Dear Parents,

Welcome to the final week of our third quarter. I hope we all had a great weekend. Third quarter is ending this week. I wish you and your family a happy spring break.

Here is a quick look at our 28^th week:

LANGUAGE ARTS

SPALDING – We will continue with our cursive practice this week; your scholars will learn how to write cursive letters in upper case. Here is a great article the headmaster shared with us about the importance of learning cursive: http://thefederalist.com/2015/02/25/ten-reasons-people-still-need-cursive/. We will resume our spelling words this week. Encourage your scholars to continue to practice writing their cursive. We will continue practicing in class as well.

READING – READING STRATEGY: In comprehension, we will focus on Nonfiction text features and visual information. Students will look at text features, such as headings and captions, to better understand how all these elements work and their function. They will discover how pictures charts, graphs, and other visual elements expatiate more on a topic. We will continue to review all comprehension strategies learned so far. Please, have your child bring in “The Little House in the Big Woods”.

POETRY: Title: We began a new poem “Lincoln” by Nancy Byrd Turner. Your scholar should memorize this poen and get ready to recite at the end of March.

SAYING: Our saying this week is, “Better late than never”.

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY – We will continue to practice all parts of speech, the focus will still be on prepositions this week.

WRITING – As we continue working on Writing With Ease, students will continue to develop narration, dictation and copy work skills. Students will review letter writing this week as well.

LEVELED READERS – Your scholar will bring home a chapter book to read. Please, encourage them to continue to write their reflection logs.

MATH

This week, we will continue to learn about money. Our focus will still be on the addition and subtraction of money. We will also review place value; it’s important for them to understand the value of money in dollars as well as cents.

SCIENCE

We will finish our study of the digestive and excretory system. Students will come home with their study guide for Science. Science test will be on Friday.

HISTORY

  In History, we will begin a new unit on Westward Expansion. Students will learn about why the pioneers moved west and how they moved west. We will look at different modes of transportation used to move west.

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH – Honesty

The quality of being truthful, sincere, upright, and fair; free from deceit or fraud.

Always speak the TRUTH.

“Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.” ― James E. Faust

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• We are pleased to announce that our Greek Olympics-themed athletics field day will be held on Thursday, March 12th! Students should wear athletic clothing for this event. We also recommend athletic shoes (of any color), a hat, sunscreen, and a water bottle. Please see page 59 of the Family Handbook for the full Athletic Practice and Outdoor Field Day Dress Code.
• We will have guided reading on Tuesday, but there will be no guided reading on Wednesday. We will have Math groups as well.
• Class picture order forms must be returned by Tuesday, March 10^th. Please, send your child in their complete school uniform, well groomed.
• Our wish list is still active:

           - Sani hand wipes

Thank you for all you do to support our class!

Have a great week.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Toyin and Ms. Peterson