We had such a great time last week leading up to St. Patrick’s Day!  
I’m sure you have heard about some of our adventures with Lucky the Leprechaun this past week. Here are some of the highlights: 


And wouldn’t you know…look what happens when you drink leprechaun juice.  Tessa was the only one who gained a green tongue.  And the kids were right, I probably shouldn’t have had some leprechaun juice-  it did say children only.  We were shocked in disbelief to see what happened to my feet. 

1- FRIDAY:  Early Out 1:30pm
   Homework due
    $1.00 dress down fundraiser to help our Quest Rube Goldberg team participate in the national competition  (Student participation is optional. Students are welcome to wear a Quest Spirit shirt with uniform pants or traditional uniforms).

 “Pirated” this Friday and Saturday at 7:00pm at Syracuse Arts Academy (2893 W 1700 S, Syracuse). Tickets can be purchased from our website or click here: Pirate Tickets.  They are $5 per person or $20 for a family of five.

2– Looking for Easter gifts? Give a BOOK from Scholastic Books. Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is N8TKQ: Scholastic Book Club

3- Elementary yearbooks on sale now for only $17!  Students enjoy signing yearbooks on the last day of school. Orders may be placed until March 29. Click here to pay: Yearbook Online Orders

Here is some information about our OPTIONAL Leprechaun Traps due on Thursday, March 14th.  


Here are some ideas of some traps you could make: 

Homework is due Friday, March 8th. 

1- Math Homework: 

• Math Homework this week is to review the compare numbers activity.  Please click the link to print the game.  Here is the game:  Add 10s to any number game

• Optional: for extra math practice, play any of these Math Fact Activities 2018

2- Reading Fluency on Raz-Kids.  Here is the link for:  RAZ-KIDS (our online reading homework). Each Friday I will pull an online report showing student usage for the week and their comprehension scores for the quizzes they have taken. 

Please let me know if you have any questions about the program.
Happy reading  
Mrs. Nelson

*Teacher Username: nelson1st

Here is an additional way to log in to Raz-Kids: 

How to login: 
1. Have students go to Raz-kids.com
2. When they get there, have them click “kids login.”
3. The teacher username is: nelson1st 
4. Find your students name, their password, and have them begin reading. 

This is what we are working on in language arts this week: 

In honor of Dr. Seuss’ upcoming birthday today here are some fun activities you can do: 
Click on the picture for fun Dr. Seuss Activities:

Click on the link below for a read aloud of Bartholomew and the Oobleck and then use the recipe to make your own oobleck (it has awesome science features of liquid and solid): 
Bartholomew and the Oobleck 

Oobleck Recipe: