Week 31

Important Dates and Information:

• March 27 - Barnes & Noble Bookfair supporting Dowell Elementary, 6-8pm, Dallas Hwy
• April 7 - 11 - Student Holiday - No School

Food Allergies - As you are already aware of we do have food allergies in our classroom.  Effective immediately please do not send in snacks containing peanuts or peanut butter.  Thank you.

Snacks: Please make sure to send in a healthy snack with your child.  Snack suggestions - fresh fruit, crackers, pretzels, muffins

Report Cards:  Please sign and return white card in brown envelope in your child's yellow folder if you have not done so already.

We still need supplies!  We still need...glue sticks, headphones for the computer lab, and cooking supplies.  If you are able to help with cooking supplies please send a note in your child's yellow folder that you are willing to donate items.

After School Program (ASP) - Car riders who are not picked up by 2:45pm will be placed in ASP and will be charged.

Thank you!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  handwriting, guided reading groups, writing first and last name, sequencing (beginning, middle, end), review literary elements (author, illustrator, character, setting, problem, solution), simple directions writing using graphic organizers, editing marks, phonics, blending, sight words, word families, computers, and book buddies.

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months of the year, days of the week, today, yesterday, tomorrow, seasons, tens, ones, daily number work, season - winter, power line, graphing, money), review money (fair trade, penny, nickel, dime, quarter), addition (building numbers to 10), doubles, Mega Math, math problem solving, and math journals.

Guidance

Science:  We planted lima beans and students have been keeping a journal tracking their growth.

Ways to help at home!

Students need to know how to write their first and last names this nine weeks.  We have been practicing, but please practice at home too.  Coins - practice identifying coins by name and their values (penny, nickel, dime, and quarter), practice counting out pennies to trade for a nickel and a dime.  Continue to practice home mailing address, telephone number, and birthday, read nightly, continue studying sight words, practice handwriting, and allow students to write in a journal at home.

Contact Information for Ms. Discepola:  naomi.discepola@cobbk12.org

Blog Address:  http://dowell.typepad.com/black/

Dowell Elementary:  2121 West Sandtown Road  Marietta, GA  30064 Phone:  678 594 8059

Dowell Elementary Website:  http://www.cobbk12.org/~dowell/