Out Door Recess!

The kids had a blast getting outside today to enjoy the fresh air and sun!  Here are some pictures of the kids running around and playing Hide and Seek.

Friday!

We had some visitors today! Happy Friday! 

Spelling and Cooking

Hi Families!

Spelling
We will be taking a 3-4 weeks off from Spelling this month.  We will let you know before we resume.  So...students will not have spelling responsibilities until the end of April.

Math
In math we have started a unit that involves customary and metric measurement.  Students are working to understand what units are used to measure different objects and we need your help!  Here are some things you can do to help your children to gain a better understanding of measurement:

• Cook together--I shudder automatically at the idea...dinner time, at least one crying kid and you trying desperately to get the meal on the table before the mutiny begins
  
• Put out measuring cups and liquid measuring cups (the ones that have the markings for cups, ounces, and liters) with rice or water in a bin and let them explore
  
• Ask them about what they are measuring and in what unit 
  
  
• Discuss the ideas of mass and weight

Thank you for your on going support!

Spirit Week!

Hi Families!

Here is the schedule for Spirit Week!

Friday 3-13--Pajama Day

Monday 3-16--No School

Tuesday 3-17--Stuffed Animal Day

Wednesday 3-18--Crazy Hair Day

Thursday 3-19--Mustache Day

Friday 3-20--Blue Clothes Day

Opinion Writing

Students are working hard to support their thesis statements with personal experiences or factual information. 

They have gathered information through interviewing friends and other staff members, surveying their friends, collecting anecdotal stories or researchig using Searchasaurus linked through the Mansfield Public Library. 

Read Alouds

Mrs. Jankowski's class is reading the Tale of Despereaux and getting to know the fearless and love sick character that is Despereaux--a mouse never meant to live and named for despair!

Mrs. Haggerty's class just finished Pigs Might Fly getting to know one of our all time favorite characters, Daggie Dogfoot, who can, in fact, fly!

Desperaux and Daggie have quite a bit in common.  They were both the runts of their litters never meant to live, but built lives of triumph and success.  Please ask your kids about our reading!

Unit 3 Test Review

Here is our review! Please take some time to go over it tonight!