Reminders:
Please return towels, book bags and library books on Monday
End of the year ABC Days!
Tuesday-A-animal day-bring a stuffed animal
Wednesday-B-bubble day
Thursday-C-chalk day
Friday-D-donut day
May 2-field trip to Hemlock Crossing-We will be leaving school at 9:30 and returning by 11:30-if you would like to join us, it will be similar to our trip last fall. You can meet us there around 10! Please let me know if you will be coming!
May 22-field trip to the Farmer’s Market
May 24-PBL celebration-This will start in our room at 11:15. We will then walk to Lawrence street park for a fun celebration. We will walk back to school by 12:15.
What we are learning:
This week in Bible we continued our study of the parables. We read together the story of the prodigal son. We also played a game called sheep and wolf to illustrate the parable of the Good Shepherd. One student was a goat in the middle of our circle with all of our hands connected. We would then open the gate and another student who was a wolf would try to get the sheep. We would lift up our arms to let the sheep in and then put them down to keep the wolf out. We talked about how Jesus always opens his arms to us and also protects us from things that could harm us! He is our Good Shepherd!
In math this week we are studying teen numbers. We are using counters and 10 frames to help us understand that teen numbers are 10 + a given number.
During writing workshop we wrote another note to our pen pals in Mrs. Bronsink’s room. We also worked on writing questions using our wh- word wall words to friends in our classroom. It was fun to see the answers they gave!
During Daily 5 we continue to work with Mrs. Arnold. We are also doing extra work with Miss Hannah during this time. I am so proud of how they have all grown as readers!
Phonics, this week, consisted of reviewing the short and long sounds for the vowel E as well as the sh, ch sounds.
In Science this week we brainstormed about different animals we would like to learn about during our Project Based Learning activity. This will end with a celebration in our classroom and at Lawrence Street Park on May 24 (more information above). We also got a chance during nature rich to see some of God’s creation and the amazing living things He put around us!