​Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day was so much fun!  The Fantastic Fours made hats for a leprechaun and he shrunk them, leaving a few gold coins underneath.  He also dropped off gold coins for the Terrific Threes.  We also celebrated our 2nd Mega-Shambucks Party!  We are working hard to remember to make green choices and get ourselves ready for more challenges in the next school year so my expectations are rising.
FANTASTIC FOURS

• Religion – WE are learning that God Made Animals.  Our upcoming science units will help us learn more.
• Literacy – We have completed the letters through letter V.  For each letter, we play “Roll, Say, Color,” build the letter with stickers and rainbow write the letter, along with a few other activities.  We’re enjoyed reading many St. Patrick’s Day themed books.
• Math – We’ve been practicing counting to 30 and identifying numbers 0 – 20.  We also practiced completing patterns, and adding two numbers together.  The children are getting really good at these activities!
• Science – We learned about wind and baby animals.   More activities can be found online at www.scholastic.com/mybigworld, just search for flower power.  Our classroom code is Shamrocks34.  Our flowers are doing great and are growing quickly, thanks to the love the children are giving them!

 
TERRIFIC THREES

• Religion – We completed our unit “I Can Sing” and started a unit called “I Can   Laugh.”

• Literacy –  We’ve been practicing recognizing and spelling our names, and drawing different types of lines to get ourselves ready for writing letters.  We introduced that the lines we’re practicing make letters.  We wrote letters I, L, H, T and others with straight lines.
• Math – We continue to practice counting to 20, and identifying colors and shapes.  We have also done some sorting activities.

• Science – We learned about wind and baby animals.   More activities can be found online at www.scholastic.com/mybigworld, just search for flower power.  Our classroom code is Shamrocks34.  Our flowers are doing great and are growing quickly, thanks to the love the children are giving them!

 
EASTER CELEBRATIONS
We have many items needed for our Easter Celebrations, but are also looking for a few donations.  Please use the Sign-Up Genius link if you are able to help.  Thank you!

• Fantastic Fours  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050A4EA4AD22A5F58-fantastic2
• Terrific Threes  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050A4EA4AD22A5F58-terrific2

We are also looking for donations for egg fillers, such as candy, stickers, small toys, etc.  We have plenty of eggs and baskets for the children, but any help with the fillers would be appreciated!  Please send items by March 24th.  Thank you!
 
IMPORTANT DATES

• March 31 – Early Dismissal at 11:45 AM
• April 1 – April 5 – NO SCHOOL (Easter)
• April 15 & 16 – Race for Education
• May 13 – Last day for PreK3
• May 14 – PreK 4 Graduation tentatively scheduled for 8:30 AM.  Students will be dismissed directly after.  I will have more information coming soon!

 
REMINDERS & UPDATES

• For Easter, we will have an egg hunt.  We have plenty of eggs and baskets.  We are looking for items that can fill our eggs.  Please send any donations to school by March 24.  Thank you!
• Please return your new Family Folders each week.
• We are getting low on baby wipes and would appreciate any donations.
• We will be going outside for recess as long as we possibly can.  Your child may want a hat, mittens/gloves or scarf to stay warm.  Please put your child’s name in these items.  Also, it is very helpful to us if you practice with your child putting on and zipping jackets.
• Please check the website or Class Dojo for pictures of our activities.
• There is also important school information in the Shamrock Newsletter that is sent out each week.

We’re having such great time celebrating Read Across America Day that we stretched it out all week!  We had art projects, read several Dr. Seuss books, a Dr. Seuss obstacle course, and Mr. Golden visited to read to us.  Be sure to check out ClassDojo and our website to see the pictures I will be posting!
FANTASTIC FOURS

• Religion – Our science and religion unit again complimented each other, as we learned that God Made Flowers.
• Literacy – We have completed the letters through letter T.  We will likely wrap up our individual alphabet units in a few weeks.  We introduced opposites this week.
• Math – We’ve been practicing counting to 30 and identifying numbers 0 – 20.  We also practiced completing patterns, and adding two numbers together.  The children are getting really good at these activities!
• Science – We learned about the life cycle and parts of flowers.  We will be planting our own flowers in class.  

 
TERRIFIC THREES

• Religion – We completed our unit “I Can Sing” and started a unit called “I Can   Laugh.”

• Literacy –  We’ve been practicing recognizing and spelling our names, and drawing different types of lines to get ourselves ready for writing letters.  We introduced that the lines we’re practicing make letters.  We wrote letters I, L, H, T and others with straight lines.
• Math – We continue to practice counting to 20, and identifying colors and shapes.  We have also done some sorting activities.

• Science We learned about the life cycle and parts of flowers.  We will be planting our own flowers in class.  
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IMPORTANT DATES

• March 17 – Mega-Shambucks Party
• March 17 & 18 – St. Patrick’s Day celebrations (We do not need any donations.)
• March 31 – Early Dismissal at 11:45 AM
• April 1 – April 5 – NO SCHOOL (Easter)
• April 15 & 16 – Race for Education
• May 13 – Last day for PreK3
• May 14 – PreK 4 Graduation at 8:30 AM.  Students will be dismissed directly after.

 
REMINDERS & UPDATES

• For Easter, we will have an egg hunt.  We have plenty of eggs and baskets.  We are looking for items that can fill our eggs.  Please send any donations to school by March 18.  Thank you!
• Please return your new Family Folders each week.
• We are getting low on baby wipes and would appreciate any donations.
• We will be going outside for recess as long as we possibly can.  Your child may want a hat, mittens/gloves or scarf to stay warm.  Please put your child’s name in these items.  Also, it is very helpful to us if you practice with your child putting on and zipping jackets.
• Please check the website or Class Dojo for pictures of our activities.
• There is also important school information in the Shamrock Newsletter that is sent out each week.