Dear Parents:
Reading Week was a huge success! After meeting so many wonderful characters from our favorite books on Tuesday, the entire lower school dropped everything to spend time reading in the courtyard on Wednesday morning. The children were so engrossed in their books. It was so peaceful and relaxing… a wonderful way to start the day! Then on Thursday, we joined Ms. O’Mullane’s second graders for some buddy reading. The children enjoyed showing off their reading skills and seeing a second grade classroom. On Friday, we shopped at the Oldie Goldie Book Sale and found lots of books to read and treasure! Thank you for supporting the book sale both with your donations of books and purchases of gently used books! I have posted pictures from the week on our class shutterfly site. I have also begun posting more albums from the first few months of the school year. Just click the shutterfly site on the right side of this blog. PARENTS MAY POST PICTURES AS WELL!
Have you been reading E-bytes, our school on-line newsletter? It’s a great way to see what is going on in all the divisions of Shorecrest. New this year is a link where parents may send in pictures, etc. to E-bytes! I know several of you take pictures at school, so if you have pictures or information to share, please do! You don’t have to go through me!
Don’t forget! Class Pictures will be made this Wednesday! If you have not turned in your order and would like to order a class picture, please do so now!
Our field trip to the Science Center Planetarium is also this Wednesday. We will be eating lunch at the Science Center. If you did not turn in a sack lunch order from for SAGE, you will need to provide a sack lunch for your child on Wednesday. Everything must be disposable, no lunchboxes please. Parents are welcome to join us. The Pinellas County Science Center is located at 7701 22nd Avenue North. There will be a $4.00 charge for parent chaperones.
This week in class:
Reading/Language Arts: Our phonics focus is on long vowel u. The letter u followed by a consonant and the letter e can stand for the /yoo/ sound, the sound at the beginning of use. It can also stand for the /oo/ sound in the middle of words such as tune. We'll also learn about verbs, action words that show what a person, thing, or animal does. We will continue to read nonfiction and use graphic organizers to help us keep track of what we read. As we continue to research both on-line and in books, we will be learning that information is often arranged in alphabetical order on websites and in nonfiction books. Alphabetizing can help us find information. Therefore, we will also be practicing our alphabetizing skills. If you haven't already, take the opportunity to have your child alphabetize the word cards he/she is bringing home in the rubber band this week!
Writing Workshop: During our Craft of Revision unit this week, the children are rereading stories they have previously written and choosing more that deserve to be revised. As they reread , they’ll begin to plan the revision those pieces could use. We’ll also focus on writing more effective leads or openings to our stories. We’ll look at the leads that some of our favorite authors use to help inspire us to revisit and revise the leads or openings to our own stories.
Math: We will work on extensions for the "What's My Rule?" routine which include finding missing input numbers, work on digital time, and be introduced to a new book, “My Reference Book”. We’ll learn about the book by taking a scavenger hunt in it! The children will be using this reference book in both first and second grades during math time.
Science: The children are putting the finishing touches on their planet projects and planning how they will present their projects to their classmates and to the fourth graders. They have worked so hard and I am so proud of them!
Social Studies: The children began researching presidents in the computer lab and will finish this week in the classroom. We’ll learn what it is like to be president, take a virtual tour of the White House, and spend some time thinking about what it would be like to be president. The children will also be choosing other symbols of America to research and learn more about. They will then prepare teaching posters to help them teach their classmates about these symbols of our great country.
Volunteers this week:
- Tuesday - Art – Kimberly Burke (12:05)
- Tuesday – Special Parent Reader – Julia Wenniger (2:15)
- Thursday - Library Check-out – Kimberly Burke 12:00
- Friday - Parent Reader – Mary/Charley Harris (2:15)
Other Important Reminders/Dates/Information:
- Class Pictures this Wednesday!
- Field Trip to the Science Center Planetarium – this Wednesday! Parents are welcome to meet us there or follow the bus.
- Field Day -Friday, March 9. More information will be coming soon!
- Spring Break will be March 12 - 16.
- Field Trip to All Children’s Hospital for the musical “What’s So Good About Feeling Bad?” - March 22
- Field Trip to Dali Museum - March 30
- Relay for Life - March 30
That’s all for now! Have a great week!
Susan
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