Wednesday, March 9

We had to say good-bye to a student today that is moving, and the students were quite sad about it. It was very apparent to me how much this class has formed relationships and bonds through the work that we do in Morning Meeting, the supportive environment we cultivate, and the caring attitudes we build (through Rachel's Challenge, kind acts, problem-solving, and discussing attitudes and behaviors). This sense of community and trust truly helps each child succeed in school and at life. We have come so far since that first day of school!

Morning Meeting: Rise and Shine song, greet 3 people and share how the sunny weather makes you feel, "et" family, read the weekly books with a partner
Stitch "mittens" together
Story: read the book we made for the child that moved
Reading Buddies: explore the new site www.abcya.com (the link is to the right)
Centers and assessment for Report Cards

The time change is this weekend, so it must mean Spring is right around the corner!
Miss Kimpton

Finally, a lamb day! Tuesday, March 8

You may have heard your children talking about whether or not it is a "lion" day or a "lamb" day. This is in reference to the March saying of "In like a lion, out like a lamb." The kids have been enjoying deciding what type of days we are having!
Morning Meeting: song, greeting, rhyming song, discuss the Morning Message about being "as quiet as mice" during the next week as the 3rd-6th graders are doing their standardized testing, benchmark assessment on writing "at" chunk words
Handwriting: Good-bye book for a student
Story: "Hop on Pop" by Dr. Seuss (focus on rhyming, word families, and opposites)
Centers and assessments for report cards

Enjoy the sun,
Miss Kimpton

Monday, Monday, Monday! March 7

Morning Meeting: "Rise and Shine" song, greet Learning Line partner and share one thing you did this weekend, Morning Message: circle "an" and "an" chunks in the message
Phonemic Awareness: vowel /a/, circle picture with /a/ sound and fill in the missing vowel to spell the word
Math: read "The Paperboy", create frozen tableaus depicting different activities during different times of the day (morning, afternoon, and evening)
Centers

Miss Kimpton

Friday, Mar. 4

Morning Meeting: Vowel Bat song, Opposites with Mrs. Billin: find opposites in Dr. Seuss' One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and create a poster of opposites
Math: Finish March calendar
Reading: "Dolly Digs", "Old Hat, New Hat"
Centers
Finish Cat in the Hat characters with the "at" family

Have a great weekend!
Miss Kimpton

Thurs, Mar. 3

Morning Meeting: greeting with first and last name, brainstorm and write "at" words (cat, fat, flat, mat, hat, etc.)
Art: Cat in the Hat characters
Reading: "There's a Wocket in my Pocket"
Centers and Reading Groups
Calendar

Have a nice evening,
Miss Kimpton

Wednesday, March 2

Morning Meeting: Sharing, songs and dancing (in place of recess-Zumba, Going on a Bear Hunt, Vowel Bat)
Honor Band concert
Guest readers: 6th-graders, Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham
Reading: Wacky Wednesday, The Cat in the Hat
Math: Begin making March calendar
Centers

Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 28 and Mar. 1

In like a lion, and out like a lamb! Judging by today, March is going to live up to this saying!

Morning Meeting: greeting with first/last names, songs "Is it a word or not?" and "Letter Sounds Yo-Yo", "an" family-read list created from Friday (ex. man, pan, man, ran, plan, etc.) then make the "an" family slider, also, introduce the "at" family on Starfall.com
Handwriting: v, w, t
Story: Dr. Seuss books: Go, Dog. Go!, The Foot Book
Math: Introduce Ch. 7 Time and Money, Time of the Day (morning, afternoon, and evening) (in this chapter, we do not tell time on the clocks, but rather discuss aspects of time such as time of the day and ordering events. Also, we helped the school today by sorting (a very important math concept) the Lost and Found into different bins, and then we made signs for each bin!
Centers

***********Super Important Dr. Seuss Birthday News!***************
In recognition of Dr. Seuss' birthday on Wednesday, March 2, the KC Club is creating Hat Day. Students will be allowed to wear a hat in the classroom all day for 50 cents. Your child just needs to bring a hat and 50 cents tomorrow, and he/she can wear the hat in the building. They can be silly or normal hats, but please choose something that will not take away from the learning in the classroom. The proceeds go towards purchasing shirts for the KC clun members.

Have a pleasant evening,
Miss Kimpton