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This first week of Spring, we will be doing a variety of special activities to celebrate the new season! We have been learning about the winds of March, and will create items that can catch the wind. In science we will experiment more with the forces of push and pull.

Two very special events will occur on Thursday (which is the last day of school for students before Spring Break). The first is the K-Team's first-ever Spring-Fling Fruit Fair. Three of the K classes will rotate between rooms and do fun learning activites with unusual fruits. If you are available to help out with this event, please contact us as soon as you can. Also on Thursday, Mrs. C is planning a Lunch Bunch Easter Egg Hunt for those students who stayed on green behavior for the month of March.

Our class has submitted an entry to our school science fair, which will be held today. If you get a chance, stop by the school to see our information board. If you cannot make it, just have a look at this video:

What will happen when you put Mentos candies into various liquids?

As Spring comes on the scene, we wave a fond farewell to the beautiful blizzards of 2010.

Monday (Phonics & Writing): 1.) Write your first and last name using correct capital and lowercase letters and today’s date; 2.) Write a story(2-4 sentences) about a vehicle that has wheels. Give your vehicle character a name. Illustrate your story and make sure your sentences have capitals, finger spaces and punctuation.

Tuesday (Math): Draw a picture showing 4 quarters to equal one dollar. Use the equals sign between your quarters and the dollar. Color them the correct colors.

Wednesday (Science/Social Studies): As we enter Spring, it still feels like winter sometimes. We need to dress the right way for the weather each day to stay healthy. Identify the different types of March weather in order to tell what people should wear in each type of weather by drawings or using pictures.

Thursday (Language Arts): Using the High Frequency Words for.have.go.my. and to, complete the following sentences using the correct words:1.Can a pig_____out and play today? 2. This is _____toy! 3. The girls did not _____ a turn. 4. The treats are _____ all the students. 5. Al gave the papers ______ the boys. Be sure to use capitals, finger spaces and punctuation.

Friday (Reading): How many different types of vehicles can you find this weekend? Make a list!

*Remind your child to turn in their Homework Journal this week. They are due on Fridays.*

Have fun!

The K-Team

Monday (Phonics & Writing): 1.) Write your first and last name using correct capital and lowercase letters; 2.) Write a short story (2-3 sentences) about Zelda the Zebra who lives in the zoo using fingerspaces and punctuation. Illustrate using colors and details.

Tuesday (Math): Draw a picture using coins to show 3 different ways to make 10 cents. Label your coins with the correct amount. Practice counting coins for 10 minutes up to 10 cents.

Wednesday (Science/Social Studies): We learned about inventors in Social Studies. Write two sentences about a famous inventor. Include the inventor’s name, and the name of their invention.

Thursday (Language Arts): We are practicing dictation in class. Read the sentence below aloud to your child. Repeat it slowly. Ask him/her to write the sounds they heard to make a sentence. Remind them to use capitals at the beginning, spaces between words, and punctuation. When finished, compare your child’s sentence to the sentence on the homework sheet. Practice writing the words they missed, paying attention to the letter sounds they hear.


Friday (Reading): Read three books this weekend for fun. Which was your favorite?

*Remind your child to turn in their Homework Journal this week. They are due on Fridays.*

Have fun!
The K-Team

First off, a note from Mrs. J:

Earlier in the year, I sent home a letter telling you about the STEP podcasting course that I and several other High Bridge teachers are taking, and my assignment to create and share a podcast. Well, I have just completed the first episode of my first podcast, and it should be of great interest to you. "Demystifying Reading Instruction" is a podcast geared towards helping parents and others to teach their young child to read. At the top of this page (just above this paragraph) you will see a small player for Episode 1-Phonemic Awareness. When you can, please take a listen. I hope the show will be interesting as well as instructive. Thanks for all of your support, and stay tuned for more episodes!

