Newsletter Updates for the Week of June 2nd

DATES TO REMEMBER:

-Tuesday, June 3rd—Fieldtrip to Kettunen Center

-Friday, June 6th—Sophomore Carnival

-Monday, June 9th—K-1st Track & Field Day

-Wednesday, June 11th—Dismissal @ 1:45

-Thursday, June 12th—Awards Assembly @ 12:30

-Thursday, June 12th—Dismissal @ 1:45

STUDENT OF THE WEEK: 

Our student of the week is Deven Bergey.    Deven enjoys the outdoors—riding his 4-wheeler & riding horses. He also enjoys rockin’ on his guitar.  His favorite place to go is to his Aunt Teri’s house.  When he grows up, Deven aspires to become a firefighter. Congratulations to Deven on being our Student of the Week!

STUDENT OF THE WEEK: 

Our student of the week is Grayson Guernsey.    Grayson is a sports enthusiast; he enjoys playing baseball & soccer.  He also enjoys building with Legos & going camping.  His favorite place to go is Walt Disney World.  When he grows up, Grayson aspires to become a firefighter. Congratulations to Grayson on being our Student of the Week!

FIELDTRIP—TOMORROW

We will leave school around 8:30 and return around 2:30.  Your child will need—a sack lunch, appropriate clothing for outside activities, & sunscreen (if desired).  We will provide a morning and afternoon snack & bug spray if needed.  We are looking forward to a fun day of learning—outside!

TRACK & FIELD DAY: 

Track and Field day is scheduled for Monday, June 9th beginning @ 12:30 up at the track.  Please be sure to dress your child to match the weather conditions and send in a water bottle labeled with your child’s name.  You also might want to send in sunscreen. :) As always, you are welcome to come in and cheer on the athletes!

SOPHOMORE CARNIVAL:

The annual sophomore carnival is this Friday, June 6th.  This event is a fun time for the whole family!  Please see the attached note to the newsletter for more details!

READING:  

Our focus text for this week is Machines at Work, which we will use to work on classifying.  We will be reviewing short vowels and work more in-depth on reading and writing long vowel words with the magic e.  This week I will be assessing the students on all 50 sight words.

WRITING: 

This week we will begin writing our own Informational Texts about frogs, birds, butterflies, or plants using the information we collected in our literacy circles.  Students will make a table of contents and add a warning or tip to their books as well.  We will also complete a couple of journals—one about our fieldtrip to Kettunen Center and another journal about what we learned in Kindergarten.

MATH:  

This week we will continue to work on addition and subtraction to 10 using a variety of strategies.  Students will also take an addition assessment for report cards.

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: 

We will continue our Science unit on Earth Materials—this week we will be learning about ROCKS.  We will learn about different types of rocks (Sedimentary, Igneous, & Metamorphic) and investigate their properties.  We will read a book about Weird Rocks, conduct several experiments with rocks, and go on a ‘rock hunt.’