Tornado Talk

9th- Bright Beginning Tours

10th- End of 3rd Quarter

13th-21st- Spring Break

31st- Character Assembly (Courage)

We will work on our reading skills as we are reading decodable books. It is important that we understand why we practice blending and our sight words.

In math, we continue to work on addition and subtraction. We will also begin working on our teen numbers as well as skip counting and counting to 100.

A big thank you to our wonderful parents! All of your support makes a huge difference!

February has flown by for 1st grade and we are preparing for March!

Math- We are towards the end of Module 4. In this Module, we are working on place value, comparison, and addition and subtraction to 40.

ELA- We are at the end of Unit 4, where we are learning to focus on story sequence beginning, middle, and end. By being able to retell the story using sequence words like first, next, then, and last.

The first day of Spring Break will be March 13, 2023. Fliers will be sent home as we approach this date.

Be on the lookout for more information from Northwest.

Thank you!

First Grade Teachers

Ms. Barrientos, Mrs. Doussa, Mrs. Falcon

Second grade will be reading about American pioneers. We will be focusing on opinion writing. In math, we have been laying the groundwork for students to learn about multiplication and division. We won’t actually be solving multiplication or division problems but we are learning about equal groups. We have been enjoying activities for Read Across America week.

Have an awesome spring break!

March is shaping up to be an exciting month in third grade! Students are completing their natural disaster research and posters. They are getting excited to present them to other grades as well as families on Tuesday March 7. This goes along with our reading and science units, discussing weather pattern, different natural disasters, and their effects on people and the world. We recently had a meteorologist come and talk with third grade about this topic as well.

In math we are beginning our unit on graphs. Students begin with learning about pictographs, and we will work our way into bar graphs. At the end of the math unit, students will survey each other and create a bar graph based on the topic they chose.

KELPA is complete, but state assessments are still coming up in April. We will continue to go over test taking tips and helping students to prepare to do their very best on these upcoming tests.

Spring Break is coming! Students will be out of school the week of March 13 thru March 21, returning to school on March 22. We can’t wait to hear all about what students do over that break!

As always, thank you for all you do for your students to help them learn and grow!

3rd grade team

Mrs. Stefan, Mrs. Carmona, Miss Connolly

Math: -We will be completing module 5 over fractions. We will then start Module 6 on Decimal Fractions.

Reading: Reading: We have started Unit 3 Module B. In module B, readers will understand that specific strategies can be used to help them understand what they read. Writers will understand that research of both literary and informational texts can be used to convey ideas and information. Learners will understand the effects of changes in nature on both the environment and the people.

For our performance-based assessment, students will choose a natural event to research (for example: a hurricane, tornado, flood, volcano, etc.) They will write a news report that explains the effects of the natural event on both living things and Earth.

Social Studies: In our unit this month, students will recognize and evaluate the significant people and events that shaped Kansas and the other regions. They will analyze how these people and events contributed to the way Kansas and other regions are perceived and function today. Students will understand the motivation and accomplishments of notable Kansans and notable people in other regions, particularly early explorers, entrepreneurs, and civic and cultural leaders. They will analyze the impact of the Oregon-California Trail, Santa Fe Trail, and Pony Express Route on continuity and change in the United States and compare these routes with transportation routes in other regions of the country.

Science: We will continue working on our unit where students investigate the science of sound. Students will construct physical devices to feel the vibrations that allow us to communicate across distances. Students will also use digital devices to visualize the characteristics of different sound waves that cause us to hear different things.

Thank you for your continued support at home!

-4th grade team (Mrs. Egger, Miss Blankman, and Ms. Gleason)

This semester always seems to go so fast. Spring Break for the students will be March 13-22. We are getting down to the last few months of the year, preparing for state assessments, and visits to DCMS.

In the month of March, we will finish up our unit on volume and area, then move on to problem solving with the coordinate plane. We cannot stress enough the importance of each child knowing their multiplication and division facts. Please continue working on these skills with your children at home.

For ELA we will begin a unit called “Exploring New Worlds.” We will begin this unit by reading a book called “Explorers: Triumphs and Troubles.” We will also talk about the positive and negative aspects of exploration and write an opinion essay on whether we believe the positive or negative aspects of exploration had a greater effect on society.

In Social Studies we will begin a new unit on the “New World”. This month we will be discussing Freedom and our Independence from Great Britain. In Science we are finishing up a unit on Space and will begin learning about Chemical Changes.

We hope everyone has a great Spring Break!!

Mr. Struzik, Miss Ochoa, and Mrs. Whelchel