March 12, 2023

 Thank you for taking a peek at our wonderfully fun week! 😊

Last week in science we finished our unit on the moon and stars! This week we will begin our unit on shadows and the sun! 🌞

We continue to learn about geometry in math! Last week we made our own quilts!

🌟Star Student🌟

Congratulations to Madison who was our Star Student last week! We loved learning more about Madison from her All About Me poster and from the beautiful pictures and objects that she brought from home! Keep up the awesome work Madison! You are such an important and valued member of our Room 114 family! ❤

⭐The Week Ahead ⭐ 

Our Specials this Week

Please see our schedule below for the upcoming week!

Monday (Day 4) Media/STEM

Tuesday (Day 1) PE

Wednesday (Day 2) Art

Thursday (Day 3) Music

Friday (Day 4) Media/STEM

FUNdations

This week in FUNdations we will begin unit 10 in our program! In this unit we will be reading words with up to 5 sounds! We will also practice how to read words with the suffixes -s, -ed, -ing. Stump, clasp, strap, slashing and blended are just a few examples of the types of words that we will be learning how to read and spell! We will also practice reading and spelling the trick words: any, many, how, now, down, out, about and our.

Reader's Workshop 📚

In Reader's Workshop this week we will continue to learn about effective reading strategies. We will talk about how readers use new tools to read hard words. We will discuss how readers think about the story to problem-solve words, think about what kind of word would fit and slow down to break up long words.

Writer's Workshop 🖊

We will continue to write reviews this week in Writer's Workshop! This week we will learn how to make comparisons in our writing. We will also learn about ways to hook our readers with catchy introductions and conclusions.

Math 🖩

In math we will continue to explore geometry concepts through games and hands on learning opportunities!

⭐Important Dates ⭐ 

Thursday, March 16th

Parent/Teacher Conferences

6 PM - 8 PM

Friday, March 31st

Early Release

12:25 Dismissal

Thank you so much for all of your

support and for everything that you do!

I look forward to connecting with you soon!

Warmly,

Jill 🍎