A Busy Time

In case  you are wishing you could turn back time and have Spring Break over again, here are photos from our St. Patrick's Day Crafternoon (link for photos ).  View them and pretend that these photos were taken yesterday and Spring Break is upcoming.  I hope the families of Room 114  had a wonderful week off.  I'm looking forward to hearing all the adventures that took place while we were away from one another.  

Prepare yourself that the next eight weeks of school moves at a fast pace.  Here are some dates to keep things organized for you.

Friday, April 18 will be Room 114's Spring Egg Hunt @ 11:30.  I need four parents to volunteer to help take children around the school on a Scavenger Hunt.  I also need an additional three parents to help "hide" the eggs.  Let me know if you are available to assist with this activity.  I will send home more information about our Spring Egg Hunt later this week.

Thursday, April 24 is Field Day for grades K-3.  Coach Grant will be asking for volunteers  to run the different stations.  Often parents will sign up for a one hour shift and spend the remainder hour cheering on Room 114 as we rotate.    In the past,  our time for field day has been in the morning as soon as the school day begins.

Thursday, May 1 is Kindergarten's  all day field trip to the zoo.

Friday, May 2 is Room 114's final Crafternoon with a Cinco de Mayo theme.  Set up begins at 1:00 and the children return at 1:30.  More information about our Crafternon will be sent closer to the date.

Friday, May 23 is the Kindergarten Celebration in the lunchroom at 9:00 AM.  We will have a celebration of Room 114 immediately following the Kindergarten Celebration.  You should be able to be back at work by 11:00 AM.  

Thursday, May 29 is the last day of school for students.


Even though the end may be in sight, learning takes place in Room 114 until May 29 at 3:10. Continue to do the daily 20 minutes of reading and keep consistent bedtimes.  Also, remind your child to be helpful, gentle, respectful, trustworthy, and responsible at school every day and all day long.

 In reading this week, we will continue to talk about the letter Ee.   We are learning the short and long sounds for the letter Ee.  We are also learning the letters "ee" and "ea" can make the long e sound.  The poem a couple of weeks ago was an excellent jump start on this concept.  Be sure our poetry journal  is returned to school on Monday and look for it in book bags on Friday.  The high frequency words for this week are:  from, here, go.



We are going to slow down in math this week and concentrate on understanding that the number in the teens involve a group of ten plus some more ones.  I will assess this chapter early next week and then we focus on counting, ordering, and writing numbers up to 100.  The tricky numbers are the ones I call the  "what comes next numbers" of 29, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79, 89, and 99.  March calendar pages come home this week as we celebrate the beginning of a new month. 

This sweet special person of the week has been very patient as we attempted to celebrate her.  We had the interruptions of snow one week and then illness another week and finally we were successful!  Room 114 always works so hard on the special person's book.  Enjoy  the photos of Special Person #15.

For the last grading period, I would like it if each child was taking at least 2 AR tests per week.  If you missed the handout on getting email notifications about your chid's AR test, please email me and I will resend the information.  Next time you are in the building, check out all the aviator signs outside our classroom door announcing point club statuses. 


Mixed Bag orders are due on Tuesday.  Early Bird prices for the yearbook ends this Friday.  The library is preparing for a book fair.  I will send out more information about the book fair once I receive it. 

Nancy's Italian Ice will be tomorrow for $1.00.

Thanks for all that you do for Room 114 and the school.  You are appreciated!  Contact me with any questions or concerns.