Friday Letter June 12, 2015 - Last one

Dear Parents:

Happy last Friday of the school year! Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time & money to help make this a successful school year! We do still need help packing up classrooms, so if you are available to help, please let me know.  Progress reports will be sent home electronically on June 18. If you'd like to purchase a yearbook, please fill out the slip that went home today &return it on Monday.

Here is a re-cap of our last full week:

Reading: Students have been adding examples of nonfiction text conventions to their nonfiction books.  After, students read their “just right” books. Next week, we will be cleaning out our reading bins.

Math: Students have been working on their doubles facts and playing fun games.

Writing:  I read the story, Good News Bad News.  Students had to create their own good news/bad news story using only pictures.  We will hopefully finish them on Monday.

Phonics: We have been playing -y (long I) Bingo this week.  Students were also introduced to how a -y can make a word have a long E sound.

Science:  We read a book about ants and made our own mini nonfiction book.

Next week, we will be finishing up projects, cleaning the classroom, and having fun with our friends.  I know there are some students who have accumulated a ton of clothes and objects in their lockers this year.  On Monday, please bring a large tote or bag so your child can clean out his/her locker.

Have a wonderful weekend and summer!

Andrea

Friday Letter June 5, 2015

Happy Friday! This is the second to last Friday of the year!  The students did an amazing job last night at the Spring Concert! I am so proud of them.  Just a reminder, Field Day is next Thursday, June 11, in the morning.  Please have your child wear sunscreen, sneakers, and comfortable clothes. 

Here is a re-cap of this week’s activities:

Reading:  Students worked in their regular reading centers.  For guided reading, we continued to work on reading non-fiction books.  At word work, students worked with words ending in -y, that had the long I sound.  I read the story, That is Not a Good Idea, by Mo Willems.  During their book work center, students wrote a new ending to the story.

Writing:  We finished our writing assessments this week.  Students have been working on squiggle stories.  They are quite imaginative!

Math: On Thurs., students finished their 3D geometry books.  Today, we'll be working on the doubles facts.

Social Studies:  Students finished their mini kimonos.  They were created on cardstock, using black sharpies and watercolors.

Science:  Last week, students investigated the function of birds’ beaks, by doing a fun experiment.  You can see pictures on the classroom blog.  We are still learning about animal body parts and their functions.  Students have been able to make the connection to how humans can mimic certain animal parts to make our lives better (e.g. a helmet mimics a turtle’s shell).

Have a wonderful weekend!