MARCH MCMONTHLY NEWS

IN LIKE A LION,

OUT LIKE A LAMB?

March started like a lion even though we’ve had much lamb-type weather this winter.  You will be amazed at how fast time will fly in first grade this coming spring! 

We kicked off the month with Dr. Seuss’ birthday and had a great time participating in “Read Across America” in many ways in honor of Dr. Seuss.  The children showed their spirit for all of our Dr. Seuss activities by wearing red, white, and black clothing as “Cats in the Hats,” some crazy hats, headbands, mismatched socks, and, of course, by reading.  We thoroughly enjoyed having the extra Dr. Seuss books in the classroom that the children brought from home and shared with one another.

LANGUAGE ARTS

We continue to review short vowels, long vowels, and we are learning tricky sounds that look a little different and “don’t follow the rules.”  We have learned to be very resourceful as we figure out tricky words.  We are increasing our writing skills and focusing on complete sentences, proper punctuation, and story details.  We have been enjoying non-fiction writing, are wrapping up our own awesome “All About” stories, and will move on to studying how authors we love inspire us to write more .

MATH

We now begin to enjoy a new understanding of geometric shapes and have fun with different units of measurement (perhaps we can help cook more now!)  By the middle of the month, we will return to focus on the parts and total in addition and subtraction stories by using strategies such as doubling, counting on, counting back, and more.

BIRTHDAYS

Mon., March 12:  Paige Domenici

Tues., March 27:      Owen Smith

Thurs., March 29:   Ashley Long

Sat., March 31:     Turner Brode

REMINDERS

Fri., Mar. 1:  Red, white & black clothing day, crazy socks, or hats

 (Class Spirit Day in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday and Read Across America Day)

Mon., Mar. 5:   Progress Reports home

Mon-Wed., March 7-9:   Conferences, 1:30 dismissal

Fri., Mar. 9:            Scholastic orders due

March 12-30:   Pennies for Patients, School-wide Fundraiser

SPECIAL NOTES

• Thanks for the continued box tops.  The collection continues through May.
• Thanks for your generous support in the Daffodil Drive.
• Continued thanks to our Room Moms, Missy Almy and Allison Melich, and all families for all the work you do with your children supporting our first grade learning!

FEBRUARY WORDS

any

ate

blue

by

fly

from

funny

give

live

many

may

our

out

of

pretty