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| Camouflage Scavenger Hunt for different colored yarn. |
This was a busy week filled with lots of fun learning
opportunities. For instance, on Monday, we had an ELF lesson taught by Finn’s
grandfather, Lynn Murrell. The children were able to take advantage of the
beautiful weather by getting outside for an activity involving camouflage.
On
Tuesday, Hunter’s mother came to help out for the day. She was especially helpful working in
small groups to assist students as they finish up stitching their pencil cases.
Thank you Marta!
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| Finn and Carl Edward |
Finn’s cousin, Carl Edward, is leaving to return to Norway. We
enjoyed meeting him and having him visit our classroom this past spring. Thank
you Carl Edward!
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| Marta helping Hunter and Kayla. |
Language Arts:
We
are learning how to use the lines on paper to help guide us so our letters
don’t float across the page. Look for our new practice writing paper in
upcoming work. It shows a skyline, (air)plane dotted line, grass line and worm
line.
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| Keira adds sunflower seeds to her flower art. |
Science: We continue to learn about plants. We talked about flowers and trees and used a Venn diagram to
help us discuss how they are the same and how they are different. We also read
some more books on the subject both non-fiction and fiction. For instance: From
Seed To Plant, by Gail Gibbons; Our Tree Named Steve, by Alan
Zweibel; The Tree by Tim Vyner; and The Giving Tree, By Shel
Silverstein. We talked about the
parts of a flower and labeled one that we made.
Junior
Achievement: Our Junior
Achievement volunteer, Ms. Garrow taught two more lessons this week. She reads
fun short stories and then they talk about why it is important to work
together, various fun ways to earn money, and ways to save money.
CALENDAR
- Field Trip on Monday. If you would like to be a chaperone, please email me over the weekend. We plan on leaving school at 9:15 and returning around 11:30. Chaperones are free! Please send in $5 for your child’s admission if you haven’t already done so. Thank you!
- Student-Led Assembly at 12:30pm. Although our Kindergarten students aren’t performing it is always entertaining. Feel free to come and see if you have time.
- Half Day, Thursday, May 17th. Noon Dismissal.
- Parent Appreciation Assembly, Wednesday, May 23 at 6:30pm.
- Share: This week’s share theme was /ar/. We had some great shares and discussion about the sound /ar/: A book, Dancing with the Star, Car, Farm, Shark, Star Wars figures, and Art Box and displays of art. This concludes our Sounds Share Themes.
For
the rest of the year, please have your child choose something and help them
decide on the sound they will be focusing on. Thank you! J
- Snacks: Thank you to Brady and his family for this week’s snacks. The class enjoyed Yogurt, Ritz crackers with Nutella, Cheeze-Its, Carrots, Bananas, Oranges and Pretzels.
Next
week’s snack will be provided by Kayla’s family. Many thanks! J
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| Lynn Murrell helps sort the colored yarn with students. |
HOUSEKEEPING
ITEMS:
- Reading Buddy Reminder: Although our classroom reading buddy George went on an extended trip to Washington D.C., we have a new monkey, George Jr., that looks a lot like him-- just a little smaller. Keira brought him home this week and we will continue to send him home with children so everyone will have a turn. Please have your child dictate his adventures to you and write them In the journal. Please have them draw a picture too. Thanks!
- Scholastic Book Orders: May book order brochures were included in last week’s folders. They will be due by May 23, however, you can order anytime online if you like. I received an email from Scholastic that our classroom will be receiving bonus points for any orders placed this month. Our classroom code is: H9K3R
Sincerely,
Mrs.
Bodnar
jbodnar@wsesu.net
