REMINDER

REMINDER - tomorrow, Wednesday, May 31 is an early dismissal day.  Sorry I forgot to include this in week's post.

Week of May 30, 2017

During our literacy block this week we will continue our "Animal Unit."  This week we will talk about insects.  We will continue to write facts we have learned.  We also are putting together a book of the different animal groups we are learning about.

In math we will talk about maps and we will make a map of our classroom.  We continue counting by 1's, 10's and 5's.  We also are working on addition and subtraction number stories.

We will do some special projects this week which will include starting to work on some pages for our end of the year book.

Our focus word this week:    because

REMINDER:
Our end-of-the-year picnic is Friday, June 9th.  All parents are encouraged to come.  It is at Cove Beach in the pavilion area.  We leave school at about 9:30 and return around 1:30.

Week of May 22, 2017

During our literacy block this week we will continue to talk about animals.  We will read books about reptiles and amphibians.  We will chart facts we learned and students will write about facts they have learned.  Our baby chicks should be hatching by the end of the week.

We continue to work with addition and subtraction number sentences, counting, writing numbers and the pan balance scale.

We are beginning to work on pages that will be part of our end of the year book.

Our focus words are:  more, how

Our trip to the Ferguson Library and  Beardsley Zoo were a lot of fun.

Mia was our star student.

 We had fun at the Ferguson Library.  We read books and we got to dance and move around.

The zoo was lots of fun.

Week of May 15, 2017

This week during our literacy block we will be continuing our study of animals.  We will continue to talk about birds and we will begin to learn about reptiles.  During writing we will continue to write facts we have learned.

In n math we will continue to work with addition and subtraction number stories and writing number sentences.  We will also work with the calculators and talk about name collections.

We will work with short and long vowels.  We continue to work with first grade words.  Our words to focus on this week are:  again, each.

REMINDERS:
We have our field trip to the Ferguson Library this week on Wednesday morning and we will go to the Beardsley Zoo on Friday.

Our end-of-the-year picnic is on Friday, June 9th.  There is a sign up sheet on line for drinks and snacks.  Each child will bring their own bag lunch.  More information will be coming.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR THE TRIP TO THE ZOO
Please have your child bring a bag lunch with their name on the bag - no glass bottles or plastic containers.

Please apply suntan lotion to your child and be sure they have comfortable shoes because we do quite a bit of walking.  Thank you for your cooperation.

Some fun pictures from field day.

Reminder for May 10

Tomorrow morning at 9:15am is our field day.  We will be outside for about an hour.  Please make sure your child is dressed for the weather.  Although they will be moving around, the mornings have been chilly.  This year the gym teachers did not ask the students to wear a particular color t-shirt, but if they have a Springdale t-shirt that would work.  Thanks and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

Week of May 8, 2017

This week during literacy we will continue our Animal Unit.  We will talk about mammals and then about birds.  We have some eggs in an incubator and are hoping to have baby chicks in 21 days.  We will be talking about the life cycle of the chick and learn about how the chick develops in the egg.  We will continue to write facts we have learned during this non-fiction unit.

In math we continue to work with addition and subtraction number stories, talk about 2D and 3D shapes and work with various ways we can represent a number.   We also will use calculators this week.

We will be working on some special projects this week.

Students should know the kindergarten sight words and we are beginning to work with some of the first grade sight words.

Our words this week are:    help    eat

Kindergarten field day is on Wednesday, May 10th in the morning.   Parents are invited.  Our rain date is Friday, May 12th.

REMINDERS:
Please remember to sign and return permission slips for our two field trips that are coming up on May 17th and May 19.

Our star students are sharing their journal writing.

Layla is sharing her journal page.

Lucas shares his journal page.