March 7, 2025

 

The Mendoza Message

for

March 7, 2025

March is here.  With this week’s weather, it may be following the saying- “In like a lion and out like a lamb”.  Hopefully, the Spring weather will come soon. 

Daylight Savings is this weekend. Please remember to move your clocks forward 1 hour Saturday night. Because of the time change, your child may be tired next week.  Please make sure your child gets enough sleep as their body is adjusting to the new time change.

March is Reading Month is here.  Hopefully you are doing some of the activities listed on the Lawton March is Reading Month Calendar. Just in case you can not find it, below is the Lawton March is Reading Month Calendar. 

Also, on Monday I sent home a March Reading Log. Again if you misplaced, you can find it below too. Thank you to those of you who have signed up to be a “Guest Reader”. Again, click here for the Sign-up Genius for being a Guest Reader.

Again, in typical Michigan weather, we will never know what type of weather day it could be this week. So, please remember to make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather.  I always tell the children that boots and snow pants not only do they keep you warm, but also dry and clean from the mud. We are working on keeping the mud outside and not in the classroom.  The children are doing a wonderful job on sweeping up all of the dry mud on the floor.

Remember to look at the Lawton Lost and Found regularly.

If you would like to volunteer in the building during school hours you will need to complete this background check:  Complete Volunteer Background Check 24-25

Completing the background check allows you to be with children during the school day, class parties, and to chaperone field trips.  If you think you might be helping out at any time during the year, please fill it out now.  Don’t want to wait until the last minute.

Again, here is the QR Code to the Amazon “Wish List”, since I have added some items.

Remember, please charge the laptop to 100%, so it is ready for use in the classroom for Monday. 

My blog is at https://mendozaclassroom.blogspot.com/),

And my web page is at (https://mendozaclassroom.wixsite.com/mendozaclassroom).

Information from Lawton:

Trails Lesson 15: Diversity

Newsletter Blurb: This week we learned about diversity. Diversity means that no two people are exactly the same. We can look different on the outside, have different interests and cultures and even speak different languages. We can respect people who are different from us. We can make others feel safe and included by appreciating them for who they are.We had fun celebrating the diversity in our class!

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MARCH IS READING MONTH CALENDAR

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What we are doing in the classroom:

ELA: We are still enjoying our Traditional Literature Unit.  In Writing, we have been working on Opinion Writing.

Math:  In Unit 7: Whole Number Operations, Measurement and Data this week, we have been working on adding 3 or more numbers together.  We have been working on strategies on how to solve them too.

Social Studies:  We finished our Economic Unit.

Science (Health): We are starting our Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug Unit.  We will first learn about caffeine.

Word Study: We have been working on how to spell words with the /oi/ sound spelled with oi and oy, and the /ow/ sound spelled with ow and ou.

Dates to Remember:

3/9: Daylight Savings

3/14: MIRM- Author Visit from 9:15-9:45 am

3/17: Wear green, yellow, white, etc.

3/21: MIRM- All School Flashlight Friday and PJ Day

3/24-3/28: SPRING BREAK- NO SCHOOL

4/1: Report Cards are sent home