Newsletter Updates for the Week of June 1st

DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Tuesday, June 2nd - Fieldtrip to Kettunen Center

-Wednesday, June 3rd—Mobile Dentist

-Friday, June 5th—Sophomore Carnival
-Tuesday, June 9th - K-1 Track and Field Day - pm

-Thursday, June 11th—last day of school/half day

FIELDTRIP:

Our class is going on a fieldtrip to Kettunen Center on Tuesday, June 2nd.  We will leave school around 8:30 and return around 2:30.

Your child will need:

1) A sack lunch—no glass please

2) Sunscreen—if you feel they will need it

3) Appropriate clothing for outside activities

*We will provide a morning & afternoon snack and bug spray if needed:)

Parent chaperones are welcome, but we ask that childcare be made for younger siblings.  Permission slips & $4.00 need to be returned to school in order for your child to attend the fieldtrip.  We are looking forward to a fun day of learning—outside!

TICKS: 

In case you haven’t heard, the ticks are abundant this year!  PLEASE be sure to check your child thoroughly after we return from our fieldtrip, as we will be outside and in the woods.  Doctors recommend checking their hair, inside elbows, behind the knees, under arm pits, and other ‘cracks’ and crevices.  We don’t want to bring any unwanted ‘friends’ home!!

SOPHOMORE CARNIVAL: 

The annual sophomore carnival is the Friday, June 5th.  This event is a fun time for the whole family!  Look for more info to come later this week!

READING: 

This week our class will be reading stories about how people work together to solve problems.

· Vocabulary: decide, opinion - Discuss how your family works together to make a decision. Explain that people have different opinions, or ideas, and that voting is one way of making a decision

· Sight Words: WE DID IT! We’ve introduced ALL 51 of our sightwords and I’ll be assessing the students on their sightwords this week for report cards.

· Phonics: long u (u with the magic e) and the digraphs th & wh.

WRITING: 

This week we will complete a couple of journals related to plants, as well as a Type 3 writing on lifecycles.  Students will also be using the Story Buddy App to create their own digital story about our fieldtrip to Kettunen Center.

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: 

This week in Science, we will continue to learn about plants and conduct several hands-on experiments to learn about the parts of plants and their important functions.

MATH: 

This week we will work on telling time to the hour, adding within 10, and interpreting data on graphs.

REMINDERS: 

-Due to our fieldtrip, we will have gym on Wednesday and Thursday this week!

-Please be sure to return your child’s library book on or before Friday!