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Pens Wanted! As part of our work in science next week, students will be taking apart pens to observe and test the properties of their components. If you haven’t done so, please send at least one CLICKABLE pen (brand doesn’t matter) to school with your child tomorrow, and thanks!

Read Across America Day is coming! This annual nationwide event is held the first week of March in honor of local author Dr. Suess’s birthday. School across the country will welcome community readers into classrooms to read aloud and share the importance of reading in their lives!

Our reading focus this week is on finding the main idea in fiction. It’s important that students learn to identify big ideas in texts and separate them from details. To do this, students will learn to ask: What did the main character do? What did the main character want? What did the main character achieve? The answers to these questions lead the reader to understand what the page, or chapter, or book is about, thus improving their comprehension. You can practice during homework time by guiding your child through these questions during or after reading.

Our math work this week involves money exchanges. Students will practice trading in bills and coins, such as nickels, dimes, and pennies for quarters. In this way, they should come to a better understanding of the value of units of money and become more fluent with it. Here’s a fun song we’ll be using to help us learn the concept!