M ISS M ANGUM S M ESSAGES

Shared Reading
This week we read:

FYI

You should find a copy of your childs March homework calendar. Please remember to do this with your sweet child each night. They correspond with our standards and really help you child! Dont forget if your child would like to wear a crazy hat for Read Across America tomorrow; they can bring in a donation.

Sheep Asleep Feet Wishy Washy Day The Very Lazy Ladybug Coats

Dates to Remember

February 28: Read Across America Day March 13: Movie Night with Miss Mangum (will let you know a time as soon as they are released but most likely 6 or 6:30) March 21: All Pro Dads March 20: K Checklists sent home March 24-28: Spring Break April 14-18: Book Fair

This week we started introducing long vowels. We discussed how vowels have a short sound and a long sound. The long vowel always says his name but we learned there are different ways to make the vowel say he name. We talked about the ninja e (or silent e); we also discussed different ways to make the vowels say their names. This week we really worked on listening for the difference. Next week we will really begin to focus more on the different rules for long vowels.

Theme:

Our Gaboon Viper finally has a home!! After lots of work your amazing little people have constructed a rainforest for her. We also began working in our Africa factbooks. The children wrote facts the learned about the Gaboon Viper and then made their our Gaboon Viper illustration. They were very excited about being authors of their very own book!

Your amazing little peoples rainforest and snake.