Darien Nature Center

We learned a lot and had a great time!

Peek at the Week of March 28-April 1

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, March 28	Makeup Day	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Spring Reading Report (8 choices)
Tuesday, March 29	D Day Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC 27-28
Wednesday, March 30	E Day Spanish	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2. Writing:  Blue and White Journals
Thursday, March 31	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Writing:  Field Trip Report
Friday April 1	A Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Highlights Letter

CAPTAIN 

It’s Rodrigo’s turn this week! 

AUTHOR VISIT

Our school librarian, Mrs. Blake, has arranged for author Christine Ieronimo to visit our school this Tuesday.

FIELD TRIP

We will be going on a field trip to the Darien Nature Center this Thursday morning.  Part of the trip will be outside, so please remind your children to wear sneakers.  We will be back at school in time for lunch.  Thank you to Mrs. Choudhri and Mrs. Thomson for chaperoning.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER

Please enter your book orders by noon this Friday, April 1^st.  I will place the order after noon. 

UPCOMING DATES

April 8:  Secret gift for Miss Dennen due

April 11-15 Spring Break

Peek at the Week of March 21-25

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, March 21	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Spring Reading Report (8 choices)
Tuesday, March 22	A Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC 25-26 (10 more and 10 less)
Wednesday, March 23	B Day Art & Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2. Writing:  Blue and White Journals
Thursday, March 24	C Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Highlights Le
Friday March 25	No School	~~~No School~~~

CAPTAIN 

It’s Chase’s turn this week! 

EASTER WEEKEND

There is no school this Friday, March 25^th.  Ox Ridge students will have an extra short day on Monday, March 28^th 8:55-11:45.  There will not be lunch. 

MISS DENNEN UPDATE

Our student-teacher, Miss Dennen, has been doing a great job!  She will be with our class until the end of April.  Some of you have sent in a book--thank you for sending in the “secret” gift.  There is still time to send one in.  I have made dedication labels which your child will sign for the inside cover.  If you would like to contribute towards the other gift ($3), that would be appreciated. 

UPCOMING DATES

March 28: Make Up Day (extra early dismissal at 11:30)

March 31: Darien Nature Center Trip

April 1: Scholastic Online Book Orders due

April 8:  Secret gift for Miss Dennen due

April 11-15 Spring Break

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Lots of green and lots of fun! And some work too, of course!

Makers Fair

Our class joined some Kindergarten classes at the Makers Fair in the library. We got to see some cool projects done older kids have made. We also did a spin art project using Lego robotics. 

High School Musical

Darien High School's spring musical is this weekend.  They are doing "Singing in the Rain".

Wear Green!

Don't forget to wear green on St. Patrick's Day!

Peek at the Week of March 14-18

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, March 14	A Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Winter Reading Report
Tuesday, March 15	B Day Art & Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: Bowls of Apples (can be more than 1 answer)
Wednesday, March 16	C Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2. Writing:  Green Riddles
Thursday, March 17	D Day Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: St. Patty’s Frosting (subtraction)
Friday March 18	E Day Spanish	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

CAPTAIN 

It’s Cole’s turn this week! 

SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY

This Thursday is St. Patrick’s Day.  The Leadership League is asking everyone to wear green to celebrate!

MISS DENNEN UPDATE

Our student-teacher, Miss Dennen, has been doing a great job!  She will be with our class until the end of April.  Some of you have sent in a book--thank you for sending in the “secret” gift.  There is still time to send one in.  I have made dedication labels which your child will sign for the inside cover.  If you would like to contribute towards the other gift ($3), that would be appreciated. 

UPCOMING DATES

March 25: No School for Good Friday

March 28: Make Up Day (extra early dismissal at 11:45)

March 31: Darien Nature Center Trip

April 8:  Secret gift for Miss Dennen due

April 11-15 Spring Break

Peek at the Week March 7-11

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, March 7	B Day Art & Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Winter Reading Report
Tuesday, March 8	C Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC p. 23-24
Wednesday, March 9	D Day Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2. Writing: Blue Journals
Thursday, March 10	E Day Spanish	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: Hats & Scarves
Friday March 11	F Day Library	1.  Read over the weekend & log your minutes 2.  Highlights of the Week letter (parents write back)

CAPTAIN  It’s Sonnet’s turn this week! 

REPORT CARDS & CONFERENCES 

Please sign and return the white envelope. Conference Days are Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week.  These are early dismissal days.

ACADEMIC UPDATE

*Math Workshop:  We just completed a unit on measurement.  We will be starting Unit 6 in math.  This unit will focus on addition and subtraction strategies.

*Writing Workshop: Last week we published our “How To” books.  This week we will start a very fun unit called “Scenes to Series”.  This will be fiction writing.  Your child will be inventing a main character and writing several stories about this character.  They will publish a very professional hard cover book at the end of this unit.

*Handwriting: A few weeks ago we started practicing our handwriting in a new way.  We are writing joke books.  Each week we add new jokes to our joke book.  We are learning that there are different kinds of jokes like riddles, puns, and knock knocks.    

*Reading Workshop: To go along with our fiction writing unit, we will be taking a deep look at characters. This unit will focus on how readers learn about the characters in a book.  This will include noticing dialogue and reading with expression. 

UPCOMING DATES

March 17: Spirit Day—wear green!

March 25: No School for Good Friday

March 28: Make Up Day (extra early dismissal)

Read Across America Day

We celebrated with an assembly about Dr. Seuss' life and books. Then we had green eggs and ham for breakfast. We had extra time to read some popular Dr. Seuss books. We also LOVED seeing each other's costumes.