K-3 Newsletter

                        Mrs. MacIntyre

January 15, 2016

Dear Families,

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The students have learned about the  importance of Martin Luther King Jr. and the effect he has had upon history. We describe him as a peacemaker. I have not identified it as a black and white issue only but as a person who wanted all people to be treated equal and be a peaceful problem solver. We wove him into a Writer’s Workshop prompt. After talking about King’s “I have a dream” speech, the students had to write what they would dream for if they were to make a speech. I am very fortunate to have such a caring and empathetic group of young students. They are so much fun to work with.

In Literacy, we have been reading many Jan Brett books. We are paying special attention to The Mitten. We will be acting it out in class and doing many sequencing activities to practice with retelling and sequencing.

We are looking for items to put on our winter table…. If you see any signs of winter send them in .. no snow please!! Speaking of snow, if we have snow on the ground, I will still take the class outside for recess. They must have snow pants and snow boots. If they get their pants and shoes wet it is very uncomfortable all day. If you have a spare set of snow pants, you are welcome to leave them here at school. If they are coming back and forth to school that is fine also, whatever is best for you.

In math, we continue to practice counting to 100 and writing our numerals 0-20. This is something you can practice at home. The numerals should be going in the right direction at this point. I will begin introducing subtraction next week. The class is doing an excellent job at adding within 5 and writing the equation. Good work!

Wednesday in Maker’s Space, the students had to create something the could move in the snow.. They were so creative and did a super job!

Thank you all for doing such a great job with the homework books. I am working with reading strategies here at school. Please encourage your child to use their pointer finger and place it under each word as the read. This encourages word matching and word correspondence. They are beginning to see some words have more than one syllable and this is something we practice at morning meeting. Thank you in advance.

Our field trip is planned  for the Bristol Audubon Society. We will be going on Wednesday, January 27th.

We will leave around 9:00 am and should return around 1:00. If you would like to take the bus or meet us there please let me know. The cost for chaperones is $10.00. We will be taking a nature walk and looking for animals prints.We will listen to a nature book and explore the indoor museum.

It is a really fantastic field trip,

Remember to check my blog on the Jamestown School website for periodic photos.

Please remember there is no school Monday, January 18th.

Have a nice long weekend.

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre