Williamston Primary School

I would like to thank all of our parents for your participation in our Deadwood PTA Fundraiser this week. Also thank you for your donations toward our schoolwide Easter Egg Hunt. Secondly as we embark on the final months and weeks of schools our students will be preparing for end of the year Assessments. Please continue to encourage your children to work hard and do their best each and everyday. Also please continue to remain in contact with your child's teacher as we enter into the last stretches of the school year to ensure that your child finished the school year strong. Parents with students entering Kindergarten next year, please make sure if you have not done so already that you register your child for Kindergarten. Thank you for all you do for Williamston Primary School.

March 27:Optional Teacher Workday (Remote Learning day for Students)

March 31: Celebrating Differences Day (Schoolwide Easter Egg Hunt)

April 3: Go Blue for Autism Day

April 5: Spring Pictures

April 5: Perfect Attendance Celebration

April 4-May 5: EOY iReady Diagnostic

April 7: Good Friday (No School for students)

April 10-14: Spring Break (No school for students)

April 26: PBIS Fun Day: Extreme Action Park Skating

May 15-31: EOY mClass Diagnostic

Kindergarten: Hi Kindergarten Family, next week our theme is “Be Yourself”, the letter Vv, Letterland Character Vicky Violet; sight words: saw, if; word family with Special Vowel combination-ll (-all, -ell, -ill, -ull, -oll). In math we will learn the numbers 21, 22, measurement and reviewing subtraction/addition. We are still asking for donations for Easter Eggs for our School wide Easter Egg Hunt on Friday, March 31, 2023. We asked if you can make sure the eggs are already stuffed with candy. Please continue to help your child study sight words and read nightly. Thank you for all you do for our students at WPS.

First Grade: Next week we will be working on i and o in the following words: kind, old, child, climb, most, find, hold, mild, both, roll. Our fiction text of the week is Farfallina and Marcel. We’ll still be adding tens and ones. Please continue to practice sight words and read nightly. Also, study spelling words weekly. We will also be having a school-wide egg hunt on March 31st. Anyone willing to donate individually wrapped candy and plastic eggs would be helpful. Thanks for all you do!

Second Grade: Greetings from Second Grade! Next week in Letterland we will be learning about the vowel combinations -ear and -eer. We will continue to look at how information gained from illustrations helps us to understand the characters, setting, and events in a story. We will use what we have learned about inches, feet, yards, centimeters, and meters to solve word problems. In Science we will continue to learn about animal life cycles. Please continue to read AR books, complete the weekly homework packet, study spelling words, and practice basic math facts with sums to 20.

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Art: Our awesome little artists have been learning about Symmetry this week! We have discussed different objects they see everyday that have different lines of symmetry.

Music: Students are singing songs of Spring. The Drum Circle has been such fun this past week. Drum Circles can be enjoyed at home or with friends. Please join the Music Google Classroom so students can share the songs, activities, book-readings, and YouTube clips with family and friends. (I sent the classroom link two weeks ago through Music ClassDoJo.) Thanks to the students who have already joined this year! A first grader told me they purchased a small drum at Family Dollar and she practices the music rhythms found on Music Google Classroom! Wonderful! A drum isn’t necessary, though. Rhythms can be played on anything.

Is it Allergies or a Cold?

1. If fever is present, it is likely to be a cold or viral infection of some kind, NOT an allergy.

2. Fatigue and exhaustion usually indicate a cold or viral illness.

3. Itchy, watery eyes indicate allergies, NOT a cold.

4. Clear, THIN nasal drainage along with itchy, watery eyes suggest allergies, while THICK nasal drainage indicates a cold or infection.

5. A common cold rarely has symptoms lasting over a week, while allergy symptoms will last longer (as long as allergens like pollen are present).

There’s no cure for the common cold. Typical treatments include rest, fluids, and over-the-counter medications. Nasal rinses can bring relief for both colds and allergies as well.

Any parents/guardians who missed our kindergarten registration for the 2023-24 school year should use the link below to sign up for a date/time to meet with our school counselor, Mrs. Whitaker, to complete this process. Children who will be 5 years old by August 31, 2023 are eligible for kindergarten in the fall.

https://signup.com/go/kCXmsDq

Parents, we need your help! WPS is hosting a schoolwide egg hunt on March 31, and we are in need of individually wrapped candy and plastic eggs. We will be collecting these items through March 29. Students may bring their Easter baskets to school on the 31st. Thank you for your support!