CLASSROOM NEWS
March 14, 2016
WHAT WE’VE BEEN LEARNING
Readers Workshop/Fundamentals Reading
Fiction
• Retelling Stories With Meaning - Readers retell stories
to help become more effective readers and
communicators. (A Balloon for Isabel)
• Pictures Tell A Story - Realistic and Fantasy Fiction.
Using pictures to make predictions and meaning of
illustrations. (Wave)
• Say It Again - Repeating text and phrases help predict
the events in a story. (The Farm Concert)
Writing/Writing Fundamentals How-To-Writing
• Talk Readers Through Your How-To - Students should
think about the specific audience they are directing their
writing piece to. (Walk On! A Guide for Babies)
• Do What Other How-To Writers Do - Gather
information through observing others and asking
questions. (Road Builders)
Poetry used for Weekly Shared Reading
• March
Math
• Balancing Addition Sentences
• Sorting 3D Objects
• Identifying 3D Objects
• Math Day Games
Science
About Weather and Seasons
• Four Seasons
March Sight Words
here, said, are, do, make, look, this, an
National Childrens Dental Health Month
Nutrition
Report Card Assessments!!!!!
Dates To Remember
3/25 - No School
3/28 - Spring Break
Just In General...
Report Cards:
• During the past week many hours were spent on
speaking with my students one-on-one for report
card assessments.
• Report Cards were sent home last Friday. Please
read it, keep your copy, sign the envelope and
return it to me at school.
• Our school district does not have “spring
parent/teacher conferences”. If you have any
questions regarding your child’s report card and
progress, please know that I am available to
conference almost every day of the week at
11:20. Please contact me if you would like to
meet and talk. My e-mail address is
Robin.Dishkin@LZ95.org
We are still having snack each day and many
children are coming to school without a snack. I
keep no food in the classroom. Please remember
to pack a healthy snack.
Books That We Read
The Duckling Gets A Cookie
The Season’s At Our House
In Like A Lion Out Like A Lamb
Little Pea
Mouse Mess
No Moon No Milk
Twas The Night Before St. Patricks Day
How Are You Peeling