Once upon a time....

Wow...it is hard to believe that we are in the final weeks of school. The year sure has flown by. It seems like just yesterday I was meeting your children for the first time, wiping away some tears (from both the kids and the parents), and starting the challenging task of helping your children through a full day of school. AND now everyone is ready for 1st grade!

This week we will continue to learn about plants-what they need to grow and the specific parts of plants. Students will watch their seeds grow (hopefully) and discuss the changes they notice during the week. We will also be reading a variety of fairy tales. Different versions of several familiar fairy tales will be read and we will compare and contrast them together. Kids this age love fairy tales and you may want to check out some fairy tales from the library and read them at home as well. You can find the similiarites and discuss the characters, setting, and plots of each story.

In math we will continue to practice problem solving, composing/decomposing numbers, addition and subtraction problems. Recently we learned about the function machine. Have your child use the function machine link on the right side of the blog for practice..it is so much fun!

Our first field trip was this week.....THANK YOU to all the parents that stepped up and volunteered to attend with us. I know how busy this time of year is and it can be hard to find time to get everything done. I know the kids had a great time and the 3D shape boxes they created were very cool!

The last two weeks of school are just the same as every other week during the year. We will still be going to all our specials as well as meet in our flex groups daily.  All library books are due back in the LMC at this time, so please check your homes for any stray books that might be around. Gym shoes are still needed for PE, but art shirts can be removed from the back packs-the students are done with those for the year. I will continue to keep you updated with all that is going on until the final day of school.

Next week our letter days are P, Q, R, S, T. Your child will need to bring in some books on Wednesday, May 22 for our READ IN!

Enjoy your weekend! :)