Weekly Update: 3/11-3/15

FOOD DRIVE: The annual Somerset Food Drive is March 11-21 this year.

Somerset School has collected food for the local food shelves for over twenty-five years.  Our goal is to collect close to 1200 food items each year.  If every student and staff member donates 3 or more food items, we get very close to achieving our goal.  

Third grade students collect the donated items about two times per week.  The students count the items, pack them in groups of 10 or 20 in paper grocery bags by the office & chart the total on the giant thermometer for everyone to see. 

The food drive lasts two weeks and each day has a suggested item to donate, but all donations are welcome.

Week One

• MONDAY, March 11:  Mac and Cheese 
• TUESDAY, March 12:  Tuna  
• WEDNESDAY, March 13:  Chicken Noodle Soup (or other soup) 
• THURSDAY, March 14:  Pancake Mix and More  (syrup, bag flour, cooking oil, bag sugar)
• FRIDAY, March 15:  Anything Day! 

Week Two

• MONDAY, March 18:  Canned Goods (vegetables, beans, fruits, chili, spaghetti) 
• TUESDAY, March 19:  Boxed or Bagged Goods (noodles, rice, crackers) 
• WEDNESDAY, March 20:  Soap and More (laundry, dish soap, bath soap, toothpaste, shampoo, deodorant, diapers) 
• THURSDAY, March 21:  Paper Products (paper plates, paper towels, toliet paper)

READ ACROSS AMERICA MONTH: We had a GREAT time dressing up last week! Check out the calendar below for more information about what's to come:

ALL SCHOOL BOOK CLUB: I hope you are enjoying A Boy Called Bat! Check out THIS LINK to catch up on any missed chapters!

SPELLING: We are reviewing last week's spelling words! Here they are:

1. bigger 

2. biggest 

3. faster 

4. fastest 

5. sadder 

6. saddest 

7. shorter 

8. shortest 

9. slower 

10. slowest 

11. good-bye

12. before

MYSTERY READERS: We have had SO much fun with our Mystery Readers this year! There are still PLENTY of slots open, so spread the word! We love to have parents, grandparents, aunts/uncles, cousins...all of our classroom family's special friends for a visit! Please click THIS LINK to sign up!

LAST WEEK:

(Ask your child these questions about school!)

• MATH: 
• What time do the following clocks show?
• 
• Can you show me $0.25 in two different ways (using P. N, D, Q)?
• What 3D shape has 6 faces, 8 vertices, and every face is a square?

• READING:
• Can  you tell me about PLOT mountain?


• What about this PLOT roller coaster?
• 

• SCIENCE:
• What lego creations did you engineer in science class?

• SOCIAL: 
• How can you solve a problem with a friend?

A PEEK AT THIS WEEK:

(Looking ahead...)

• MATH: 
• I can partition a square, rectangle, and circle into halves and fourths.

• READING:
• I can read and write words with -er and -est.
• I can describe the plot and sequence the events of a story.

• WRITING:
• I can add details to a fantasy story.

• SCIENCE:
• I can be a LEGO ENGINEER!

UPCOMING DATES:

• 3/21: Book Character Parade
• 3/22: NO STUDENTS: End of Quarter 3
• 3/25: Spring Break Begins
• 4/1: School Resumes
• 4/2: Field Trip (History Center)
• 4/9: Fusion Lab
• 4/15: Field Trip: Dodge (11:45-1:30 p.m.)
• 4/16: Fusion Lab
• 4/23: Fusion Lab
• 4/30: Last Fusion Lab

FUN in First Grade! (Photos)