On March 2-6th, we will be
celebrating Read Across America Week. I
have planned a lot of fun activities that will go along with the days Mrs.
Shoemaker has planned for us! We will
not do a story in our reading book, but I have other books to read aloud this
week to emphasize reading and to use a map of the United States of America to
show where these stories take place!! So, we will really be “reading across
America.” I will need your help. if you
are willing to provide some of the snacks, please let me know.
Monday_”The Lorax” and “Daisy-Head Mayzie”
Day - I have cupcakes ordered for Dr.
Seuss’ birthday for snack!
Tuesday “The Cat in the Hat” Day—We will wear
or you can make a Cat in the Hat hat. We have a guest reader coming. If I could get a couple of parents to send
vanilla ice cream, red and blue sprinkles, cups/bowls, and spoons………that would
be great!
Wednesday “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue
Fish” Day—Everyone wears red or blue or anything patriotic to celebrate our
freedom to read what we choose. Bring a pillow and/or blanket, because
we are having a read-a-thon!! If I could get a couple of parents to send some
bags of colored goldfish and a capri sun for snack, that would be awesome!! Students
do not have to dress in uniforms Wednesday.
Thursday “Green Eggs and Ham” Day—We are stuck
on this old classic and each child will need a pair of sunglasses as
we plan to make a video of this book with our talented fluent reading class!
Can’t wait for this!!
Friday “Fox in Socks” Day---wear your crazy
socks or mixed colors of socks!! We will have guest readers and plan to use our
remaining time to read, read, read!! I have ordered some Read Across America
cookies to help us celebrate today!!
So just to
recap, no reading story this week, so no reading test or spelling test. We will use this week to work on word attack
skills such as strategies of what to do when we come to words we don’t know.
(apply phonics rules, look at prefixes or suffixes, small words with the word,
chunking, etc.) We will also be listening to read alouds of stories from
different areas in the United States of America and marking them on a map to
show where they happened. Students will need to be in uniforms Monday, Tuesday,
and Thursday but can dress up on Wednesday and Friday. We will have a
grammar test on Friday on pronouns!! Also, we will have math as usual! 😊 If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to let me know!
**If you
can help with the snacks on Tuesday or Wednesday, please let me know!!
Thank you
for your support!! It will be such a fun week to learn and enjoy reading!
Mrs.
Leisa
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