Our 7 Habit Assembly was a huge success! The students of GES really loved meeting “Habit Man” and watching our 2nd grade plays on the 7 Habits! Several 4th grade students wrote and performed a 7 Habits song, and we were so lucky to meet Coach Fowler, GHS football coach. He spoke to the students about being a leader and introduce four football players that were graduates of GES. Please encourage your child to earn a 7 Habits bracelet(s) by using the habits of happy kids at school every day! 
We will be celebrating Read Across America Week this week! The official Read Across America Day is Saturday March 2nd. The theme is “Grab Your Hat and Read With the Cat!”
Schedule of events:
March 4th – Hat Day – for Cat in the Hat - we will supply red and white hats for our classMarch 5th- Crazy Hair Day – in honor of the WHOs in Horton Hears a WhoMarch 6th – Silly Sock Day – for Fox in SocksMarch 7th – Green Day – wear green for Green Eggs and HamMarch 8th – Dr. Seuss Character Day – dress up as your favorite Dr. Seuss characterStudents may also participate in an essay writing contest. There will be a prizes (books!) for K-1/2-3/4-5. The theme – “My favorite Dr. Seuss book is _______.” These will be due to the LMC by Thursday afternoon – and winners will be announced Friday afternoon(March 8th) before kids leave for the day.
Mrs. Webb will be teaching Monday/Wednesday and Mrs. Routson will be teaching Thursday/Friday. Our class will have a substitute on Tuesday for Mrs. Webb to attend the MERC Conference at VCU that day. Please email us both with questions/concerns.
We will continue to reinforce and recognize students who follow “The 7 Habits of Happy Kids”.
1) Be Proactive 2) Begin with the End in Mind 3) Put First Things First 4) Think Win-Win 5) Seek First to Understand and Then to Be Understood 6) Synergize 7) Sharpen the Saw Also, please encourage your child to strive for a blue, purple or PINK day! All students who achieve PINK will get a prize on Fridays! We can still use donations for our prize box! Thanks to those who have sent some in!
*Mrs. Routson/Mrs. Webb’s Reading Group: This is the best week!!! We are going to READ READ READ Dr. Seuss books every day and WRITE WRITE WRITE a lot! Stories, poems, letters, rhyming words, venn diagrams, real words, nonsense words, sight words…the list goes on! We are also going to be playing some fun games and activities related to Dr. Seuss. No Fundations this week. We will do a big grammar review to get ready for the MP. Reading MP will be Wednesday, March 13 at 8:30 am. Please review all skills on the parent resource card.
Math: We will continue our unit on Addition of 2-Digit Numbers with Regrouping this week. Terms to know: Regrouping (process used in addition when ten ones are grouped as a ten). Please review classwork activities and math journals nightly. Homework will be assigned Monday-Thursday this week. Addition with Regrouping Test will be given on Monday, March 11th. The Math Marking Period Test will be Thursday, March 14th and will be cumulative.
Science/SS: Our students will continue to visit Ms. Gooding! Please visit her blogs and check agendas for her news. http://blogs.glnd.k12.va.us/agooding/
Our Encore Schedule: Monday – Music, Tuesday – Art, Wednesday – P.E., Thursday – Library, Friday – P.E.
Please visit www.portaportal.com/mowebb to access some online games!
Important Dates:
March 13- Reading MP Test
March 14 – Math MP Test
March 15 – Student Holiday / Teacher Work Day
March 18- Science MP Test
March 19 – Social Studies MP Test
March 21 – Full Steam Ahead Day/Spaghetti Dinner/Silent Auction
March 25 – Report Cards go home & Bella Sicilia Spirit Night
March 29 – Early Dismissal at 1:00pm