DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Monday, April 22nd—Mileage Club Begins
-Wednesday, April 24th—Gymnastics Assembly
-Thursday, April 25th—Sophomore Carnival
-Saturday, April 27th—Mom to Mom Sale
-Thursday, May 2nd—Fall Soccer Registration @ NMC
-Wednesday, May 15th—Fieldtrip to Kettunen Center
-Monday, May 20th—Delayed Start
-Friday, May 24th—Fun to Be Fit (1:00)
-Monday, June 3rd—Track & Field (afternoon)
-Monday, June 10th—Last day of school
STUDENT OF THE WEEK:
Our student of the week is Teagan Cotton. Teagan enjoys fishing, boating, riding his bike, and riding his grandpa’s four-wheeler. His favorite place to visit is . . . Grandma’s. When he grows up, Teagan aspires to be an orchard farmer. Congratulations to Teagan on being Student of the Week!
FIELDTRIP:
Attached to the newsletter, you will find information regarding our field trip to Kettunen Center on May 15th. Please be sure to return the permission slip, photo release, and $2.50. Also, we are able to take up to 5 parent chaperones on the bus—if more want to go, you are welcome, but you’ll have to car pool :)
iPADS:
We've spent a lot of time preparing the last few weeks, talking about the rules and expectations - Our iPad Promise, & discussing responsibility. Last week we were able to begin using iPads in our classroom. It is so exciting to see them engaged and being so intensely focused! We will continue with our typical daily schedule and just use the iPads periodically throughout the day to enhance our learning. I still strongly believe that children need time for play-based learning and social interactions. The iPads will allow us to be efficient in our learning goals & develop the necessary skills to be 21st Century Learners. I am very impressed with what I’ve seen from the students and am so excited for their future!
READING:
Our focus letter for this week is the letter Ww and our focus texts are In the Rain with Baby Duck and several different Mrs. Wishy Washy books. We will introduce the sight words was & he and the students will practice reading and writing words with the et, ell, en, ed word families at stations.
WRITING:
This week we will continue to work on our newest Informational Booklet; we will spend several days editing, revising, and adding to our books. We will also create a class book about different animals that hatch from eggs and complete a journal page about Earth Day—how we can take good care of our Earth.
MATH:
This week we will learn about different tools for measuring time and practice skip counting by 10’s, 5’s, & 2’s. We will also review patterning and practice writing addition and subtraction equations. The students have learned a couple of math apps on their iPads and we will learn a couple more this week.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
This week we will celebrate Earth Day and learn about different ways we can be responsible and take good care of our Earth and its’ resources. We will also continue our study on ducks and lifecycles. This week we will also begin learning about ‘weather’ and how the weather changes with the seasons.
