May 6th - Newsletter Updates

DATES TO REMEMBER:

-Wed., May 8th—NWEA Testing—Math

-Monday, May 13th—Dibels Testing

-Wed., May 15th—NWEA Testing—Reading

-Thursday, May 16th—Fieldtrip—Midland Center for the Arts & Plymouth Park

-Monday, May 20th—Delayed Start

-Mon., May 27th—No School—Memorial Day

-Wed., May 29th—K-2 Track & Field Day—pm

FIELDTRIP: 

If you haven’t already, please be sure to return your permission slip, and money, by this Wednesday, May 8th.  Also, we’re working on making sure that all of our parent chaperones have completed the volunteer clearance process:)

CAPS, CAPS, CAPS: 

We are currently collecting caps—bottle caps, milk caps, shampoo caps, etc. for both our Math & Science lessons.  We are trying to fill a large jar for math and are keeping count of how many caps we’ve collected.  In addition, once the jar is filled, we will be reusing the caps for a fun art project which is part of our Earth Day festivities.  So please save a few caps, wash them up, and send them in to be repurposed:)

READING:

This week our class will be reading stories about how children can help at home. We will learn about taking responsibility for cleaning, caring for a pet, doing errands, and other chores. Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing:

· Vocabulary—chores & contribute—Discuss different ways your child can help out at home. Create a list of jobs on a chore chart.

· Sightwords—help, too, & him—Write sentences with these words and have your child write the sightwords they know from memory.

· Category Words—household furniture

· Phonics—long a & sh—make a list of words with short a—cap, can, etc, then rewrite the words with the magic e and ‘flip’ the vowel sound to make a new word—cape, cane, etc. Also, make a list of words that begin and end with the digraph sh.

· Take Home Reading Folders—A few students have reached their 20 books and several more are very close and will soon be receiving their Subway certificates,  Keep reading at home—Let’s finish the year strong!

WRITING: 

This week we will use the information we’ve collected last week on the Moon to create an informational text as a class.  Later in the week we will work in small groups to begin planning our next informational piece.

MATH: 

This week we will continue to work on addition and subtraction using a number line as well as unifix cubes. We will work on identifying numbers to 100, as well as 3D solid shapes, which we will actually be constructing using toothpicks & marshmallows.

SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES: 

We will continue to learn about how animals, plants, & people change and impact their environments.  We’ve learned about forest animals, pets, and farm animals so far; this week we will extend our learning out into a pond habitat as we learn about frogs and other wetland animals.  In honor of Mother’s Day, we will be sending home our Mother’s Day projects, as we extend our love and appreciation for all that they do!

Please be sure to return your library book by Friday