MARCH Newsletter 2017
Kevin K. Coleman
Principal's Page
It's already March! It's that time of year where students will be assessed on their reading using Fountas and Pinnell. They have been working very hard during literacy workshop each day so they can make gains. Remember, it is so helpful and important to read to your child each and every day for 10 minutes. They also love spending one on one time with their parents.
I want to thank all those who have completed SurveyWorks. If you haven't, it would be greatly appreciated as the feedback provides us with valuable information to increase student success!
We encourage families to attend our SIT meetings every first Friday of the month at 8:10 am and to attend our RTI meetings when invited. We can't do this alone and need all the help we can.
The Fifth Grade classrooms are hosting a Wax Museum show. Please check out our calendar to see when it is. It's going to be a blast!
Lastly, come join us at Harris on Wednesday, March 22nd for enrichment and dinner! It's always a great time!
Have a wonderful spring,
Best Wishes,
Mrs. Celeste Conti,
Principal
ISC
Kindergarten
For the month of March, Students will be learning about the force of motion in Science. We are working on learning about pushes and pulls. In Reading, our classes goal is to focus on learning to read stories with fluency and accuracy. We will be working on discovering new sound combinations such as ch, sh and th. In addition the class will be working on rhyming words and word families. Please practice rhyming with your child at home to reinforce these concepts.
First Grade
What an exciting year in first grade! I can't believe it's already March! The children will continue to work on solving word problems using numbers up to 20. They will also learn how to do tape diagrams to solve problems.This month we will be focusing on non-fiction texts in reading workshop. The children will learn how to write Expository-All About pieces in writing workshop. The class will be learning about Animal traits inheritance and variations in science this month. We will continue to read Scholastic News and Science Spin magazines. The year is flying by in first grade!
In February we focused on measurement in math. The children learned how to measure items using centimeter cubes and paper clips. They also learned how to read graphs and answer questions about graphs. We read and discussed many books this month. The children wrote a response to literature to some of the books telling about their favorite parts. We are moving right along in phonics as children become more proficient in tapping out words. The class continues to practice reading strategies during silent reading. This has been a short but busy month in first grade!
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Support Professonals/Itinerants
Helpful Reading Web sites http://www.education.com/game/short-u-rhyme-hopper/#games-list http://www.studenthandouts.com/01-Web-Pages/001-Pages/fry-300-instant-sight-words-printable-flashcards.htm http://www.education.com/resources/worksheet+song/ http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/homework.html http://www.starfall.com/ http://pbskids.org/lions/ http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_(process) http://www.jumpstart.com/ http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
Secretary and PE Teacher
News from BOKS
Happy April All!! BOKS has just started our spring session and the staff and students are excited to get moving! Never heard of BOKS? Well let us tell you a little about our program here at Coleman. BOKS (Build our kids success) is a nationally run before school movement program, open to all students, who want to start their days by doing basic fitness moves/games. Each class starts off with open play, where students can make up their own movement games (hula hut, fast feet, partner volley) or play a modified game with friends (basketball, soccer, hula hooping, jump roping). After open play, we always circle stretch to get out bodies ready to move, and learn our fitness skill of the day (push ups, jumping, planks, running). We have a short time to practice these skills with activities such as hula scan, touch em all, or line jumps. We always end class with a game, because fitness and movement should not be a chore, it should always be FUN! Our kids lately have been doing full school obstacle course races, starting in the basement, running up the stairs, going through the agility ladder, crab walking down the first floor hallway, coming downstairs to zig zag through cones on scooters, building cup towers in plank position, shooting a basket at the hoop, and finishing up with some pull ups before running upstairs again. All of our BOKS kids are such hard workers, love getting some energy out in the morning and enjoy the program so much.
BOKS ROCKS!!!
Miss Shiel and Miss. Michelle