Mrs.

Harris
News March 3, 2017
Religion: We attended mass on Ash Wednesday.
Fr. Pat talked to us about the start of the season of
Lent. We completed the chapter about Baptism.
Many students brought in photos and Baptismal
Reminders
*March book reports will be sent home
candles to share with the class. Two letters will be
on Monday.
sent home on Monday explaining 2 special projects
we will be participating in for Lent.
*We are going to the 8:15 Mass on
Wednesday. Please be on time.
Reading: We are writing contractions using the
words will, are, am and not. We will be working
*March book orders are due on
with the vowel sounds of aw and all next week.
Thursday, March 9. You can order
We are reviewing short and long vowel sounds.
online using the code DZ43H. Please
make checks payable to Scholastic
Math: We are working with base ten blocks to
Books.
count and represent numbers up to 120. We have
begun to use math vocabulary words to describe 2
*Report Card Pick-Up is in the gym on
and 3 dimensional shapes. We continued to work
Thursday, March 9 from 3:15 6:00.
with related facts and solving word problems.

Science: We are learning about penguins. Using a

*No school on
variety of sources, we are reading and writing out
Friday, March 10.
facts about these amazing birds. There are 4 large
sheets of chart paper covered with sticky notes
telling many penguin facts in our classroom. We
watched 3 Discovery Education penguin videos.

Social Studies: We are learning about needs and

wants, goods and services. We shared our job
interviews with the class. Dr. Seuss Week
We had so much fun this week.
We wrote stories and rhymes like
Seuss. After reading Wacky
Wednesday, we drew our own
wacky pictures and solved some
wacky word problems. We read
Notes and Thanks many Dr. Seuss books too. Using
Thank you for supporting our 2 special projects the story Horton Hears A Who
It was so nice to share so many memories of we talked about the parts
the sacrament of Baptism this week. We of a story: setting,
enjoyed reading so many wonderful Dr. characters, problem
Seuss books too. and solution.