5/26/16
Due to the chance of rain in the afternoon Friday, the Fun to be fit walk around the track that was scheduled for the afternoon has been changed to the morning! We will meet you up on the track at 9:45--the event begins at 9:50. If you didn't order a Fun to be fit t-shirt, the children can wear a lime green shirt or their kindergarten shirt! Hope to see you up at the track!
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Monday, May 23, 2016
Week of
May 23-27
DATES:
May
23-27 DIBELS and AIMS WEB testing
May 27 Fun
to be Fit
May
30 No school/Memorial Day
June 1 Last
class trip to the library—please return all library books!
June 2 Kindergarten
Spring Program 1:45 P.M.
June 3 Kindergarten
Field Trip to Kettunen Center
June 4 PTO Bike-a-thon
June 10 K-2
Track and Field (PM)
June 10 Sophomore
Carnival
June 14 Half
day (dismissal 11:55 A.M.)
June 15 Last
day (dismissal 11:55 A.M.)
STUDENT OF
THE WEEK: Jeremiah
Jeremiah likes bugs! He loves Monster trucks and wants to be a monster truck driver. He loves his dog, Jada Bata. Jeremiah likes to eat chicken nuggets, chicken wings, strawberries, oranges, juice, yogurt and candy!
He wants to get a dirt bike. His favorite book is My Ninja Turtle Book.
READING:
We will be reading about how people work together.
SIGHT
WORDS: who, good
PHONICS: long u (u with magic e) and digraph wh
VOCABULARY: decide, opinion
CATEGORY
WORDS: question
words (who, what, where, when, how, why)
WRITING: journal writing, information text. (we will be writing about butterflies)
MATH: addition/subtraction, counting, putting numbers in
order
SCIENCE/SOCIAL
STUDIES:
Lifecycle—Painted Lady butterfly caterpillars are
changing!!
They are all in the chrysalis stage.
(butterflies form a chrysalis, a moth spins a cocoon)
First they form a letter ‘j’.
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Week of
May 16-20
DATES:
May
16 Delayed Start
May
20 Muffins with Mom
May
20 Healing Private Wounds
May 27 Fun
to be Fit
May
30 No school/Memorial Day
June 1 Last
class trip to the library—please return all library books!
June 2 Kindergarten
Spring Program 1:45 P.M.
June 3 Kindergarten
Field Trip to Kettunen Center
June 4 PTO Bike-a-thon
June 10 K-2
Track and Field (PM)
June 10 Sophomore
Carnival
June 14 Half
day (dismissal 11:55 A.M.)
June 15 Last
day (dismissal 11:55 A.M.)
STUDENT OF
THE WEEK: Laelyn
Laelyn’s favorite color is blue. She likes to swim and do gymnastics. She loves veggies! Her favorite movie is Frozen and her favorite book is Apple Trouble. Laelyn’s
goals are to read Dick and Jane books, and
write upper and lower case letters!
READING:
We will be reading about natural resources and
making new things from them.
SIGHT
WORDS: where, look
PHONICS: long o (o with magic e) and blends
VOCABULARY: natural resources, create
CATEGORY
WORDS: foods
made with grain
WRITING: journal writing
MATH: addition/subtraction, telling time with the hour,
0-100
SCIENCE/SOCIAL
STUDIES:
Lifecycles—Painted Lady butterfly caterpillars are
here!
Week of May 9-13
DATES:
May
13 or 20 Muffins with Mom
May
16 Delayed Start
May
20 Healing Private Wounds
May 27 Fun
to be Fit
May
30 No school/Memorial Day
June 1 Last
class trip to the library—please return all library books!
June 2 Kindergarten
Spring Program 1:45 P.M.
June 3 Kindergarten
Field Trip to Kettunen Center
June 4 PTO
bike-a-thon
June 10 K-2
Track and Field (PM)
June 10 Sophomore
Carnival
June 14 Half
day (dismissal 11:55 A.M.)
June 15 Last
day (dismissal 11:55 A.M.)
STUDENT OF
THE WEEK:
Ella
Ella’s best friend is Harlow. She loves crafts and her favorite color is
pink. She likes to eat Ramen noodles,
chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes and corn.
Her favorite movie is Barbie and
the Princess Power. Her favorite
book is Cows in the Kitchen. Ells wants to make new friends and be good.
READING:
We will be reading about being a good citizen.
SIGHT
WORDS: play, has, all
PHONICS: long I (I with magic e) ch
VOCABULARY: citizen, respect
CATEGORY
WORDS: farm
animal
WRITING: journal writing
MATH: addition/subtraction, concept of time
SCIENCE/SOCIAL
STUDIES: Lifecycles—Painted Lady
butterfly caterpillars are on their way!
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Week of May 2-6
May
is here already! Time sure is flying this year!
I will do my best to keep you updated on events that are coming up! Here are dates to mark on our calendar!
May
4 3rd grade bookstore
May
13 or 20 Muffins with Mom
May
16 Delayed Start
May
27 Fun to be Fit
May
30 NO SCHOOL Memorial Day
June
2 Kindergarten spring program
June
3 Field trip to Kettunen Cener
June
4 PTO Bike-a-thon
June
10 Track and field for K-2 (PM)
June
10 Sophomore carnival
3rd Grade
Bookstore
Wednesday
May 4 is the 3rd grade bookstore.
They are studying economics. The
books to be purchased are gently used books and are priced between .25 and
$2.00. If you would like your child to
purchase a book please send money in an envelope with his/her name on it and we
will go shopping as a class on Wednesday.
STUDENT OF THE WEEK: Emmy
Emmy’s
favorite animal is an elephant. She
loves her Mom and ballet class. Her
favorite foods are apples and oranges.
She wants to be an artist and be a hairdresser. Her favorite movie is Home. Her favorite books are
Biscuit books.
READING:
We
are reading stories about how to help at home.
Our story is Peter’s Chair. He is frustrated with his parents for
painting his baby furniture pink for his new sister, but realizes he’s too big
and helps get things ready for her.
VOCABULARY: chores, contribute
CATEGORY WORDS: household, furniture
PHONICS: long a, long a with silent e, short a and sh
blend
SIGHT WORDS: help, too, him
WRITING:
We
have started new spring journals. We are
going to try and write informational books.
MATH:
We
are continuing work on addition and beginning subtraction
We
practice counting every day by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s and recognizing
numbers/writing.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
We
are starting to talk about life cycles.
I am ordering painted lady caterpillars to we can watch the life cycle
to a butterfly!
Please
return library books this week—we go next week!
Happy
Mother’s Day!!!
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