Thursday, March 24, 2016

Newsletter 3/24/16

Look at what we've been up to in work and play this week!


In Reading Workshop this week we reviewed retelling and making connections with nonfiction texts.  We also read a tricky poem about eggs.  In phonics, we focused on letter Ee, sorting words that begin with the long and short Ee sounds.  We are blending and segmenting sounds every day!

We focused on partnering in Writing Workshop this week.  We have new writing partners!  We learned how a partner can help a writer clarify a friend’s how-to story by acting it out.  We talked about what a helpful partner does and says. 

We did a lot of egg and bunny counting this week!  We reviewed number identification and formation 1-20.

Welcome spring!  Our science lessons were about the new season this week.  We read spring stories, made a spring word web and watched our classroom thermometer change from blue to green!  We went outside and decorated with chalk to celebrate.

In Second Steps this week we learned tricks to help us wait.  We read Waiting Is Not Easy, by Mo Williams- a favorite Elephant and Piggie book!  Ask your child what s/he does to make waiting a bit easier.  We practiced this week!

Book buddy bags are due on Monday.
Monday 11:30 early dismissal.  No lunch in school!
SAVE THE DATE: K music concert 4/5 at 9:30 am