Friday, March 6, 2020

Week Ending 3/6/20

The first week of March is done and the weather is more and more Spring like!  It's so nice to be able to get outside and play on these nice days!

Important information:

  • If you have not yet signed up for conferences, please sign up for a time that you and your child can attend.  Conference Sign Ups
  • Our first field trip is on Monday, March 16th.  I will send more information next week but for now, be thinking about ensuring your child has a good breakfast, packs a paper bag lunch with throw away water bottle, and is ready to learn and experience our day!
  • Thursday, March 19th is an early release day with dismissal at 12:30.
3, 2, 1 things you should know about our week...
3 math activities we worked on were playing Guess My Number within a 1,000 (determining our partner's number by paying careful attention to their clues), Plus 10/Minus 10 (working on adding and subtracting efficiently within 1,000 by 10s and noticing the patterns on the hundreds chart), and Close to 100 (using our addition strategies to make the closest number to 100 that we can using 4 digits).  
You can play Close to 100 here at home.  It's a great way see what your child is working on in the classroom! Close to 100

2 read aloud books we read this week were Something About Hensley's, where we focused on what we learn about the characters through their  actions and Ivy and Bean, were we have been focusing on the important events in our story.  Next week, we'll be focusing on Ivy and Bean's friendship and how it's changed or stayed the same.  
Ask your child who they'd rather be friends with, Ivy or Bean?

1 important thing for you to know is that the students have been talking a lot about the Coronavirus.  We shift the conversation after letting them know with the flu, coughs, and colds, how important is to wash their hands and everyone is ok where we are.