PANTHER NEWS: March 2026

Good day!

Hello families, it is the beginning of Spring Break! I am sure that plans are afoot to do plenty before returning to school. I do know that there may be times that you'll hear - I have nothing to do or I am bored. The kids signed on to a web site on Friday called Curioso that allows them to pick books to read for free. The student code is qiw596. There is a wide selection that your child can choose from and read at their own leisure.

Also St. Patrick's day is the day to catch a Leprechaun - your child is more then welcome to create a trap with recycled goods during the break. It is just a fun project that should be full of imagination and creativity. I hope they enjoy making and they can bring it in on St. Patrick's day the week we return.

The month of February flew by with the class working on plenty of projects and learning. AgFair (link goes to the students work) was full of research and sculpting for local fruit seeds. Students worked on 7 different local fruits and managed to present seed shaped out of air dry clay at the AgFair. Please take the time to check out their work from informational slides to pictures of the seeds they created. (The seeds were also displayed at our recent Science Fair projects that the Upper School participated in). The end of February came with Indigo's birthday and March began with Kitami's birthday - we had fun celebrating!

We ended our school week of "Read Across America" with a whole lower school drop everything and read. It was a pleasant experience for all as they were engaged with a book and a comfortable spot to enjoy.

Announcements -

3/9-13 - Spring Break week, no school
4/2 - No School (Conferences: I will reach out to some of you for conferences, but feel free to go ahead and contact me about scheduling one if you'd like)
4/3 and 4/6 - No School - Easter Weekend
5/25 - No School - Memorial Day

Ask Your Child About -

Community Building

Celebrating Indigo and Kitami's birthdays
SEL - Ms. Bird discussed the difference of individuals and how even though we have differences we are all the same, human beings looking for acceptance and peace.

Coloring page and puzzle building
Reading Buddies continues every Friday as the class meets up with their buddy for a chance to share a book with one another.

Math.

Multiplication is in full swing as students are learning their facts of 1 - 12. They have been working with arrays, equal groups, skip counting, and repeated addition.

Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)

Fundations - Unit 8: words that end in -stle, -tion, -sion along with dealing with -le and -el words. Starting Unit 9: that introduces the double rr words.