Announcing Amazon February 2023 - Ms. Gomez - 810-632-2200 (EXT 115)- Webflow
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Announcing Amazon February 2023 – Ms. Gomez - 810-632-2200 (EXT 115) – sgomez@csaschool.org Important Dates March 3rd – Fox in Socks/Dr. Seuss spirit wear day (wear your favorite/funkiest pair of socks and/or Dr. Seuss themed shirt) March 10th – Readers are Leaders spirit wear day (dress as the job you aspire to have) March 17th – Dress like your favorite book character day March 18th – Virtual Beluga Ball March 21st- Report Cards go home March 22- Culminating Event 1:30 Sign Up Genius March 24th – Read In! (Wear your favorite pajamas) March 27th – March 31st – No School, Spring Break ☺ Highlights from the Amazon Classroom: Here is what the Amazon students are learning this month: Science/Social Studies: Students will learn how different fairytale/folktale characters demonstrate our six character traits (or sometimes don’t!) Students will work to plan, design, and build a Leprechaun trap to carefully capture a leprechaun. They are known to sneak around Kindergarten classrooms during the first few weeks of March! Math: Students have done a great job writing equations for a given addition and subtraction problem. Students will continue to build their subtraction knowledge through fairytale/folktale story problems. Through exposure to new Montessori math works, the students will deepen their understanding of place value. Students will work to compose, write, and identify numbers 20-30. Literacy: We will kick off ‘March is Reading Month’ by reading 8 fairytales/folktales. Students will learn to identify the characters, setting, and beginning, middle, and end of the story. Additionally, students will practice retelling the important parts of the story to the class, a partner, and to their family. Digging deeper, students will try to compare and contrast two stories by finding ways they are similar and ways that they are different. Students will continue to learn new sight words and work to identify and read aloud sight words in the fairytales/folktales introduced this month. Writing: Students will work on a large project this month that showcases their knowledge of retelling a story. All students will work collaboratively in their literacy groups to create a vignette. Individually, students will choose to create a book, puppet show, comic strip, story path, or personal vignette to retell their chosen fairytale/folktale. Students will continue to practice putting spaces between each word in their sentence and using a period, exclamation point, or question mark to end their thought. The students will also work to reread their work and edit it before presenting it to the class. Social/Emotional: This month, students will learn and discuss the themes in fairy tales/folktales that the author wanted us to learn. They will try to put these ideas into practice around the room and at home. Additionally, students will learn more about how to be encouraging as they embark on a large retell project. The students will encourage their classmates and make encouraging comments after each presentation. Students will also work on cooperation and collaboration as they build leprechaun traps and create group vignettes. Art Projects: Students will create multiple projects related to the fairytales/folktales that we read in class. They will also create a large retell project that will come home, alongside a portfolio outlining their process leading up to the completion of their large project. Students will work together to create a hallway display of the fairytales/folktales that we read to encourage other students in the school to read these stories and others.
March is Music Month
February Birthdays
At CSA, March is also music month!
Happy Birthday to the following student:
Students are welcome to perform a song,
Calli - March 10 dance, or play an instrument during music
class each week to promote the importance
Your child can bring in a Birthday Treat or Birthday of music. Students should be prepared as
Trinket to celebrate their birthday. We have 23 appropriate for this age. For example,
students in our classroom. singing through their song once at home or
practicing playing a few notes on their
instrument before coming in. If you have any
questions please do not hesitate to reach
March is Reading Month out. This is really a fun experience for the
We will be celebrating reading this month! To kids and they always have SO much fun!! ☺
help promote the importance of reading I
would like to invite some mystery readers into Beluga Ball
our classroom. You can choose to bring in your Mark your calendars! March 18th is this
favorite story or choose one from my year’s virtual Beluga Ball. This fundraiser is
collection when you arrive. Follow this sign-up a great way to give back to the school.
genius link to secure a spot as a mystery There will be so many fun raffles, beautiful
reader. If you do sign-up, please make sure to projects, useful baskets, and adorable
keep it a surprise from your student! I am so classroom made projects!
excited to share the excitement of reading Our class worked together to create an
with your students in this fun way! ☺ apron with each child’s fingerprint to look
Link: like a flower. . We also have a basket that
has everything you would need for a
charcuterie board. Our big project in
Amazon this year is an indoor/outdoor kids
picnic table. There are so many other
amazing projects just like these so make
sure to check it out! ☺
If you need more info about the Beluga Ball
or if you do not know how to access this
virtual event, please do not hesitate to email
me! Thank you to everyone who has donated
or put together this event.
Cromaine Library Field Trip
On Wednesday March 8th we will go to Cromaine Library. We will
depart at 1:00 pm from CSA and will arrive back at 3:00 pm. A
permission form was sent home. The cost is $3 for students and $3
for parents who ride the bus. If you would like to chaperone and meet
us there, it is free! We can only have 2 parents ride the bus but
unlimited parent spaces at the Library. Please be sure to have both
the permission slip and fee turned in ASAP:)
We are so excited for another enriching experience!
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