Newsletter 3/10

Our Weekly Learning        3-10-17
News and Information    Spring Break March 13-17----NO SCHOOL. Parent-Teacher conferences are scheduled for March 28 and March 30th.  I however am not available on March 28 so I will be doing March 29th and March 30th. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. I will be sending out a signup genius later today. We will be NWEA testing March 27-31. Help! Our snack supply is running low.
Language Workshop This week we started a unit on animals. We learned about birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, insects, and mammals.  We also learned about their different habitats and what their needs are.	Math Workshop We finished topic 8 -- “Comparing and Ordering Numbers to 100” this week.  The students have really had to use their “math brains” this week.
Writing Workshop This week we continued informative writing.  We went through the writing process to create an informative piece this week with our American Symbols. We will write our own informative piece on animals when we get back.	Word Study This week we practiced 3rd quarter words.  We assessed over reading and spelling the words.  We will not have new words next week.  Instead we will focus on phonograms and practice decoding tricky words.
Next Week After Spring Break we will begin our author study on Kevin Henkes. In Math, we will do some quick lessons on time, measurement, money, fractions, and shapes to get ready for NWEA testing the following week.	Important Dates March 13-17  Spring Break March 20-24 Penny Wars March 29 & 30 Parent-Teacher Conference