Mrs. VanderVere’s Class’s Topics To Share
*Reading
- Scholastic News/Weekly Reader, March Books, Dr. Seuss Books, Irish Folktale Books, St. Patrick's Day Books, Seasonal Books, Weather Books, Nutrition Books, Food Books, Math Books, and Poetry
- Instructional Level Guided Reading Assessments (continued)
*Author Study
- Dr. Seuss (continued) www.seussville.com
*Writing
- Reading Response Writing
- Creative Writing: “I am lucky...”
- Word Sort Writing and Handwriting
- Daily News Writing
*Math
- Place Value (Ones, Tens, Hundreds), Expanded Notation Addition Equations, Problem Solving Strategies, and Review
- Math Fixer: 4,2,6 (7,4,11 8,8,16 9,5,14 3,3,6 5,2,7 8,4,12 6,3,9 5,5,10 9,2,11 4,3,7 8,6,14 9,9,18 3,2,5 7,6,13 8,2,10 9,3,12 7,7,14 5,4,9 8,3,11 9,8,17 2,2,4 8,7,15 6,4,10 5,3,8 9,7,16)
*Social Studies/Science
- Air and Weather: Seasons
- Animal Adaptations: “Frog Feet”
- St. Patrick's Day: Irish Traditions and Celebrations
*Reminders and Upcoming Events
- Attendance Reminder: If your child is going to be absent from school for any reason, please call the school's attendance line and report his/her absence at 224-765-3505.
- Hand Wipes: Thank you to the Lichtman family for donating more hand wipes for our class this week.
- “Words Their Way” Word Study Assessment: Students will be assessed on their current list of Word Sort words that they received yesterday next Thursday, March 23rd. We have been practicing different word sort activities at the end of this week and will continue to practice more next week. Your child should also be doing these different word sort practice activities at home.
- Library Books: School library books are due by next Friday, March 24th.
- Early Release: Students will be dismissed at 1:00 next Friday, March 24th.
*Students will still be eating their healthy fruit or vegetable morning snacks and lunches at school.
- Spring Break: Spring Break will begin after school next Friday, March 24th.
- School Resumes: School will resume on Monday, April 3rd.
- Library Books: Library books will be due on Monday, April 3rd after Spring Break.
- Math Centers: We are looking forward to doing some fun math activities during Math Centers on Friday, April 7th from 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. in the morning with help from Mrs. Gamson, Mrs. Lichtman, Mrs. Metnick, and Mrs. Mykolyshyn.
- PTO Family Bingo Night: Our fabulous PTO invites Indian Trail families for an evening of fun to play Bingo at school on Friday, April 7th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- No School: We do not have school on Friday, April 14th.
- Ice Cream Day: Students will have the opportunity to purchase an ice cream/frozen treat on Wednesday, April 19th during lunch for $2.00.
- Early Release: Students will be dismissed at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, April 28th.
*Students will still be eating their healthy fruit or vegetable morning snacks and lunches at school.
- Scholastic News/Weekly Reader, March Books, Dr. Seuss Books, Irish Folktale Books, St. Patrick's Day Books, Seasonal Books, Weather Books, Nutrition Books, Food Books, Math Books, and Poetry
- Instructional Level Guided Reading Assessments (continued)
*Author Study
- Dr. Seuss (continued) www.seussville.com
*Writing
- Reading Response Writing
- Creative Writing: “I am lucky...”
- Word Sort Writing and Handwriting
- Daily News Writing
*Math
- Place Value (Ones, Tens, Hundreds), Expanded Notation Addition Equations, Problem Solving Strategies, and Review
- Math Fixer: 4,2,6 (7,4,11 8,8,16 9,5,14 3,3,6 5,2,7 8,4,12 6,3,9 5,5,10 9,2,11 4,3,7 8,6,14 9,9,18 3,2,5 7,6,13 8,2,10 9,3,12 7,7,14 5,4,9 8,3,11 9,8,17 2,2,4 8,7,15 6,4,10 5,3,8 9,7,16)
*Social Studies/Science
- Air and Weather: Seasons
- Animal Adaptations: “Frog Feet”
- St. Patrick's Day: Irish Traditions and Celebrations
*Reminders and Upcoming Events
- Attendance Reminder: If your child is going to be absent from school for any reason, please call the school's attendance line and report his/her absence at 224-765-3505.
- Hand Wipes: Thank you to the Lichtman family for donating more hand wipes for our class this week.
- “Words Their Way” Word Study Assessment: Students will be assessed on their current list of Word Sort words that they received yesterday next Thursday, March 23rd. We have been practicing different word sort activities at the end of this week and will continue to practice more next week. Your child should also be doing these different word sort practice activities at home.
- Library Books: School library books are due by next Friday, March 24th.
- Early Release: Students will be dismissed at 1:00 next Friday, March 24th.
*Students will still be eating their healthy fruit or vegetable morning snacks and lunches at school.
- Spring Break: Spring Break will begin after school next Friday, March 24th.
- School Resumes: School will resume on Monday, April 3rd.
- Library Books: Library books will be due on Monday, April 3rd after Spring Break.
- Math Centers: We are looking forward to doing some fun math activities during Math Centers on Friday, April 7th from 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. in the morning with help from Mrs. Gamson, Mrs. Lichtman, Mrs. Metnick, and Mrs. Mykolyshyn.
- PTO Family Bingo Night: Our fabulous PTO invites Indian Trail families for an evening of fun to play Bingo at school on Friday, April 7th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- No School: We do not have school on Friday, April 14th.
- Ice Cream Day: Students will have the opportunity to purchase an ice cream/frozen treat on Wednesday, April 19th during lunch for $2.00.
- Early Release: Students will be dismissed at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, April 28th.
*Students will still be eating their healthy fruit or vegetable morning snacks and lunches at school.