ Birthday

Look for their Weekly Emergent Readers to go home on Fridays.  I encourage you to save these weekly emergent reader books in a special place:  a treasure box or special basket.  Whenever they want to pull out a story to read to you, they can select a story from their special story box.

Reading Block:    Capitalization & Punctuation; Blending; Writing a Complete Sentence; identifying middle sounds

Word Study:   Continuation with Blends;  – op word family introduction, -ed words (past tense verbs)

Writing:  Completing Sentences; developing their own story:  character, setting, problem: Opinion Writing

Sight Words: him   her   when   some

Math Block:   comparing lengths, nonstandard units of measure

Science/Social Studies/Art:  Start of our 4-6 week USA Unit of Study

Religion:   Ash Wednesday, Introduction of the Prayer of the Stations of the Cross

 Enrichment:  USA Themed Projects over the next 4-6 weeks (some of which includes the following:  Classroom Heritage Map; USA Book-which includes Presidents and US Symbols; 50 States Song; etc)

***Bonus:  Fox in Socks math enrichment activity on March 2nd.

Mad Scientist:  Oobleck

 Foodie Fun:  

To Work On At Home:

writing their first and last name

writing numbers to 100

blending sounds together to read words>reading and writing simple sentences

memorize phone number and address

tie their shoes