I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and is looking forward to the spring-like weather in the week ahead! Please enjoy a few pictures and updates from Room 115! 🌞💮
Important Dates:
March 10th:
Parent/Teacher Conferences (5-7pm)
March 12th:
Parent/Teacher Conferences (5-7pm)
March 13th:
Early Release
Parent/Teacher Conferences (1-3pm)
March 27th:
Early Release
Staff Professional Development
Announcements:
Parent/Teacher Conferences
It's hard to believe but spring parent/teacher conferences start this week! I'm looking forward to meeting with everyone who signed up and discussing your child's progress! Please note that the conference scheduler is now closed, so if you need to change or cancel your appointment please email me directly. I realize life happens, so I'm more than happy to reschedule if needed!
Guest Readers Wanted!
Did you know that March is National Reading Month? We will be celebrating our love of reading all month long in Room 115, and would like to open our door to parents, grandparents, neighbors, or siblings who would like to share their love of reading as well! Below you will find a link to sign up to be a guest reader in our classroom. On the day of, please bring a book of your choice to read aloud OR contact me ahead of time and I'll happily select one for you! In order to ensure everyone gets an opportunity, please sign up for only one slot. If the dates and/or times available don't work for you, please reach out and I will do my best to find a more convenient time. I am looking forward to welcoming guest readers into our classroom! Sign Up to be a Guest Reader Here!
It's Time for Lunch!
A new month brought new seats in the cafeteria!
Curriculum Update:
Reader's Workshop
Last week in Reader's Workshop we kicked off module (unit) 6 in our Into Reading program! This module is titled "Home of the Free and the Brave" and poses the essential question: "What makes the USA special?". We began to answer this question by reading the books America the Beautiful: Together We Stand by Katherine Lee Bates, and In Our Country by Susan Canizares. During our lessons we also explored the genres of poetry and songs, and were introduced to the comprehension strategy of visualizing.
Phonics
It was an exciting time in phonics last week as the students learned about open and closed syllables! The class discovered that when a word has an open syllable like no, go, or so, the vowels says its long sound. In words with closed syllables such as map, hot, and tug the vowel makes it's short sound. The children also practiced reading the new sight/heart words my and by.
Math
In math we have spiraled back to learning about 3D/solid figures, a concept that was introduced in November through Number Corner! During last week's lessons the children sorted 3D shapes by their attributes, explored cylinders and spheres, and even became shape detectives!
A Peek Inside Specials 👀
The class enjoyed showing off their gymnastics moves in P.E. and kicking off March Music Madness with Mrs. Cassani!
Thanks so much for taking a peek at our week! Please check back soon to watch us learn, grow, and play in the wonderful world that is K! 🍎📖🚌
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