Mrs. Lamparter's Class
March 28, 2014
Specials for the Week of March 31st- April 4th
P.E. will be on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Please wear tennis shoes.
Congratulations to our Star of the Week, Isabel Wright!
Our Book Fair was a huge success! Thank you to Zoya Baig, Lydia Wickerham, and Isabel Wright for their classroom donations.
Our school wide Vocabulary Hat parade will be Friday, April 4th at 8:30 a.m. and I hope you can attend. Each child has been given a vocabulary word to create a hat for. Please send in hats by Wednesday, April 2nd.
We will celebrate Autism Awareness Month on Wednesday by wearing BLUE. You can purchase wide Y-ties that are self-tying shoelaces for $5.00. Thank you for your support!
Mega Minutes for the 4th Nine weeks will end on May 2nd. Our minutes have been adjusted for our awards.
White Horseshoe- 660+ minutes
Maroon Horseshoe- 940+minutes
Gold Horseshoe- 990+minutes
Bronco- 1410+ minutes
LANGUAGE ARTS
We are working on:
- * * Knowing letter sounds and blending sounds and chunks together to make words
- * Focusing on reading words with a short vowel in the middle
- * Working on blends and digraphs
- * Counting, blending, and segmenting syllables
- * Learning to find the "evidence" in a text to support or explain the author's thinking
- * Learning to write an informational piece and phonetically spelling words to write a story
- * Researching and studying nonfiction texts about Space
- * Working independently in Daily Five centers to become better readers, writers, and spellers
MATH
We are working on:
- * Counting by fives, tens and ones to 100!!
- * Composing and decomposing numbers 11-19
- * Representing addition and subtraction with objects, mental images, drawings, expressions, and equations
- * Building combinations of 5 -10
- * Recognizing and knowing the value of coins; penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and the dollar bill
- * Counting forward beginning from a given number in sequence
- * Writing numbers and counting sets to 20
- * 1-1 correspondence
- * Comparing sets- more, less, same
- * Using our Math tools- the rekenrek and number line
- * Working on problem solving skills
- * Using "number talks" to explain our math thinking
SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES
We are working on:
- * Analyzing time patterns and objects; sun, moon, stars, in the day and night sky
- * Exploring the solar system
- * Researching information about planets
REMINDERS
- * Please return permission slip and money for our field trips by March 31st.
- * Don't miss out on this summer opportunity for your child!
- Brookwood Cluster 17th Annual Student Reading & Writing Institute for current K-4th graders is June 9-12, from 9:00 - 12:30. Registration was Tuesday, March 25th from 3:30 - 5:30 at Brookwood Elementary.
- * Mark your calendars for Camp Invention, 2014 at Craig Elementary on
- June 2 – 5, 2014 from 8:00 – 4:00. Our new curriculum – MORPHED!
- Please sign up while discounts are being offered through March 28.
- www.campinvention.org or call 800-968-4332