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Scarlet and Gray Newsletter
February 22nd to 26th, 2016
Volume 19, Issue 25
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Tuesday
Monday
The morning class began with a living and nonliving
sorting
activity. We greeted classmates, sang ‘Grand
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Old Flag’, said our class promise and did calendar.
We sang our ‘Days’ and ‘Months’ songs, subitized to
1-12 dots, read our popcorn words, did our ABC chart,
sang our vowel song and reviewed our habits of
thinkers. We learned our new popcorn word ‘for’ and
did rainbow writing of it. We read Arthur Babysits by
Marc Brown. We learned how sound boxes help us
read and write words. We were introduced to our new
poem ‘Mr. Wind’. We did literacy workshop. We read
Our First President in honor of George Washington’s
birthday. The PM class visited the book fair. We did
shared reading and read Oh, the Things You Can Do
That Are Good For You! We heard another
Newsminutes presentation. We found our mystery
number. We read Domino Addition and introduced to
addition by adding different combinations of boys and
girls.
Wednesday
We did domino addition, greeted one another,
sang ‘Grand Old Flag’, said our class promise
and did calendar. We counted to 100 by fives
and tens and read our popcorn words. We did
‘Action Alphabet’. We reviewed the habits of
thinkers. We read Arthur’s Tooth by Marc Brown.
We did speedwriting of our popcorn word. We
worked on writing an opinion. We sequenced
the lines of our poem. We did literacy
workshop. We read Moose’s Loose Tooth. We
heard Newsminutes presentations. We read
Loud, Soft, High and Low Sounds. The
afternoon class did ‘Let’s Make 10’ to practice
addition in math.
We began by showing our understanding of
healthy habits by illustrating our health plans. We
greeted our friends, sang ‘Grand Old Flag’, said
our class promise and did calendar. We counted
to 100 by ones and read our popcorn words. We
did our ABC charts with digraphs. We reviewed
the habits of thinkers. We watched a Reader’s
Theater performance by Mrs. Whipple’s third
graders. We did speedwriting of our popcorn
word. We read Duck! Rabbit! as an introduction to
opinion writing. We had a few more Newsminutes
presentations. We read Monkey Not Ready for
Kindergarten by Marc Brown. We did literacy
workshop. We did shared reading and read I
Know Why I Brush My Teeth and learned the
proper way to brush. We figured out our mystery
number and did more examples of domino
addition. We read Sound and Hearing.
The AM class began doing ‘Let’s Make 10’. The PM
class did a living and not living sort. We greeted
classmates, sang ‘Grand Old Flag’, said our class
promise and did calendar. We counted backwards
from 20, subitized ten frames and read our popcorn
words. We did blend cards and reviewed habits of
thinkers. We heard Newsminutes presentations. We
read Arthur Lost and Found by Marc Brown. We
read, highlighted the popcorn word in and illustrated
our poem. We highlighted the popcorn words in,
illustrated and read our poem. We highlighted and
read ‘They Look’. We read Wibble Wobble. We had
Guidance. The AM class visited the book fair. The
PM class watched Geena’s Tremendous Tooth
Adventure.
Friday
Thursday
No School Teacher Work Day Contact Info:
Voicemail:
760-6298
E-MAIL:
letostak_vianne@
dublinschools.net
REMINDERS:
MONDAY:
Homework Due
A DAY: Library Books
Due
FRIDAY:
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Wear Tennis
shoes for
Fitness
Book Pockets
Due
(beginning in
November)
PLEASE REMEMBER
TO STORE LIBRARY
BOOKS AND BOOK
POCKETS IN
BOOKBAGS TO
PREVENT LOSS OR
DAMAGE.
We’re on the Web!
See us at:
www.dublinschools.
net/oldesawmill
Dear Parents,
If you are interested in the latest information on redistricting for the 2016-17
school year, it is available at this site:
http://www.dublinschools.net/k8redistricting2015.aspx
Register for the Invention Convention (K-8)
Creative people are in high demand! Your child can exercise their creativity
by participating in the 2016 Dublin Invention Convention. This year Dublin
City Schools students in grades K-8 have the opportunity to participate in
the 2016 Dublin Invention Convention on April 9 at Karrer Middle School. All
participants will be recognized, the winning students will advance to the
regional level at Tolles Career & Technical Center. This is a great opportunity
for students to develop and enhance critical thinking skills through
invention, innovation and entrepreneurship. If your child (grades K-8) is
interested in this program please learn more on this
flyer: http://www.dublinschools.net/Downloads/DublinInventionConvention2
016%20(1).pdf and register online
at https://sites.google.com/site/dublininventionconvention/registration.
Please feel free to ask any questions at this email address
dublininventionconvention@gmail.com.
Upcoming Dates:
February 26th – No School – Teacher Workday
March 3rd - Parent Teacher Conferences
March 21st to 25th – No School – Spring Break
April 16th – OSU Spring Game – optional field trip – details to come after
spring break.
Thanks to our volunteers this week: Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Smialek and
our book fair volunteers: Mrs. Harden, Mrs. Mrs. Chang, Mrs. Koenig and
Mrs. Smialek.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Go Bucks!
Vianne