Week of April 21st

Hello!

This week we will be "diving" into our ocean unit, which will carry us through until the end of the year. This is my favorite unit to teach and the kids really love to learn about the many amazing animals that call the ocean their home! If you any expertise in this area that you would like to share, please let me know!

Please make sure to turn the permission slip and field trip information to me ASAP.

Book orders will be going home on Tuesday and will be due by the following Monday. Remember you can order online or send your order in to school. This is a great time to purchase books for summer reading!

We have been reading and writing up a storm in class. The many class books that we have written will be on display at Open House, Thursday May 22nd! Your children are making great leaps and bounds in their reading skills. Daily reading and rereading of known texts is a important way of building fluency skills! Keep it up! Students are also working towards earning their high frequency word certificate by knowing all 33 words by site! I have sent home 14 awards and students know they can ask me at any time if they are ready to try for theirs - I am so proud of them! They have all made improvement since report cards went home just last month!

In Math students have been working with addition facts 0 - 10. Math is all around us so have your child make up simple addition problems using kitchen utensils, nature, crayons, clothes, etc!

In Science we are learning about plants (shrubs, trees, grasses, and flowers) and how they grow. Our FABULOUS planter box (built by Ted Goyette) looks amazing and is full of beautiful flowers and herbs (thanks to all of you who donated soil and plants).

Tuesday the 22nd is Earth Day! We will be talking about ways we can keep our Earth clean and will also be doing some school clean-up around campus!

We are just busy as bees in Room 15! Let me know if you have any questions!

:) Amanda