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These past few months we have been VERY busy in our Art room. We've learned so much, yet still added many dashes of creativity to our work.

Square One Art was done by all. (Be on the look out soon for your packet and free Squickers!)

All grades have worked on some under the sea pictures with work on overlapping and depth. As usual, we remind each other to not draw stick figures or potato “people" and no "tight-rope walking"!

Before you know it, we will be preparing for our Festival of the Arts, which is May 7th at Auburn High School. Each student chooses one piece to be matted and displayed for all to enjoy. Please let me take this opportunity to thank the many parent/grandparent volunteers that have helped me in the Art room! It is so very appreciated!

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns at djohnson@auburn.k12.ma.us

Yours in Art,

Debbie Hughes Johnson

Art Specialist:

Pakachoag (Pre-K to grade 2)

Bryn Mawr (K to Grade 2)

Auburn High School (Pre-K)

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ELA
In Unit 4, the students have been reading multiple non-fiction texts.  The texts have been about different regions around the world, landforms, and how Earth changes over time.  This ties in nicely to our Next Generation science standards. The comprehension skills we are working on are compare and contrast and cause and effect.

The students will be learning how to write a fictional narrative and focusing more on poetry.  When writing a fictional narrative, the students will use a graphic organizer to identify characters, setting, and a clear beginning, middle, and end.  The students will learn the features of a poem. A poem will include expressing feelings and ideas, it may rhyme, use similes and metaphors, describing words, and sensory words.

MATH
In Chapter 7 the students are learning about counting coins and telling time.  The students are learning to identify the coins and to put the coins in order from greatest to least value before counting them.  If your child is having trouble identifying the coins, we recommend taking out some real coins to help him/her with his/her homework. Please make sure your child is completing his/her math homework each night, whether it be online or on paper.  Please make sure your child is also studying his/her math facts each night and returning his/her packet on Friday.

Thank you for your continued support,

The Second Grade Team

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Can you believe that March is already here?  Time has just flown by.  We have recently begun Unit 4 of our ELA series, Animals Everywhere.  Some of the themes that we will be reading in our anthologies include: Insects, Animal Teams and Working with Animals. Comprehension strategies and skills that we will practice in this unit include identifying main ideas and key details, visualizing and making connections with text.  We will continue to work on long vowel sounds.  Remember to practice the weekly high frequency words with your child regularly.

We will be wrapping up chapter 7 in math, shortly.  In chapter 8, we will be learning about 2 digit addition and subtraction.  Continuing to practice math facts within 10 will continue to be helpful as your child ventures into more difficult mathematical tasks.

As always, thank you for all of your support!  We are looking forward to an exciting, busy spring!

The First Grade Teachers

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Spring is right around the corner...hopefully! Thank you to all of the families who attended our 100th Day Celebration! We were SO impressed with all of the awesome projects!

In our Reading Wonders program, we are focusing on:

Different kinds of animals and their habitats

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

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

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 continuing to work on isolating the beginning, middle, and ending sounds in words and substituting sounds in words

Writing sentences with appropriate spacing, capitalization, and punctuation

Drawing pictures with real-life colors and details

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

Subtraction using manipulatives

Numbers 20 and above

Please continue to:

Send in a written note in your child’s home folder if your child is going home a different way

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 with appropriate snow play clothes for days that are warm enough to go outside for recess

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

The Kindergarten Team

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This month our theme is “Animals.”  We will be learning about taking care of pets, farm animals, animals in wild environments, and how animals grow and change.

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

The letters Xx, Vv, Jj, Qq

Review of initial sounds, syllables, and blending

Counting forward and backward, length, addition, and subtraction

At home activity to try: Since we will be learning all about animals, read the story “The Three Little Pigs” together.  Each time the word pig appears in the book, emphasize the /p/ sound.  You could also count how many times the word is used in the book.

Sincerely,
The Preschool Team

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4/3/20
No School for Current Kindergarten Students
Kindergarten Screening

4/7/20
1/2 Day for Students
Professional Development for Staff

4/10/20
Community Reading Day

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3/12/20
TIGER PROGRAM

3/12/20   7:00-9:00 AHS
ALL TOWN CHOIR

3/13/20
NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS

3/18/20
SPRING INTO KINDERGARTEN

LAST NAMES: A-K   1:00-1:30

LAST NAMES: L-Z   2:00-2:30

3/20/20
REPORT CARDS DISTRIBUTED

3/23/20
FOOD PLAY

1 ST & 2 ND GRADES

3/27/20 7:3-8:25 AM
@ PAK CAFETERIA
RORI BREAKFST WITH DAD’S
3/31/20  5:30-7:30 @ AMS        FAMILY MATH NIGHT

GRADES K-5