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Mrs. Doten will be conducting hearing and vision screenings during the month of February.

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Meeting Dates:

March 4th & April 1st

Co-Presidents:
Kristina Nashold

pudge0129@hotmail.com

Andy Paquette

andypaquette1@gmail.com

Pakachoag Elementary School Representative:

Kristy Kaminski

k_raerae@yahoo.com

Auburn MA PTO
auburnmapto@yahoo.com

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Hello Preschool Families!

This month our theme is “Transportation.”  We will be learning about different ways to travel in the air, on the ground, and through the water, and how various vehicles are alike and different.

Some skills that we will be working on this month are as follows:

The letters Kk, Uu, Gg and Ww

Syllables, initial sounds, and alliteration

Counting forward and backwards, counting to 20 and beyond, and comparing amounts as we measure.

At home activity to try: Have fun creating a boat from a recycled plastic bottle.  Make a prediction if it will sink or float and try it out together to see what happens!

Sincerely,

The Preschool Team

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Hello Kindergarten Families!

We are more than half-way through the school year! WOW!  We are so proud of the progress students continue to make across the curriculum!

In our Reading Wonders program, we are focusing on:

The four seasons and different weather patterns

Letters: Mm, Aa, Ss, Pp, Tt, Ii, Nn, Cc, Oo, Dd, Hh, Ee, Ff, Rr, Bb, Ll, Kk

High frequency words: I, can, the, we, see, a, like, to, and, go, you, do, my, are, he, with, is, little, she, was

Students are continuing to work on identifying the characters, setting, events, and details of stories in sequence

Students are continuing to learn how to tap out and blend the sounds in new words

Students are beginning to work on isolating the beginning, middle, and ending sounds in words

Writing first and last names with appropriate capitalization

In GO Math, we are focusing on:

Counting by 1’s to 100

Counting by 10’s to 100

Addition using manipulatives

Numbers 11-19

Please continue to:

Practice lunch codes with your child

Remind your child how he/she gets home from school each day, especially if it varies from day to day

Send your child in with one small snack and a water bottle every day

Keep a labeled spare change of clothes in your child’s backpack

Keep toys at home so that they don’t get lost or broken

Please send your child dressed appropriately for the winter weather

We look forward to another great month of learning and fun at PAK!

The Kindergarten Team

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Grade one students are learning about Numbers and Operations in Base Ten. This unit focuses on counting numbers to 120, understanding place value, including grouping in tens and ones.  Please take a minute to review your child’s Chapter 5 test scores on Think Central.

In Literacy, we have begun Unit 4, Animals Everywhere. Comprehension skills and strategies that we will focus on this month include plot and sequence, main idea and key details and point of view.  We will also be learning about prefixes and suffixes, inflectional endings and compound words.  Please continue to practice the high frequency words with your child regularly.  These are always found on the “Peek at the Week.”

Read aloud and talk about it! Continue to read a favorite book with your child. Talk about where the story takes place, who the characters are, and the problem and solution.  At times even stop and ask what do they think will happen next.  Make sure the books are interesting.  The more engaged your child is, the more information you will receive. You might want to ask your child how else this story might have ended as we are working on developing higher level thinking skills.

Thank you,

The First Grade Team

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In reading, the second grade students are working on Unit 3: Live and Learn.  This unit integrates reading, science, and social studies. The students have read about magnets, gravity and forces on earth, as well as how you can help out in your community.  Some of the comprehension skills we are practicing are author’s purpose, sequence of events, and main idea and details.

In Go Math, we are beginning Chapter 6: 3-Digit Addition and Subtraction.  The students will be using strategies that are familiar to them from adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers.  The students will be using strategies such as drawing a picture and regrouping. They will also continue to work on solving word problems in which they have to add or subtract.  It is very important to read these carefully and figure out what the question is asking before solving.

In writing, the students have been writing opinion pieces.  The students are learning how to state their opinion and defend their opinion with reasons.  They are learning how to use appropriate sentence starters for this type of writing.

Our Valentine's Day celebrations will be held on Thursday, February 14.  We look forward to a wonderful day. Please contact your child's teacher if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you for your continued support,

The Grade Two Team

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Thank you to all the special guests that joined us for our “Classroom Showcases”! We hope you enjoyed getting a glimpse into a day in the life of a PAK student.

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February 12 th – 6:30-8:30 pm

SEPAC Meeting

Applying for Mass Health Guidance
February 14 th-February 19 th
No Homework
February 15 th

Officer Phil Safety Program

February 18 th & 19 th

No School
February 22 nd

2:00
100 th Day of School
Kindergarten Celebration

March 1 st

PAK Pride T-Shirt Day
Tiger Program

PTO Sweetheart Social K-2
March 7 th @ 3:30

School Council Meeting

March 14 th

½ Day for Students

PK Dismissal at 11:30/11:45

K-2 Dismissal at 12:10

K-2 Satellite Closes at 6:00

March 15 th

Professional Dev. Day

No School for Students

March 20 th

Spring Into Kindergarten

April 8 th

Kindergarten Screening

No School for Current Kindergarten Students