March
Sight Words
March Sight Words
another next
best please
better present
dear right
each seem
hand should
leave tall
let these
may tree
more under
name use
never while
why
Newsletter Mrs. Mac's Contact Information: Grovecrest Elementary 801-785-8714Email: bmclelland@alpinedistrict.orgWebpage: http://my.uen.org/myuen/46643FEBRUARY REVIEW/MARCH NEWSLETTERThank you again and again for all your parental support and for what you do with your children at home. Thank you for the time you donate to our classroom coming in to change PTA books, help with reading, help with our parties, and sending in birthday treats and bringing in special Show & Tells. All of these small things show your children that you are interested in what they are doing in school. You are wonderful parents.Thank you again to the Wisners for helping our class budget. I couldn’t manage all the charges for printing and laminating and purchasing supplies for our class room without the additional financial help. The Wisners are our classroom partners and they are so supportive. Other parents have also made class donations that I appreciate so much. Thank you. March is the month when funds run low, and any contributions help.HEARTFELT THANK YOU for all the gifts, goodies, cards, flowers and tokens of appreciation that were liberally showered on us this past week during TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK! Mrs. Whipple and I felt very much appreciated and it seemed like Christmas every day! Thank you for thinking of us and for being so generous and kind.Valentines Day Our class party was a great success! Thanks to the super moms who helped plan and direct the activities. Mrs.Snow as our Head Room Mother took charge and We decorated cookies, made Valentine crafts and played games. We exchanged our Valentines and ate a lot of goodies. Fun Day!Storytelling Festival Kiera Gibson and Clarissa Stirling were our class representatives in the Storytelling Festival this year. They both did a fine job telling their stories in our classroom and in the First Grade competition. Congratulations to both of them for representing Mrs. Mac's and Whipple's class so well.Learning: February has been a full month. We have been learning about the Presidents of the U.S. Invite your students to sing the “Presidents Song” to you. We’ve also learned some American History as a bonus. Spotlights were on Presidents Lincoln and Washington as we celebrated their birthdays this month. We have been concentrating on the long vowel sounds and their different spelling patterns. Our reading is just getting better and better! We are so smart. In math we have been learning about gathering and recording data and now we are concentrating on addition and subtraction using larger numbers and adding more than just two addends. We also have learned about number relationships by studying fact families. LOOKING AHEAD: MARCHReport Cards Look for the second trimester report card mid-March. (March 9th)Book Order Due March 15thMarch 17th St. Patrick’s Day Don’t forget the Wearin’ o the green on March 16th! (St. Paddy's day is on Saturday this year!) Class Website I’m posting the Show & Tell dates on the calendar. Check each month for sight word lists, newsletter and curriculum.BetteJo McLellandSchool phone: 785-8714 ex. 121 E-mail: bmclelland@alpinedistrict.orgWeb Page: http://my.uen.org/myuen/46643/HomeClassroom Volunteers We have some wonderful moms and dads who have been coming in to help on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with reading. MANY THANKS TO MRS. CLARK, MRS. JACKSON, MRS. SMITH AND MR. AND MRS. FLOYD. We have two moms helping with the PTA book exchange as well. THANK YOU TO MRS. WISNER AND MRS. NAGEL!
Curriculum Topics we will be studying in class Language and ReadingWord WorkUnusual vowel combinations and spellings-igh-oi/oyr controlled vowels: er, ir, ur, ar, orWords ending in y/oo/, /ue/, /ui/LanguageHelping verbsVerbs of beingIrregular verbsPast and present tenseWritingClarifyingWriting the main ideaWriting about an abilityWriting Process (Emphasis on revising and editing)ConversationsReading StrategiesFluencyInferenceCompare and contrastTypographical cluesConclusionsBiography as a genreSpellingWe are a little ahead of this schedule: March begins with Week 24 on Mar. 5thweek 21: I’ll, it’s, you’ll, he’ll, she’s, were, wayweek 22: fish, wish, dish, thin, thick, more, belongsweek 23: fall, tall, straw, draw, ball, next, allweek 24: my, by, sky, right, light, then, giveweek 25: first, for, shirt, sport, short, says, somethingMathUnit 5-Measurement/Unit 7- Patterns and FunctionsMoney: quarter and dimeMissing addendsFact familiesTen more and ten lessPracticing math facts above tenCharacter Development/Social SkillsHealth and PreventionP.E./ArtFrisbees and FitnessSeasonal and holiday art projectsOther Topics of InterestDr. SeussSpring/PlantsSeasons and weatherRocks and soilMaps/Geography of the U.S.-StatesWaterSt. Patrick’s DayColor and rainbowsKites/windSuperstition: Lambs and lions