Our letter of the week is letter X. During the week we will talk about the sound of this letter as well as some words that start/end with the letter X. Since there are not a lot of things with the X sound, we are doing our unit on maps (x marks the spot). We will look at maps of the US and of the world. Each student will get to spend time working with a BIG floor map of the US during centers this week as they try to locate our state and other states they are familiar with. We will be talking about travel too. The students will be asked to recall a time they traveled somewhere (near or far). You may want to discuss some family trips with them or show them some pictures of previous trips so that they can be successful with this writing assignment. Our classroom wonder center has been turned into a Travel Agency as well. Students will have the chance to pretend to be travel agents and dream about places they would like to visit. At the end of the week we will talk about pirates and treasure maps...just because they are fun!
In math I will be assessing the students on their 2nd quarter skills and reviewing many of the skills we have learned since the last report card. We will focus on drawing maps too. Students will work in small groups to make a map of the classroom. We will also look at a map of May Watts and see if we can give our friends directions to different places in the building.
This weekend is the May Watts Fun Fair. The Fun Fair is always an exciting time. The games, food, and chance to mingle with friends is worth the visit. The book fair will be open-you will be able to buy some interesting books for your family. There is a class wish list there too. I hope to see you there! Remember there is no school on Tuesday, March 20th and there is a half day on March 23rd (students get out at noon). Spring break is March 24-April 1. Looks like the weather is going to hold out....hope you get out and enjoy the beautiful days!
