March 06th, 2020

Happy Friday! 

• Reader’s Workshop: Our focus book this week was Chester. This hilarious book helped us to see that authors can write in nontraditional ways! Through this book we made connections to our own writing, focused on digraphs and narrowed in on character traits. 
  

• Math:  In math workshop we focused on using doubles facts to help us solve other number stories. For example, knowing 5+5=10 can help us solve 5+7 because you would just add 2 more to 10. 
  

• Social: This week we focused on washing our hands and helping to avoid the spread of germs 
  

• Science: We began our moon unit by asking ourselves why the moon seems to change! This week we made daily observations. We noticed that throughout the week we have been able to see more and more of the moon. We’re predicting that we might have a full moon soon! 
  

• Social Studies: This week we began discussing what it means to be a citizen. 
  

• Writer’s Workshop: We are using our knowledge of nonfiction text features and mentor texts to help us write our own nonfiction book. This week we focused on wrapping up our writing and researching photos to add to our text. 
  

• Head Lice: suggestions to help. 
  
  • Wash and dry your child’s hats, coats, gloves, etc weekly. Lice cannot survive the high heat of the dryer.
    
  • Consider using Fairy Tales shampoo! I’ve been using this since I was in 5th grade. I’ve had head lice quite a few times as a child and this has helped to prevent it! It’s an all natural shampoo that has essential oils in it that lice don’t like. The link is attached below. I personally use the shampoo, conditioner, and the detangler spray daily. You can buy it at Target too :) 
    

https://fairytaleshaircare.com/all-products/rosemary-repel-lice-prevention/


Upcoming Events: 

• Used Book Sale: See the attachment for more information  
  
• NO SCHOOL March 10th 
  ​Wines Auction: The annual Wines Auction is being held at Stonebridge Golf Club on March 21, 2020 from 6pm - ? This is a fun night of hors d'oeuvres, silent & live auctions (your kids art!), games, mingling with Wines parents & teachers and just a great night out. Come help us raise money to help the school with enrichment programs like our music program, field trip transportation, technology, outreach programs, classroom supplies and playground equipment to name a few.  Tickets are on sale at https://wines-elementary-school-pto.square.site/shop/auction/4. If you have any questions or donations you'd like to contribute please contact Michelle Chien at mknezek@hotmail.com.