Sunday, March 4, 2018

Newsletter: March 2

Important Dates:

  • March 5: Read Your Shirt Day
  • March 9: Early Release Day/Dismissal 12:15/Flashlight Friday
  • March 10: Do a word search or crossword puzzle
  • March 12: Dress for a job you'd like to have
  • March 16: Wear green
  • March 17: Play a board games as a family
  • March 19: Dress like a movie character
  • March 24: Read a recipe and make a treat!
  • March 29: Pajama Day/Read & Feed

Other News:

Please don't miss the conference slip in your child's Friday folder.  The conference slip indicates the day and time for our coming Parent Teacher Conference.  Please return the slip next week to confirm our conference time. 

Thank you for continuing to hand in Box Tops.  Our class turned in the most amount of Box Tops last month and earned a free recess.  The class was very excited! 

Reading:
Thank you for attending the Roll Out The Red Carpet For Reading Night last week.  It created a lot of excitement for reading as we enter into reading month.  Please take note of the reading calendar for the month.  We have many fun events planned each week.  

Writing:
We have been working on writing opinion writing pieces.  We are writing our opinions about a restaurant, movie, book, popular spot, or video game.  Next week we will write an introduction that includes our opinion and a catchy lead.  We will also begin to write the middle section including reasons to support our opinion with details, examples, and evidence. 

Math:
We continue to practice 2-digit and 3-digit subtraction.  Students are confidently using  subtraction strategies to solve.  They are even beginning to check their work using addition.  Some students are using a method called "Ungroup First".  In explaining this method, students use the "hundreds, tens, and ones" language in order to ungroup and subtract.  This shows that they understand the value of each number in the equation.  Other students have become proficient using a number line to subtract while other are decomposing the total (173=100+70+3).  Ask your child to show you how they subtract from any number less than 200!

Growth Mindset:
And you will succeed?  
Yes!  
You will indeed!  
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed)
-Dr. Seuss

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