Classroom 15 Connection

With March here let's hope for some Spring weather on it's way! I hope everyone had a great weekend.
Here is a look at our week...
Monday
Congratulations Sebastian ~ he is our star of the week!
We started letter Rr today. We are also beginning to discuss rhyming words. Please go over the word list that was sent home today and have your child try to pick out the rhyming words.
Scholastic Book orders for March were sent home. If you order your books online I posted two additional Spring catalogs for you to look at.
A letter regarding my take home reading program was sent home. Books will start coming home tomorrow. Remember it is o.k. if your child does not receive a book at first. Throughout the remainder of the year, all children who are ready will receive one. Remember these books are due back on Friday.

Tuesday
Letter Rr picture page for homework.
*Today we will be taking our class tree picture. Please send your child to school with their winter boots today. Who knew the courtyard would have the most snow for our March picture!! Thank you, and check back this week for the picture!

Wednesday
We will be reading our story "Ed's Paint" today. The story is about the mixing of primary colors. So we will be doing our own paint experiment in class, ask your child about which colors you can mix to make new ones!
Letter Rr printing page for homework.

Thursday
As I had mentioned in the newsletter we are in need of glue sticks and baby wipes. Thank you in advance :)

Friday
Happy Birthday Mary!!
Scholastic Book Orders Due Back.
Classroom take home books & Library books due back.
Rest Towels coming home.
Homework: Riddle of the week. Last week I put on the blog that we had a riddle last Friday, but we did not. I must have been in the habit of writing it on Friday :) But look for it this Friday, a new one will be coming home for homework. Remember to have your child draw a picture and color it in the middle of the page. At the end of the year when these are all put together in a book they look so nice when they are colorful.

Have a great week!
Mrs. Dougherty

Who knew that our picture for March there would still be snow on the ground! Out of our 7 pictures...5 pictures have no leaves, 3 pictures have snow on the ground, and only 2 have a nice full green tree. We haven't seen many changes from February's tree, but there are still a lot of buds! The tree is covered and we are confident that by our April picture a leaf should be seen :)

The weather seems to be warming up finally, hooray! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and especially the nice, sunny weather we had on Saturday.
Congratulations Tommy, he's our Star of the Week!!
Thank you to everyone who have brought in baby wipes and glue sticks, they were much needed!
I'm still looking for "rocking chair" readers. If you are interested, please let me know. It can be any afternoon, after 1:00pm. Send a note or email me if you are interested. I know the kids love it when a Grandma or Grandpa comes to read!

Here is a look at our week...
Monday
Take home books were sent home. Remember if your child received one, please have them read it during the week, and bring it back on Friday. The readers last Friday did a great job reading their books.
We have started letter Nn today. It was very exciting for three of the students, Nicole, Nicky, and Natalie :) We have also started discussing money. We will learn about the penny, nickel, and dime this week and next. It is a fun unit, and I encourage you to ask your child to count out change for you, them seem to enjoy it.
Homework: Letter Nn picture page.

Tuesday
Homework: Letter Nn printing page.

Wednesday
We will be reading our story today. Remember to preview it with your child. Overall I am very happy with our reading during the stories. Last week they all did wonderful with "Ed's Paint" and it was a long story, 3 pages!

Thursday
Computers & Art I hope you are enjoying the word list your child types during computers, they are becoming excellent little typist!

Friday
Library and Take home books are due back. The students did not check out books last week, so only overdue library books are due back.
Homework: Riddle of the Week.
Remember no school on Monday!

Have a great week!
Mrs. Dougherty

Wow, what beautiful weather we had today! The sun was shining and we loved going out to the courtyard to play at recess. We are all hoping this weather is here to stay! I hope everyone has also adjusted to the time change, I know I am enjoying that extra hour of sun!

Thank you to Rory, Sebastian and Alejandro for bringing in coins from different places around the
world! We were able to see money from Ireland, Poland, and Mexico.

Here is a look at our week...
Tuesday
All School Mass ~The children's behavior was exceptional at mass this morning, we all sat so nicely.
We started letter Mm today. Please review the word list that was sent home today, it really helps when reading our stories.
Homework: Letter Mm picture paper
In Math we are continuing to learn about money this week. On Friday, each child will be quizzed on the name and amount of the penny, nickel, and dime. At the end of this chapter, in about two weeks, I will be having a class store. The students will be able to "shop" and get some great items to take home using money. (I will provide the money for them to use) All items will be bought using pennies, nickels, and dimes :)

Wednesday
$1.00 Dress Down Day ~ wear your Irish colors! If your child dresses down please send them to school with their dollar in an envelope, thanks!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!! Please check the blog on Wednesday for some pictures of our St. Patrick's Day celebration. I'm going to try something new, so hopefully it will work :)
Ice Cream Day ~ $1.00

Thursday
Homework: Letter Mm printing paper.

Friday
Riddle of the Week for homework.
Library books are due back.
Take home books are due back.

Have a great week!
Mrs. Dougherty

I hope you enjoy looking at some of our day today...
Happy St. Patrick's Day! on PhotoPeach

Happy Spring! Well it is officially Spring now, so let's hope we don't see anymore snow!
Here is a look at our week...
Monday
Congratulations Nicky, he is our Star of the Week!!
Thank you to Mrs. Ogean who came after lunch to read a book to the class, the kids loved it!
We started letter Pp today. For homework letter Pp printing paper.

Tuesday
In Math we are starting to discuss time!
Pp printing paper for homework.

Wednesday
We will read the story "Huff and Puff" today in groups. The class is doing an excellent job on these stories!
St. Baldrick's Day
We will be going to the gym for the assembly at 12:30pm.

Thursday
Please remember to send back your child's take home book tomorrow. On Friday morning we take turns going to the preschool room to read our take home books to the students, so it is very important that those who have a take home book return it on Friday...thanks!

Friday
We will be having a spelling test on letter Pp words.
Library books are due back.
Rest towels coming home!
Riddle of the week for homework.

Have a great week!
Mrs. Dougherty

Here is how we celebrated the end of our letter Pp book...
Pepperoni Pizzas! on PhotoPeach

I hope everyone enjoyed the pepperoni pizzas your child made, we had a lot of fun in the "kitchen" on Friday. Below you can see a slideshow of the pictures.
Here's a look at our week...

Monday
We started letter Vv today.
In Math we are reviewing money and time.
Homework: Letter Vv picture page.
Take home books were not sent home this week since it is a short week.

Tuesday
Today we will be reading our story. It is a longer one, but I know they will do great. Last week I gave everyone a big compliment on their reading. What progress we have made already from our very first story!
Homework: Letter Vv printing page.

Wednesday
Class Store! The store will be open for business at 1:00pm. Your child does not need to bring any money, I supply the coins for them to purchase the items. If you would like to help out that would be wonderful! Please come down to our classroom at 1:00pm. Thanks!!
Living Stations at 2pm. We will be most likely be dismissing from the Church, so please pick your child up in the Church parking lot.

Thursday
Happy Birthday Jack!!
11:30am Dismissal
We will be going on an Easter Egg Hunt in the morning. The weather is supposed to be beautiful too!
Class Tree Picture for April.

Friday
No School
Have a wonderful Easter and break!
Mrs. Dougherty