Monday, March 9, 2015

Academic Newsletter for the Week of 3/9

From Mrs. Vaughn:


January 19:  Liam W
March 9: Mave K.
March 10: Aidan G.
March 11: Noelle M.
March 12: Mrs. Avedesian
March 14: Olivia S.


THIS WEEK AT FRENCHTOWN
March 9: COA Presentation - Burr Harrison
March 11: PTG Meeting @ 7pm 
March 12: Spring photos
March 13: Digital Learning Day Presentations


IN THE CLASSROOMS
Kindergarten
Math:
E/LA:
  • Goal: RF.K.3 - Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
    • Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.
Theme:
  • Elson: G, guitar, /g/
  • Rakovic: Qu, queen, /q/
Other:
  • Don't forget picture day on March 12th!

Grade 2
Math:
  • Second graders will continue working with money and data.
  • Hopefully they are continuing to identify and practice adding coins at home.
  • They will also be learning how to organize data into line plots and bar graphs.
E/LA:
  • Students continue to cite text evidence in order to complete written responses to both fiction and non-fiction texts.
  • They should also keep practicing identifying the main idea and key details in a story as they read at home nightly.
Social Studies:
  • Since March is Women's History Month, students will be introduced to several famous women who have changed the course of our lives today.