Thursday, February 21, 2019

News for 2/20

Notes from Ms. Rau
  • Please sign up for Spring Parent Teacher Conferences here
  • Webber Discovery Fair: Webber’s annual Discovery Fair is scheduled for Friday, March 8 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.  This family event is a celebration of science, technology, and the arts. This year’s Fair will include a student art show, live animal exhibit, LOCS Robotics teams, Lego projects from Brick It Up, a kids’ workshop, make and take projects, an engineering challenge, and more! Your child is invited to participate by submitting an individual Project of Discovery; entry forms came home this week. RSVPs are not necessary. We’ll see you there!

Important Dates:
  • 3/1 - March is Reading Month Kickoff Assembly - WEAR WEBBER GEAR
  • 3/4 - Dress like a Pirate Day
  • 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27 - Wacky Wednesday Bucks for Books (stay tuned for more info)
  • 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3,29 - Friday Read In's (send in a beach towel  & small stuffed animal)
  • 3/8 - Discovery Fair
  • 3/21 & 3/26 - Spring Parent Teacher Conferences

Learning This week:
  • Writers will...
    • expect disagreement in their opinion writing
    • award the last place item in their collection
    • bolster arguments in their writing
  • Readers will...
    • read with feeling
    • read like a writer
    • explain and think about key words
  • Mathematicians will...
    • solve problems with 3 addends
    • count with groups of 10
    • practice numbers through 120
    • add and subtract 10's
  • Scientists will...
    • study parent vs. baby animals
    • study if all animals of one type look alike
    • understand that body parts help animals survive
  • In phonics we will...
    • build words and pay attention to vowel teams
    • learn new snap words
    • watch out for the words that don't work the same way