Spring Break
There will be no school March 19th and 20th for our spring break. However, we will be in school March 21st for a makeup snow day. Enjoy your break!

New Secret Word
Our secret word for March is three. Have your child write the word three in three sentences and bring it to school. The word THREE is the secret word because some of our newest sight words are number words. Your child should be able to identify the words: one, two, three, four, and five. It would also be good to teach your child how to identify the number words six, seven, eight, nine, and ten. We will study these words soon!

Dr Seuss
Recently we have been doing many activities related to the Dr. Seuss books. We have read Green Eggs and Ham, Horton Hatches the Egg, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, and many more. The kids even got to watch the teachers and parents fry our own green eggs and ham. They were each brave enough to try some, and most of the kids really enjoyed it! If you visit the "Picture" section of the blog, you will be able to see pictures of the kids making Cat in the Hat hats, using their hands to create silly fish from the Red Fish book, having guest readers, and frying the green eggs and ham.

Parent/Teacher Conferences
Don't forget about the conferences scheduled between 3:30 and 6:30 Thursday afternoon. The book fair will be taking place in the Library during this time, so make a point to stop by after your conference.

Library Book Fair
The boys and girls will go to the book fair during their library time this Wednesday afternoon. If you would like to send money to school for your child to buy an item from the book fair, please send it in a marked envelope, stating the child's name and what the money is for.

Things to Practice
· Writing sentences that include capitals and periods
· Addition Stories (Sam ate 3 grapes, then he ate 2 more. How many grapes did Sam eat altogether?)
· Matching analog time with digital time to the hour
· Adding coins (three pennies means I have 3 cents, five dimes means I have 50 cents)
· Recognize geometric shapes in student’s environment (dice= cube, ball=sphere, soda can= cylinder)

Mrs. Garner's Last Day
Tomorrow is my last day! It will be a bittersweet day! I am sad to leave but very glad to be finishing up my time as a college student. I have enjoyed the opportunity to teach the kiddos new things! I have also learned so many things during my time here! I am going to miss this classroom so much and definitely plan on coming back for a visit soon! This group of students is such a joy to be around and I am so grateful that I had the chance to get to know them! I am looking forward to having a classroom of my own in the future!

Mrs. Garner

Justin Bieber: If your child is a fan of Justin Bieber, you can visit this link to watch him read The Cat in the Hat. We will be watching it at school during Read Across America Week! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jV_VaKW4Tw