Happy Read Across America Day! On March 2nd we celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday by spending some extra time reading. Since this day does not fall during the school week this year I'm encouraging students to take some time out of their day tomorrow to snuggle up with a good book! We began our Seuss celebration (a Seuss-abration, lol) today by making "Cat in the Hat" hats with our rhyming spelling words written on the stripes. On Monday we will continue to celebrate all things Seuss while sporting our fine new hats. Students are encouraged to bring in any Seuss stuffed animals they have at home (or any favorite stuffed animal) to be their reading buddies on Monday. In math this week we continued working with money and making change. Students participated in a coin game where they needed to continuously make change to have a few coins as possible. Next week the class will be taking a mid-unit assessment to see how they are progressing. Please practice identifying coins with your children at home. As you empty your pockets or purse each night ask your child to count your change for you. This simple activity will greatly benefit your child and provide you with some great 1-on-1 time! In literacy this week we introduced some new Common Core "I can" statements as we began working on determining the main ideas of multiple-paragraph texts. This task proved difficult for most of the class and is something that we will continue working on next week. A complete list of this week's "I can" statements can be downloaded below.
Our week in Pictures:Don't forget you can visit these great sites at home 24/7:
P.S - The afternoon ran away on us today and after the busses left I noticed that our weekly reflections are still on my desk! Oops :-) Check for them in your child's folder on Monday.
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