We want to give props to our Hamburger reading group for doing a fantastic job last week on their play performance. They have been working on reading fluency (or using their "reading voice"). Each of the four students were given a part in the play and a short script. They were able practice independently and cooperatively for several days, and then they fluently read their parts in front of their classmates. Keep up the super reading, Hamburgers!

Our latest class movie is now out! Several weeks ago, we celebrated the 100th day of school. There were plenty of math and language arts activities centered around the number 100, and a delicious pizza party. Watch the video below to see some of the activities. The video is also up on our Video page of the site. Have a great week!

Well, we have had plenty of lion weather this year! In Circle Time, we learned this phrase and the kids tried to figure out the meaning of that phrase.


In science, our class will be preparing an invention to display at our school science fair. The students will collaborate with Mrs. C to come  up with something great! Stay tuned for more info on that.

If you have older students who attend public schools in Maryland, you know that the Maryland State Assessment (or MSA's) are coming up soon. At High Bridge, 3rd through 5th graders will be involved in testing for the next several weeks. The MSA's are hugely important tests, and classes have been gearing up for this for months. Well, when I came across this cute video, I couldn't pass up sharing it with you! This is a video of students at Forest Heights Elementary (located in our county) encouraging test-takers to do their best on MSA's. If you have older students (or know someone who does), please check out this video and pass it along. Enjoy!

Monday (Phonics & Writing): Lowercase d and b are easily confused. On you paper, randomly make 5 d’s and 5 b’s. Circle all the d’s. Write a sentence at the bottom “D is for _____ and ______ and _______ and ________.” Make sure your d’s are correct!

Tuesday (Math): Trace a penny 5 times and color them brown. Now draw one more and color it. How many do you have in all? Write a sentence to tell about this story. Next, write another sentence to tell how many pennies are in one nickel.

Wednesday (Science/Social Studies): We have been talking about United States Celebrations. Some of the special people and holidays we celebrate in our country are Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Presidents' Day, the Declaration of Independence, Abraham Lincoln, Betsy Ross, and George Washington. Find one picture from a book, newspaper, or internet and write the name of a holiday and the date that we celebrate. Write a sentence to tell why it is important as a U.S. celebration.

Thursday (Language Arts): Take a walk inside of your home and make a list of 5 words and their opposites. Ex. empty-full, clean-dirty.

Friday (Reading): Read three books this weekend for fun. Which was your favorite?

*Remind your child to turn in their Homework Journal this week. They are due on Fridays.*

Have fun!
The K-Team

Monday (Phonics & Writing): 1.) Write your name and your birthday (i.e. “Johnny James, December 20”) Use finger spaces, and make sure that only the first letter of the name is capital and all the rest are lowercase. 2.) Make a list of words that begin with Q. Write one sentence using some of your Q words.

Tuesday (Math): Trace 10 pennies in a row into your journal. Write "1" and make the sign for a cent mark on top of each. Color them brown. Write a sentence to tell how many pennies you have in all.

Wednesday (Science/Social Studies): We have been using describing words to compare objects. Look at things in your room or house and choose a category with a parent to put 3-5 objects in it...like things that are brown, things that are hard, soft, shiny, dull, red, yellow, etc. Write the names of the objects, and draw or cut & paste a picture. If you really want to shine, number them.

Thursday (Language Arts): We are practicing dictation in class. Read the sentence below aloud to your child. Repeat it slowly. Ask him/her to write the sounds they heard to make a sentence. Remind them to use capitals at the beginning, spaces between words, and punctuation. When finished, compare your child’s sentence to the sentence on the homework sheet. Practice writing the words they missed, paying attention to the letter sounds they hear.


Friday (Phonics): Play the “How Many Sounds?” game this weekend when you are out and about. Name an object you see, say all the sounds that are in that word, then count the sounds (i.e. “Fence…/f/ …/e/…/n/… /s/…fence has four sounds!”)

*Remind your child to turn in their Homework Journal this week. They are due on Fridays.*

Have fun!

The K-Team