March Memo

Greetings Families, Friends & Caregivers,

Spring is just around the corner! The third quarter of school will come to an end March 22nd. Time sure flies when you are having FUN!

Our students have made some great gains in their Reading scores! Here are some of our second quarter celebrations schoolwide.

Madison Elementary had 84 students with 98% or higher attendance in the final month of the second quarter! These students earned our Super Attendance Award. Attending school, everyday, ready to learn and on time matters! This is how our classes earn the HERO Award each week.

Our youngest learners are really advancing in their skills as well. The average Kindergarten Theme Vocabulary Sentence Score for Quarter 2 was 88.5%! This is outstanding!

We also celebrate the reading you are doing at home with your children. Your children receive a Golden Ticket when they return Read and Respond Forms. We then have a drawing of Golden Tickets, where students can earn a FREE slice of pizza, donuts or ice cream from local businesses.

Madison Elementary is soaring to new heights! Thank you for fostering a love of reading and learning at home. We are your partner in education! Together we can and will make a difference in the lives

of our children.

Happy Spring! ~Mrs. Eichmeier

• Wednesday, March 13th - SPRING CONCERT. Showings at 10a and 2p. Please enter through the Madison Gym.
• Wednesday, March 20th - Book for a Buck. Bring up to $3 per student so they can "shop" for gently used books during the lunch hour.
• Friday, March 22nd - End of Quarter
• Monday, March 25th - Friday, March 29th - No school; Spring Break.

March is going to be a busy time! We are going to begin March Madness but book style (Tournament of Books). We combined Read Across America with the Tournament of Books, so kids will have dress up days every Friday to go with different books. Along with the Tournament of Books, Spring Break occurs from March 23-March 31. Students will receive a Reading Scavenger Hunt over Spring Break. Like over Winter Break, students should try to complete as many as possible. Students who return the scavenger hunt will receive a prize!

Please make sure students are returning all their borrowed Library books.

Thank You,

Mrs. Bohman

In March we plan to celebrate Read Across America, combined with a Tournament of Books. Instead of a week of dress up there will be a dress up every Friday along with a read aloud to celebrate and engage readers throughout the month!

March 1

In honor of Mr. Langston Hughes, who is a word making man, also known as

the King of Letters, wear your favorite clothes with school appropriate words!

March 8

Dr. Seuss is known for his tall striped hat and his crazy ways. Wear your crazy hat or your favorite hat!

March 15

In the book, Beneath, we’ll learn to look at things from different ways. Wear your clothes inside out!

March 22

Today is the last book of 16. We all deserve to be comfortable. Wear your PJ’s!

April 5

The winning book is announced today! Wear your favorite sports shirts!

Classes with the highest percentage of student participation will get a small treat that day!

Greetings Families with Students in Roots,

Thank you so much for your continued support reading with your child at home. Every week your child’s teacher sends home a Shared Story book for you to read with your child. The inside cover is a great way to practice decodable words (Green Words) and high frequency words (Red Words). We teach your children that they can sound out the Green Words. Ask your child to show you how!

Greetings Families with Wings Students,

We continue to teach your children how to Clarify when they meet a word they don’t know. Below is a copy of our clarifying card we use in class every day to help teach this important skill. As your child reads at home, feel free to ask for words they needed to clarify (figure out the meaning of) and what strategy they used to do this work!

• March 8 is International Women’s Day, which is a day that not only celebrates the achievements of women and the progress made toward women’s rights but also brings attention to ongoing struggles for equality around the world.
• March 10 is the start of Daylight Saving Time, which begins at 2:00 A.M. that day. If your area observes it, don’t forget to “spring forward” and set the clocks one hour ahead, or you may find yourself an hour late to everything!
• March 10 also marks the start of Ramadan, which begins at sundown. In Islam, Ramadan is considered a holy month when a month-long, sunrise-to-sunset fast is observed.
• March 15 is the Ides of March! Legend surrounds this ill-fated day. Beware the Ides of March!
• March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day. According to folklore, folks wear a shamrock on St. Patrick’s Day because the saint used its three leaves to explain the Trinity.
• March 19 brings about the March equinox—also called the vernal or spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere—marking the beginning of spring. In the Southern Hemisphere, this date marks the autumnal equinox and the beginning of fall. On this day, the Sun stands directly over Earth’s equator.
• March 24 is Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter and the last Sunday of Lent.
• March 29-31 are known as the Borrowing Days. According to lore, the last three days of March have a reputation for being stormy.
• March 29 is Good Friday. Learn more about Good Friday.
• March 31 is Easter Sunday. (May 5 is Orthodox Easter.) Did you know that Easter’s date is related to the full Moon?