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M O N T H LY N E W S L E T T E R
LITERACY
NEWS
By Christine Dunn- Literacy Coach
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Monday
Pot of Gold
Read together Sarah and the Search
For the Pot of Gold: A Short Story.
Next have your child write a story
about what they would do if they
found a pot of gold.
srooms reading the
Ms. A’s and Ms. P’s clas
Donor’s Choose!
books they received from
Th is mo n t h a t M a t h e ny - Wi th ro w
arch brings state
mandated testing for
the students at
Matheny-Withrow.
The first round of PARCC
testing has been a huge
success! The students have
tried their hardest to
complete the exams to the
best of their ability. Kudos to
your kiddos!
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The Starlab is coming for the
no-referral party in March!
The Starlab is an interactive
science lab that kids will get
to go into. The stars light up
on the ceiling and the kids
will be able to learn about the
different constellations. The
3rd and 4th grade will have a
mythology lesson when they
attend and this goes along
with their Common Core
standards. They can learn
what their sign is and the
story behind they myth of
their sign. In class, they can
read about the myths and
compare stories.
Tuesday
Go Fish
Make two sets of word wall words.
Shuffle and deal 5 to each player & place
the rest on table. Players must read word
when asking for a match.
Wednesday
ABCYA
Go to abcya.com with your child and
play his/her favorite educational
game.
Thursday
COLLAGE
Have your child look through
newspapers & magazines. Have them
glue on a piece of paper items that
begin with every letter of the
alphabet.
Friday
Recycle Books
Help your child look through old
books. Donate the ones you no
longer read.
Mustangs are Stampeding into Reading!
Family Read Aloud Book Club
Please sign up on the attached form with your commitment of $10.00
and agreement to purchase snacks.
(approx. $2.00 per book. A $3.00-$10.00 savings for each book) 1 form per family please.
Forms should be returned to teacher and forwarded to Christine Dunn.
The Family Read Aloud dates are:
Parents get to keep the book for each of the family nights, note there will not be a book
purchased for April 30 but all families get to take home a poetry booklet.
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April 6- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
April 23- Henry’s Freedom Box
April 30 - All School Poetry Night
May 7- The Chalk Box Kid
May 14- The Whipping Boy
May 21- The Gold Cadillac
The program begins at
6:00pm- 7:00pm on
Thursdays.
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My family plans on attending the family book night series.
I have enclosed $10.00 and have signed up to bring healthy snacks for 20.*
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Student’s name
Phone number
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Parent’s name
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Number of family members attending.
This is important in order to provide enough snacks.
*Note two or more families will be asked to split the snack schedule. If 20 families come, there will be a
minimum of 40 participants. Forms should be returned with the $10.00 to the teacher and the teacher will
forward to Christine Dunn.