Happy “almost” May day! I can’t believe we only have a few weeks left. I talked to the students and told them that there are still a lot of school days left for learning new things! We can do it! This week we had library check out and field day. Next week we also have some special days too.

 

Monday-Friday Teacher appreciation week

Tuesday- LAST Library check-out of the year! Pizza for lunch* change

Wednesday- Star Wars Day! May the Fourth be with YOU! If you have a Star Wars shirt, please wear it on Wednesday.

Thursday- Cinco de Mayo (Nachos for Lunch* change), Double birthday celebration (Aaliyah & Stella)

Friday- Baggy books and “Ice Cream” Reading scoops are due

 

Next week’s academic focus:

Reading: Grammar focus week

Author focus: H. A. Rey- Curious George books

Writing: Narrative

Math: Year-end review- place value, word problems

Phonics: Hard and Soft c and g Unit 30

 

If you get a chance- please look for the white envelope that contains Aaliyah’s birthday invitation. Everyone got one last week. The RSVP deadline is this Wednesday, May 4^th. Thank you!

 

Also, Mr. Ward sent out a blast about the Story Walk and Little Free Library. The Little Free Library “Finnegan Express” engine is now up in front of the school. Take a drive-by and give it a look! We will be attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 13^th as a class.

Hi Everyone!

Happy Sunday! I’m sorry that this update did not go out on Friday. My son installed a permanent Story Walk around the bus port at KES for his Boy Scout Eagle Project! I’m so excited that the whole school will get to use this! This week he will also install a Little Free Library for the whole community to enjoy! Stay tuned.

 

This past week we were busy getting reading for the Math Inventory online test and we showed great growth. This week we will take the Reading Inventory and I expect that we will have similar results. We will be taking that on Tuesday, so it is very important that your child gets a great night’s rest!

 

This week we will have changes in our schedule due to Field Days. We will not have regular specials on Tuesday, Wednesday (our field day), and Thursday. We will have other activities during our usual block of time. On our field day we will be doing activities in the morning outside and then our normal activities in the afternoon (lunch, etc…). On Wednesday, I will need your child to wear their team color. I will let you know your child’s team color on Monday. It will either be red, yellow, blue or green. Since we will be outside, please apply sunscreen on your child before they come to school and send in a water bottle. 😊

 

Read your way to a Sundae has started this week for homework. Please read the pink letter for more information.

Library check-out will be on Tuesday.

Baggy books are due on Friday.

 

Academic Focus:

Reading: Assessments, Comparing and Contrasting Texts

Writing: Narrative Assessment

Math: Adding and Subtracting Strategies

Grammar: Verb Tenses

Social Studies: Ruby Bridges

Phonics: Unit 29 /oi/

Happy Easter and Happy Passover to everyone who might be celebrating this weekend. We had a great first week back. The homework for next week went home today. If you were not at school today, the homework is available on my blog.

This week we celebrated College and Careers. We got to see Maggie the Dairy cow and learned about Dairy farming. As a class, we earned “Show and Tell” this week. PLEASE let your child bring something in to share on Monday. A few rules for show and tell- please make sure it is not a live animal but is something that can fit in your child’s backpack, not easily broken, or expensive. 😊

 

Academic Focus:

Reading: Comparing Texts and Pictures

Math: Data

Writing: Narrative

Phonics: Unit 28 /ow/

Social Studies: George Washington Carver (finish)

Ruby Bridges

 

If you forgot to send in your baggy books, please send them in on Monday to be changed out. Library Check out will be on Tuesday. We will also be taking a very important Math Inventory Test in the computer lab on Monday.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

This week was great! We celebrated Jon’s birthday today and saw Dave Holland (drummer extraordinaire) perform on Thursday. I hope everyone has a great spring break. We will return to school on April 11^th. I sent home potted sunflower seeds that can stay in their cup or can be repotted into another vessel. If your child has time and wants to keep a journal on its growth, I’ve sent that home too. I also sent home our “greenhouse” with our lima beans. Tape this to a sunny window and you can watch it grow some more. Most of our seeds have sprouted. (These can also be replanted into soil).

I did not send regular homework home. I will send the phonics list the Monday we get back. I did send home a writing organizer that I need to be returned on April 11^th. Please help your child write 4 things they did over Spring Break. We are going to write a Narrative book about their break. The paper is bright pink and hard to miss in their blue folders. 😊Thank you for your support of this project.

 

Academic Focus when we return

 

Reading- Comparing and contrasting texts

Writing- Narratives

Math- 3D shapes

Phonics- List 27 /oo/ sound

Social Studies- George Washington Carver