Check out all of the announcements and ways to help below! If you have questions on any of these things, please feel free to contact me!
There are so many exciting offerings for summer school this year. Have you seen them? If not, here is the course description packet. Registration opens on Sunday, March 19th at 2:00 pm. There are a few New Directions Teachers teaching summer school this year. Check out this list to see what classes are being taught by New Directions teachers. I am sure you will agree that there are many great options for enrichment this year!
If you can help at either of the following, here are the sign-ups:
Book Fair
Conference Meals
Knowledge-A-Thon
If you child is participating in the FANG Reading program. Please have them turn in their slips weekly. They will receive prizes as they go. If you child starts now, and meets the requirements, you can sent them all in at once! :)
Check out this months newsletter to learn more about birthday boxes and the other important happenings in our school!
HOORAY! Our 3D printer was fully funded! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
As you begin your spring cleaning, please look for magnets, old electronics, toy cars, Knex, and legos. We will also take household items like measuring cups, paper products and utensils. Basic office supplies would also be helpful when building our makerspace. As always, you can send monetary donations with your child to contribute toward makerspace supplies.
Important Dates and Reminders:
March 15: NO SCHOOL
March 17: Wear Green
March 29: Wacky Hair or Hat day
March 28 & 30: Parent Teacher Conferences
April 3: Sports Day
April 7: Knowledge-a-thon in the the AM
PAC field trip in the PM
Here is a peek at our week:
Reading: This week we will begin a new unit called Avid Readers. This unit will focus on building habits that will keep us reading and learning from our reading for life! During this unit we will read fiction, non-fiction and poetry. The first part of this unit will focus on behaviors of avid readers we see at both home and school. We will also work on ways readers interact with fiction books as they read by thinking about character feelings and sharing important parts and strong feelings with our reading partner.
Writing: We will also be kicking off a new writing unit. It is called Persuasive Writing of All Kinds. This will be a new type of writing for us in which the boys and girls will use writing to voice their opinion as well as help to solve problems they see in the world (at school or in the community). This week we will practice sharing our opinions (on a variety of topics) verbally and giving reasons for why we feel that way as a way to get ready to write. We will also study persuasive writing of other authors to see the types of language they use to really convince their readers. One book we will study will be:
For example: 7 are filled, 3 are empty; 7 and 3 are partners of 10.
Additionally, we will be reviewing positional words (over, under, beside, below..).
Social Studies: We were sad to see our wood and paper unit come to an end in science, but I am so proud of the learning and inquiring students did throughout the unit. This week we will switch gears and begin a 'self study' in social studies. We will be reading books and listening to a song and poem to help us to begin thinking about what makes us unique and special. This is such a fun time of year to do this unit because students are really coming into their own and are so self aware.
Word Work: Our new words this week are: red, yellow, blue, then, was.
Reading: This week we will begin a new unit called Avid Readers. This unit will focus on building habits that will keep us reading and learning from our reading for life! During this unit we will read fiction, non-fiction and poetry. The first part of this unit will focus on behaviors of avid readers we see at both home and school. We will also work on ways readers interact with fiction books as they read by thinking about character feelings and sharing important parts and strong feelings with our reading partner.
Writing: We will also be kicking off a new writing unit. It is called Persuasive Writing of All Kinds. This will be a new type of writing for us in which the boys and girls will use writing to voice their opinion as well as help to solve problems they see in the world (at school or in the community). This week we will practice sharing our opinions (on a variety of topics) verbally and giving reasons for why we feel that way as a way to get ready to write. We will also study persuasive writing of other authors to see the types of language they use to really convince their readers. One book we will study will be:
For example: 7 are filled, 3 are empty; 7 and 3 are partners of 10.
Additionally, we will be reviewing positional words (over, under, beside, below..).
Social Studies: We were sad to see our wood and paper unit come to an end in science, but I am so proud of the learning and inquiring students did throughout the unit. This week we will switch gears and begin a 'self study' in social studies. We will be reading books and listening to a song and poem to help us to begin thinking about what makes us unique and special. This is such a fun time of year to do this unit because students are really coming into their own and are so self aware.
Word Work: Our new words this week are: red, yellow, blue, then, was.
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