March, already!? It really hit me the other day that I only get about three more months with your kids. It's been amazing watching them grow, learn, and really getting to know them. They have all made such an impact on me.
Please make sure your child is reading 30 minutes a night Monday through Thursday (Friday and the weekends are optional 😊). They should be bringing home their Homework Reading Log which is a bright yellow sheet. It is double sided so this sheet should last about four weeks. Thank you for signing it each night confirming that they have completed their homework. I do check this sheet every morning when students arrive.
Thank you all for your donations to our Penny War! I loved seeing the students competitive sides come out as they were determined to win! Mrs. Lenzner's kindergarten class ultimately won and as a school we raised $765.09 for Pillars Warming Shelter in Appleton! Woo hoo!
Upcoming Events:
March 23rd: Parent Teacher Conferences (Stay tuned for link)
March 25th: Parent Teacher Conferences (Stay tuned for link)
March 26th: Early Dismissal for students
April 2nd: No School
April 5th: No School
Curriculum Update:
Reading: We are well into our Interpreting Characters Unit. The students have been working on a variety of skills and strategies they can apply to their fiction texts to grow ideas about characters. We spent time this week thinking about how writing about reading can help us grow as reader and a person. Students have a reading folder this unit where they have been filling out how much they are reading and identifying a theme and something they've noticed about a character. Each Friday we do a 'gallery walk' where studys lay out their readers notebook and folder and everyone gets to appreciate all the hard work everyone has put into their reading!
Writing: We are still in our Choose Your Own Adventure unit. Students are at all different stages of the writing process as they work hard to finish pieces of narrative, opinion, and information writing. I've been placing a strong emphasis on the importance of writers knowing their audience and keeping that audience in mind throughout their entire writing process. The students have really taken interest to this and this past week I have mailed out student writing to NFL, Nintendo, Tony Evers, Scholastic, and the White House! I can't wait to continue to work alongside students throughout this unit. They've really enjoyed it and I have loved getting glimpses of their ideas, passions, and inspirations through reading their writing.
Word Study: We have begun Unit 9 of our Fundations unit. Tests for Unit 8 were taken this past week and sent home. This unit is all about r-controlled vowels. This syllable contains a single vowel that is directly followed by the letter r. The r changes the sound of the vowel. For example, in the word bark, the vowel a has neither a short nor long vowel sound - instead the sound is "controlled" by the r. There is an exception to the r-controlled syllable. If the r is followed by another r, the proceeding vowel is often short, as in the word carry. Students will also learn about the 1-1-1 spelling rule that applies to r-controlled words. When a base word is a closed or r-controlled syllable with only one consonant following one vowel, you double the final consonant on the base word if adding a vowel suffix
Your child's weeks worth of Fundations work will come home early next week. It should look like this:
Content: We are still working hard throughout our Earth's Processes and Systems unit. We've spent a lot of time learning about erosion, weathering, and now we are currently studying fossils. The students have really enjoyed discussing and sharing previous facts they've learned about fossils. It's been so fun to see their excitement when talking about these scientific topics that happened so long ago. 🦕🦖
I hope you all have a great weekend!
Carly Burris
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