K-3 Newsletter                      

                      Mrs. MacIntyre

Dear Families,

March 16, 2018

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!

We were very lucky to have Kathy Brownell come in today and gather all the kindergarten classrooms together. She told us some Irish folktales and sang some beautiful music with different instruments as well. She also read a poem to us that including our class. She is very talented and kind to come in and treat us to such a great time. Thank you Miss Kathy! In Makerspace this week, the students created Leprechaun traps! The students had some creative ways of catching those tricky Leprechauns.

This month our focus is on word families and rhyming words. The students are also comparing fiction and nonfiction books. We have been writing informational pieces during writer’s workshop. The students also interviewed each other and wrote about things their friends like to do. The students have also identified Dr. Seuss books as fiction. Thank you for sharing your Dr. Seuss books from home. If your child has a favorite Dr. Seuss book at home, please send it in and I will read it to the class. Our letter of the week was “Ii”. Our tongue twister was, “ Isaac and Iris like ice cubes and ice cream.”

In math, we are practicing with addition and subtraction number stories. The students are getting very proficient and addition and subtraction! We are working on math vocabulary as well. Some language we use is, number sentence, plus sign, minus sign, equal sign and reciprocal!

Hopefully, we will not have anymore snow days.. We shall see. The class and I are excited to get out in nature and find signs of spring.

In science, we will soon begin our Animals Two By Two Unit. In this unit, we will explore goldfish, guppies and worms!

I hope you all have a nice weekend.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre