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Provost Elementary School

Last modified: January 11, 2023

Newsletter

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. –Aristotle

NEWSLETTER, MARCH 9-13, 2020

  • SEPTEMBER THEME:  MISTAKES HELP US LEARN
  • OCTOBER THEME:  NEVER GIVE UP!
  • NOVEMBER THEME:  WE ACCEPT CHALLENGES
  • DECEMBER THEME:  I CAN DO HARD THINGS
  • JANUARY THEME:  I EVALUATE/CHECK MY OWN WORK
  • FEBRUARY THEME:  WE ARE PROBLEM SOLVERS!
  • MARCH THEME:  “SMART” IS SOMETHING YOU CAN GET

This Week’s Theme:  Vases, Violets, and Volcanoes

  • Literacy:   Letter Vv
  • Math:  Counting to 100, writing to 30, addition & subtraction, finding missing numbers

Enrichment Activities:

  • Check out great non-fiction books at the library about things that start with “V” like violins, vultures, vicunas, volcanoes, etc.
  • Practice counting to 100 by 10s, by 5s, and by 1s.
  • PRACTICE WILLY WORD WORM (i.e., the sight words).  Write a sentence using your sight words, and draw a picture about it.
  • Help your child practice writing his or her last name.
  • Make and decorate a vase out of something you have at home (cans, plastic bottles, etc.). Now when spring comes, you’re ready to pick some flowers!

MARCH LEARNING TARGETS:

  • I can count to 100.
  • I can recognize and write 0-30.
  • I know letters Aa through Xx (hear/see/say/write).
  • I can read and write sight words.
  • I can write my own idea, with finger spaces, punctuation, and a beginning capital.
  • I can recognize the 5 flat shapes:  circle, square, triangle, rectangle, hexagon.
  • I can add and subtract between 0-5.

LEARNING TARGETS for the year: I can read all of the letters, in different fonts. I know all of the letter sounds. I can read and write the 40 sight words. I can create and identify rhyming words. I capitalize “I.” I can write sentences, starting with a capital, ending with a punctuation mark, and using spaces between words. Math skills and concepts:  addition and subtraction, write 0-20, measurements, 2D (flat) shapes, ten-frames, and counting to 100 by 10s and 1s. These are some of the skills we will be focusing on throughout the year.  Our weekly themes and activities support these goals.

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