Weekly Thoughts:** A person can fail many times, but isn’t a failure until he or she begins to blame somebody else.
** There is no danger of developing eyestrain from looking on the bright side of things. (Cheer)
**The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done. (Arnold Palmer)


March Birthdays
Jake W.-T – March 18th
Keegan – March 21st

Language Arts
During whole group reading time, we will be focusing on the following phonetic concepts: comparative endings (-er, -est,) consonant pattern –dge (like in dodge, edge, ledge), vowel digraphs (–ai, -ay), singular and plural
Our Star Students for the next three weeks will be:
Keira P. – Week of 3/9
Keegan R. – Week of 3/16
Allyson R. – Week of 3/23
A Special Note
Many Room 22 children have not yet learned to tie their shoes or zip up their coats. In order to make the most of the instructional time in the room, please help your child master these skills at home. This will help to eliminate distractions during teaching time as well as lessen the time it takes us to get ready for recess. Thank you!
Toys at School
Students have been bringing toys from home. These toys have been distracting other students and have taken away from valuable instructional time. Please remind your child to keep all their toys at home in the morning. Thanks for your support.
Reading Homework
Please continue to read at home with your child. Books and folders should be sent back to school by Friday.
Thank you for helping your child to become a successful reader!
ECC Reading Incentive
Please return your reading calendar on or before March 31st. April Calendars will be coming home soon.
Homework/Lunch & Breakfast Schedule
In the event that we have a cancellation for inclement weather, the homework and special schedule will be a day behind. LUNCH! - The food service personnel will update the lunch menu on-line. On days we have delayed starts, breakfast will not be served! Please make adjustments as necessary.
SAVE THE DATE! - Conferences
Looking Ahead-Please mark your calendars. Thurs., March 19th & Fri., March 20th are the next conference days. You will be scheduled during the same time slot as you were in December. If you know that time will not work please contact me. Reminders will be sent home closer to the date. / possessives, verbs for past events, verbs for future events, animal fantasy stories, fact/opinion, irregular verbs (am, is, are, was, were), true/fantasy stories, context clues, drama, drawing conclusionsdictionary/glossary skills, and author’s purpose.
Writing Goals:
Our focus for writing will be details in a narrative story, writing informative texts and sentences, creating stories using the story frame – Parts of a story format (Beginning, Middle & End). We will also continue learning about summarizing opinion pieces and opinion writing about a topic.
High Frequency Please review the following high frequency words with your child:
Week of:
Mar. 9th: (Where Are My Animal Friends?)- good-bye,before,
does, oh, right, won’t
Mar. 16th: (Mama’s Birthday Present)- give, surprise, would,
enjoy, worry & about
March 23rd: (Cinderella)- draw, colors, over, drew, great, sign &
show
Homework
Week of March 9th
Mon. 3/9: Math Home Link #6.8 (Day #2)
Tues. 3/10: Math Home Link #6.9
Wed. 3/11: Math Home link #6.10Reading Homework
Tues. 3/12: Math Home Link #6.11
Study Spelling Words for test Friday!
Week of March 16h
Mon. 3/16:Math Home Link #6.12 (Assessment)
Tues. 3/17: Math Home Link # 6.12 (Day #2)
Wed. 3/18: Reading Homework & Study Spelling Words for test tomorrow!-Unit #7 Pretesting (no Home Link)
Thurs. 3/19: No Homework – Early Dismissal
Week of March 23rd

Mon. 3/23: Math Home Link #7.1

Tues. 3/24: Math Home Link #7.2
Wed. 3/25: Math Home Link #7.3Reading Homework
Thurs. 3/26: Math Home Link #7.4
Study Spelling Words for test tomorrow!
**Practice High frequency & Spelling WordsEvery Night**
Math
We will continue our work in Unit 6 on the following skills and concepts: telling time by the hour, solving number stories with two and three addends, working with NEAR DOUBLES, making -10, learning to use the reference book and understanding equivalence.
Our Unit 6 math assessment will be on Mar. 16th & 17th.We will begin Unit #7 on March 23rd. Unit #7 skills and concepts will be: Fact families, relating special addition and subtraction facts, learning about attributes of shapes and fractions, working with the “What’s My Rule?” routineto find unknown numbers and telling time on a digital and analog clock.
Science/Unit
During Unit time, we will continue our FOSS unit –Pebbles, Sand and Silt. The students will investigate rocks as earth materials and natural resources. They will come to know rocks by many names and in a variety of sizes. We will also discuss spring and the changes, which happen in this season.
Another Special Request
We will be doing a few final assessments for report cards during the week of March 9th. Please be sure your child gets lots of sleep and eats a good breakfast prior to coming to school. Thank you for all your support!
Box Tops
We will be collecting Box Tops in our classroom this year. This is great additional revenue for our school! Please send any box tops you’ve collected into school with your child.
Items Needed
March SNACKS
Plastic Spoons & bowls
Paper Towels/ tissues
Baby Wipes
Items for our Star Jar & Prize Box

531-2211 ext.6122