Reminders:
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	<li>The green and white Ray School folder will come home only on Fridays full of notes for you to read.  Please read and respond appropriately.  Send the folder back on Monday.  This is a good way to send lunch money as well.</li>
	<li>The red folder will come home Monday with homework.  Please work on it a little bit at a time each day with your child and return in on Friday. </li>
	<li>Please send lunch/milk money for the week on Mondays.</li>
	<li><span style="text-decoration: underline">March is snack month for boys</span>.  Please send in a healthy snack, enough for 25 students.  We do have a peanut allergy so please be careful in choosing your snack.</li>
	<li>April will be snack month for girls.</li>
	<li>Ms. Travis Traveling Library books (in clear bag) come home on Wednesdays and should be returned Tuesdays.</li>
	<li>Library books (in the green bag) are chosen by the student and should be returned on Fridays.</li>
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 Remember that school starts at 9:00.  A school wide “contest” has begun in which the class with the best on-time attendance will win a pizza party.  Let’s give it our best shot!

 Show and Tell – I’m asking students to only bring items to share on Mondays (or the first day of the school week).  Please do not allow students to bring toys/items on any other day of the week.

 Tuesday, March 2 is Dr. Seuss’s birthday.  To celebrate I’m inviting students to wear pajamas to school and to bring a favorite small stuffed animal.  We will be doing several activities to celebrate.

 This week:
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	<li>In Math we will finish unit 5 with graphing, identifying multiple attributes of an object, number sequencing and patterning. </li>
	<li>In Reading we will continue exploring letters and sounds.  We will work on hearing, identifying and blending onsets and rimes.  We will use shared reading to explore phonics and comprehension strategies.  We will continue to build stamina for reading to ourselves.  I will pull small reading groups to work on decoding and comprehension skills.  Students are creating letter books, practicing sounding out and writing words with particular beginning sounds. </li>
	<li>In Writing we will begin working on writing informational texts.  They are called “All About” books.  This will coincide with our science unit on animals that live in cold habitats, a choice made by the students.  We will begin collecting information for our all about book on penguins this week.</li>
	<li>Students are finishing their Handwriting Without Tears workbooks during Choice Time. </li>
	<li>We will begin our unit on animals that live in cold habitats with a study of penguins.</li>
	<li>March is women’s history month.  I want to spend the month studying famous women in history.  We’ll start this week with Amelia Earhart.</li>
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Important Dates to Remember:
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	<li>No School March 1, March 29-April 2, April 9 and 21</li>
	<li>March 12 Progress reports sent home</li>
	<li>April 9 End of 3<sup>rd</sup> quarter</li>
	<li>April 21 Report Card Pick Up</li>
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Have a Great Week!