Greetings Everyone,

Hope you all enjoyed the weekend!

Attendance: Mountain School requests that you help your child by dropping them off at 8:15 before the final 8:30 bell. Students who arrive late on a regular basis disrupt the classroom and miss valuable instructional time.

Santa Cruz County Science Fair: March 7th  (registration deadline: Fri., Feb. 12)

Please visit the link below to keep informed about important dates and deadlines. 

SC County Science Fair Link

Although it is not required, we encourage students to enter their projects into the Santa Cruz County Science Fair. Please view the website with your child to consider whether she or he is interested in this opportunity. It includes exciting ideas as well as guidelines for projects. If your child is interested in participating, he or she is strongly encouraged to begin a project as soon as possible.

Mountain School Science Fair

Our annual science fair will be on Wednesday, March 2nd.  

The time has come to turn in your summary report and your board for Mountain School's Science Fair. All boards are due no later than Tuesday Mar. 1. I will set up the boards so that they are on display Wednesday in our classroom.

Important Upcoming Dates:

Science Fair: Wednesday March 2

Report Cards Home: Monday March 14

First Grade Play: Wednesday March 30

Spring Break: Week of April 5 - 8

Accelerated Reader

We will begin our Accelerated Reader program within the next few weeks.  Your child will bring home a letter indicating their reading level range.  They are encouraged to find books by searching on http://arbookfind.com. The “Collections” tab lists the Newberry Award Winners & Newberry Honors. These are highly recommended, and we have many of them in our library. Students are welcome to borrow our classroom books. Please assist with having them returned. Thanks!

Typing Club/Cursive

https://www.typingclub.com/

We will be typing in class each week, and students will sometimes be assigned typing homework. Please let me know if computer access is a problem. In addition to typing, students will continue to practice their cursive. These activities will alternate to give students time to master these fine-motor skills.

Curriculum

Math: 4th decimals and 5th ratio and then decimals.

Science: Environments--terrariums, earthworms, isopods, beetles, pollination, aquariums

Social Studies: colony partner research, posters, presentations, American Revolution 

Vocabulary and spelling packets: daily vocabulary, Friday assessment; writing prompt

Writing/grammar: possessives, subjects and predicates, pronouns, adjectives, run-on sentences, common and proper nouns, opinion/persuasive essay, book reviews, Native American year long essay project, Young Writers Project March 1- March 31.

Warmly,

Mrs. Young