Dear Families,
I hope you had a wonderful vacation! I got to have my granddaughters overnight and also talk with my son who is stationed in Germany! I couldn't have asked for more. Welcome Cane to our classroom~it is so much fun making new friends!
Next week is Dr. Seuss week-please check all of the activities on the Woolwich Central School website. It will be a very exciting week!
We have been learning about dental health this week. Not only brushing, flossing and seeing the dentist, but also protecting your teeth while playing sports and eating food that makes your teeth happy.
Books Read: Tooth Fairy, Just Going to the Dentist, Doctor DeSoto, Franklin and the Tooth Fairy, Norman Fools the Tooth Fairy, and the song, Wiggly, Jiggly Loose Tooth
During writing time they are; beginning our unit on writing "how to" books. This unit will allow us to dive into yet another genre of writing. They will be expected to write pieces that tell others how to do something. We have started off with "How to brush our teeth."We will continue to write up a storm as we learn more and more. We received a letter and a signed poster from Jan Brett and our pen pals from Pittston sent us love bug Valentines. It is fun to write to people and have them write back! It makes our writing purposeful.
Animated Alphabet is our approach to phonemic awareness and spelling. The letters are taught through a multi sensory approach of music, dance, characters and signs which help the students hold onto that information. The characters we learned this week were; Whirling Irving and Vinnie Vulture.
In math we are working with two digit numbers, formation of numbers, addition and subtraction practice, counting and number recognition, solving number stories, describing, analyzing and comparing measurable attributes and continuing our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observations, tracking the number of days we have been in school and days of the week.
We are practicing the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard)
PLEASE REMEMBER: It is still going to be cold and we venture outside 2-3 times a day if the temperature is above 10, so please, please, please remember to send boots, hats, mittens, snow pants and even an extra set of dry clothes and socks. I have extras here, but they like having their own things to wear. It is my job to keep them safe, so please help me do that.
Upcoming Events:
Friday March 11 Staff Development Days- No School
