Ross Rockets Newsletter - March 2026

Fast Facts about PSSA

• Most of the testing will take place in the morning
• If a student is absent, they will complete a make-up test

Reading Test:  Students will:

• Complete both fiction & nonfiction reading passages
• Answer multiple-choice questions and respond in writing to prompts

Our K4 friends start the month with “Our Beautiful  World” theme. During this theme we will “travel” to different parts of the world to learn about their cultures. We will use hands-on activities to learn about famous buildings, history, and important elements to their cultures. These two weeks are so jam packed with learning that we will take a brief break from learning a letter of the week. We will end the month moving into our Nature theme. We will be talking about ponds, and bugs while learning letters, letter sounds and counting. In March we will also be taking our field trip to the Whitaker center. It will be a fun filled month with lots of learning. 

In ELA, K5 students will continue learning about ecology by reading and writing about ecosystems, plants, and animals. In Math (Unit 6), we are learning about 2D (flat) and 3D (solid) shapes, building shapes, finding shapes in our world, understanding teen numbers (11–20 as “10 and some more”), and solving addition combinations within 10. In Social Studies, we are beginning a new unit about time. Students will explore how time is organized (past, present, and future), how patterns like days and seasons repeat, and how sharing our life stories helps show what makes each of us unique.In Science, we will continue our unit on weather.

First graders will be wrapping up our Family Unit in ARC and shifting our focus to plants and opinion writing as we transition into the fourth and final unit – Plants. In science, we will briefly examine how parents and offspring can be similar and different, as well as parent behaviors that help their offspring survive. We will begin a new unit in social studies focusing on the roles and responsibilities of citizens. In math, we will be revisiting adding and subtracting within 20 using models such as the number rack. Students will also grow their emotional intelligence as we add to our repertoire of emotion words this month. Thank you for your continued support at home!

In March 2nd grade is going to be lucky in learning! In ELA we are continuing our Animal Stories unit in ARC. Students are learning about fables, morals, and lessons. They will be continuing their drafting and creating their own animal story books on Canva. In math we are entering Unit 6, Geometry so shapes are at the end of our rainbows! We are going to be using shape tiles, geoboards, and models to learn about both 2D and some 3D shapes – Number Corner is 3D shapes so it’s all tied together this month! There will even be some fractions with our shapes as well. In science we are continuing to learn about changes to the earth’s surface – diving deeper into natural phenomenons like earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and floods. Social studies we are finishing up our study of innovations and going to be starting a new unit on digital citizenship!