Welcoming March

Into Miss Weiners

1st Grade Classroom!

Welcome to another exciting month in the first grade classroom of

the students in Miss Weiners room!

First and foremost I would like to thank all of the parents and
families who volunteered to work our Valentines Day party last
month! Also, a very sincere Thank you! is extended to those whom
sent in treat bags full of love for all of the classmates in our room!

This month is full of exciting new learning concepts and fun activities
for students to become engaged in. Students will continue to
expand their knowledge and love for learning! We will begin the
month by celebrating the birthday of Dr. Seuss while reading many
of the popular books left behind! As we move farther into the
month, students will focus their studies around a number of St.
Patricks Day related activities! Finally, right before Spring Break
students will partake in a workshop focused around the ideals of
diversity, how everyone is special, and the qualities of How to be
a Good Friend.

I encourage you to take advantage of the activities outlined in this

newsletter to become involved in our classroom as well as promote
learning at home!
Thank you once again for being such a vital part of our
classroom!

Miss Weiner l.weiner@setonhill.edu (724) 961- 0297

 What will be happening in our
classroom this month?
Mathematics
St. Patricks Day Bar Graph
Using the marshmallows found in Lucky
Charms cereal, students will create a
bar graph to see what marshmallow
shapes they have the most and the least
of!
This falls in accordance with PA
standard:
2.6.1.B: Organize and display data using
pictures, tallies, charts, bar graphs and
pictographs.
Science:
Planting our own lucky clovers!
Students will plant and care for their own
clover plants! On Monday, March 7
students will use soil to plant a few seeds
of clover. While continuing to take care
of their seeds throughout the week,
each student will also make
observations of their plant as it grows.
Discussion will take place in class on why
watering plants and putting them near
sunlight helps them to grow.
This falls in accordance with PA
standard:
S.K-2.B.1.1.2: Identify a plant or animal
based on a given life cycle stage (e.g.,
butterfly, frog, seed producing plant).
Geography and History:
Discovering Ireland
Use a globe to show where Ireland is
located in relation to the United States.
The students will also color their own
flag of Ireland and facts about the
country including the nature, the
climate, and the culture of the Irish will
be recorded on the back.
This falls in accordance with PA
standard:
7.1.1.A: Identify geographic tools.
Language Arts
Celebrating Dr. Seuss birthday
Each student will be asked to pick his or
her favorite Dr. Seuss book from Miss
Weiners library (or they can bring a
special Seuss book from home if they
please) to share with the class during the
week of February 29th- March 4th.
Books will be read aloud in class and
activities that deal with rhyming will be
done during language arts time!
This falls in accordance with PA
standard:
1.3.1.D: Identify literary devices in
selected readings (e.g., personification,
rhyming, alliteration).
 Opportunity for
Community involvement!

The 8th Annual Community Book Trade

Thursday, March 31 from 6:00 8:30pm

Book trade night at the Greensburg Public Library! Bring

a book and take a book, thats the way it goes! Discuss
books with some of your friends, neighbors, and even
new people from your community!

Age and Grade Level Age and Grade Level

Appropriate books Appropriate books
TO LOOK FOR: TO TRADE:

Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Miss Bindergaten Gets Ready for
Brown Kindergarten by Joseph Slate

Frog and Toad Stories by Arnold Lobel The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson

Clifford for President by Acton Figueroa Pete the Cat: Old MacDonald had a
Illustrated by Tom La Padula Farm by James Dean

Matilda by Roald Dahl Illustrated by Giraffes Cant Dance by Giles Andreae

Quentin Blake
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and See? by Bill Martin Jr. Illustrated by Eric
Drawings by Shel Silverstein Carle

*All grade and age level appropriate books were found on scholastic.com
 Information for Parents
Developmental Milestones In Class:
Congratulations to the Building healthy
following students for relationships with peers
successfully learning and teachers is a vital
how to tie their shoe part of each childs
laces! development. Students
will begin to explore
This month we will be the correct ways to go
Alex focusing on dancing in time
Maria about creating and
with music! Each student will keeping friendships as
Isabella learn a choreographed
Carmen well as appreciating
routine to a traditional Irish diversity through our
Paige folk song! Students will learn
and Eloisa How To Be a Good
to appreciate music from Friend workshop held
other cultures as well as get at the end of the
up and get moving in the month!
classroom!

TO DO AT HOME: TO DO AT HOME:

Use extra plastic eggs to create

Make a friendship wreath with your
child to hang on their bedroom door.
Each day before they go to school, or
each night before they go to bed
have them read one hand on the
wreath. Challenge them to do
whatever is written on the hand for a
friend the next day!
rhyming words! Use the examples
above (or even make some of your
own) to familiarize your children with
words that rhyme! Examples of other
eggs that could be created would
be words with the ending with ook, -
ug, or od.
 How can you make healthy snacking fun at home?

Are fruits and vegetables far from the top of your childs favorites list? Join me on Tuesday,
March 8 to learn how to make a tasty, healthy, and visually appealing St. Patricks Day
snack! This information session will be held from 5pm-6pm in my classroom, and is open to
any parent or caregiver of a child in my class! Also discussed at this information session will
be the new My Plate, created by the United States Department of Agriculture, which
replaced My Pyramid. At the conclusion of the information session each parent/caregiver
will receive a recipe book filled with five more quick, easy, and healthy snacks to prepare
with your children at home! If you are unable to attend, the recipe for what we will be
making will be put into the recipe book and can be sent home with your child on the next
school day!

More effective ways to say eight common commands/requests

Instead of saying Try saying

Stop hitting Please keep your hands to yourself
Dont say that Please choose another word
Quit whining and crying Please use your words
I cannot hear you Please speak louder/more clearly
No, I wont buy you that Instead of that, why dont we______
Quit getting upset It is ok to get upset, but _______
That is not for you That belongs to ___, why dont we find something else?
We do not have time to play right now Maybe we can play after_______

Information from: http://karacarrero.com/parenting-without-saying-no/

 Detailed Calendar Information:

Please remind your student to bring their library books to school every Friday to
exchange them!
The How to Make Healthy Choices at Home information session will begin at 5pm and
last until 6pm.
Happy birthday to Michael! He will be supplying a special snack of cheese crackers for
his birthday.
Happy birthday to Alysa! She will be supplying a special snack of animal crackers for
her birthday.
Family Egg Hunt All families are invited to participate in an Egg Hunt inside of Miss
Weiners class the Friday before Spring Break! Prizes will include books, puzzles, and
school supplies!

MARCH 2016
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

February, 29 1 2 3 4
If you have a Dr. Seuss
favorite Dr. Seuss birthday!
book, bring it to Library Books
school!
7 8 9 10 11
How to make
Planting clover Healthy Choices Happy Birthday,
seeds at Home Michael!
(Wear old clothes!)
*Caregiver Library Books
Education night
14 15 16 17 18
Learn and Irish
Happy Birthday, Folk Dance for
Alyssa! tomorrow! St. Patricks Day!
(Wear comfy Library Books
shoes!)
21 22 23 24 25
Down Syndrome I am special What does being
Awareness Day because a good friend *Family Egg Hunt
(Wear blue and Presentations mean to me? Library Books
yellow to support!)
30 31

NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL Book Trade at

the local library!
 All information and images were taken from the websites listed below:

http://karacarrero.com/parenting-without-saying-no/
http://findpik.com/clover-border
http://www.clipartpanda.com/categories/book-worm-clip-art
http://www.cliparthut.com/boys-shoes-clipart.html
http://www.clipartpanda.com/categories/free-clip-art-children-writing
https://www.pick-ease.com/category/recipes-2/
http://www.choosemyplate.gov
http://www.valentinesdaycardsprintables.com/st-patricks-day-hats-st-patricks-day-hats-
clipart-crafts-png.html
http://www.mycutegraphics.com/graphics/april-images.html
http://hative.com/fun-easter-activities-and-games-for-kids/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/179440366372910658/
http://www.clipartpanda.com/categories/pencil-clip-art-black-white