Dear Parents,

Welcome to the ninth week of our third quarter. I hope we all had a great weekend. The quarter is moving to an end so fast.

Here is a quick look at our 27^th week:

LANGUAGE ARTS

SPALDING – We started our cursive instruction last week, and I am so impressed with the progress our scholars are making. We will resume our spelling words this week. Encourage your scholars to continue to practice writing their cursive. We will continue practicing in class.

READING – READING STRATEGY: In comprehension, we will focus on Nonfiction text features. Students will look at text features, such as headings and captions, to better understand how all these elements work and their function. We will continue to review all comprehension strategies learned so far. We still have scholars missing their: Sarah Plain and Tall.

POETRY: Title: From Monday- Friday this week, students will recite their preamble by heart. Their performance will be graded. We will also be starting a new poem Lincoln by Nancy Byrd Turner.

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 and verbs this week.

WRITING – As we continue working on Writing With Ease, students will continue to develop narration, dictation and copy work skills.

LEVELED READERS – Your scholar will bring home a chapter book to read this week. Please, encourage them to continue to write their reflection logs. I have observed an admirable love of reading in our class. I am trying as much as possible to create 10mins of independent reading time in the class library, and students are taking advantage of this.

MATH

This week, we will continue to learn about money. Our focus will 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 continue our study of the Human body. This week, we will learn about the digestive system and the excretory system. Students will learn about the journey their food takes the moment it get into their mouth to the time it leaves their body as waste.

HISTORY

  In History, We will review the unit on “The War of 1812”. Students will do a unit test on Wednesday. We will begin a new unit on the “Westward Expansion.” Children will learn about various systems of transportation used by the pioneers.

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH

(Will be updated when virtue is announced on Monday)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Special thanks to the Andrade, Everhart, and Thomas family for providing lunch for the four birthdays taking place tomorrow: Ms. Peterson, Adele, Aleena, and Alan.
• Congratulations to Aubrey Antoniello for winning the virtue award for friendship in the month of February.
• 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 continue with guided reading and Math groups this week. I look forward to seeing all our wonderful parent volunteers.
• Students may begin to wear shorts to school this week.
• 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