Read Across America
Friday, March 28, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Parent Conferences
It's that time of year when we have the opportunity to get together again and share your child's progress. It will be a time to discuss progress and not a time to talk about your child's placement for next year. Mr. Fosher handles all placement concerns, and you are more than welcome to either write it down or schedule an appointment with him.
Ms. Winglass has two solo weeks of teaching coming up in April to fulfill her internship; therefore I am free to meet with you other days and times besides Wednesday, April 9 and 16. For those of you who may be coming into the classroom to volunteer in April, I would be happy to meet with you 20 minutes before or after your scheduled time. I am not available either April 8 or April 14 but any of the other days from 8-3 would work for me. Please e-mail me back with some dates and times that might work for you and I will get back to you ASAP.
Thank you,
Deb (dfennessy@sau16.org)
We Are Learning About:
-Mo Willems as our mentor author
-writing in response to reading
-vowel teams ea, ee
-fact families
-place value
-counting coins
-the 3 states of matter; solid, liquid, gas
Some Activities We Did:
-began writing our own books based on Mo Willems' style of writing
-read our letters from our Korean pen pals
-continued to share our group "plays"
-practiced the comprehension strategy of "inferring"
-made origami dogs
-made leprechaun hats and wrote about what we would do if we caught one
This week promises to be a busy one with Friday being "Read Across America Day" and Book Swap/Pajama Day! Be sure to have your child finish their reading calendars and bring them back to school on Friday.
Monday, March 17, 2014
Monday, March 3, 2014
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Dolphin Digest--March 3, 2014
I hope everyone enjoyed the winter break. I wish that I had planned to get away to a warmer climate! This week promises to be an exciting one in the Dolphin classroom! We will be decorating the room for St. Patrick's Day. Today, we are sending the information on making a leprechaun trap to be brought into school next Thursday, March 13. We will set them Thursday afternoon before we leave in hopes of trapping a "wee folk" before St. Patrick's Day. I am sure you'll hear whether or not we were successful.
I know your child will enjoy the many varied reading activities that the March reading calendar provides. Please make sure your child is doing the reading as there will be a prize at the end of the month for those who do.
In Reader's Workshop this week, we will demonstrate the comprehension strategies of "schema" and "inferring" when reading. In Writer's Workshop, we will be finishing up "persuasive writing" with letters home to you and then we will be using Mo Willems as our mentor author. Through his style of writing, we hope to create our own stories. We continue to practice addition/subtraction math facts and fact families. Please continue to practice them with your child at home.
Our thanks to all our classroom volunteers last month and party contributors. A very special thank you to Mrs. Girard for coordinating the Valentine refreshments.
Think spring and have a good week!
Deb
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, March 7
District School Meeting, SMS Cafe, 7:00PM
Thursday, March 13
Leprechaun traps are due
Friday, March 14
No School: Teacher Workshop Day
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