Dear parents,
Thank you so much for the surprises you gave to me during teacher appreciation week. That is very kind of you to give me encouragements, gifts and words of affirmation. I really appreciate!
Hope you all have a great week!
Information and Reminders
Animal PBL(project based learning): We are busy researching and learning about animals. There will be a presentation for you on June 1 at 2:30. Please mark this date on your calendar. More details will come later.
May Birthday Celebrations:
Olivia Haveman Friday, May 18
Chelsea Pyle Monday, May 21
Memorial Day Parade: May 28 Thank you to Joanna Havemen, one of the Lamers, one of the Allens and Meredith Geurink for marching with us this year. If I have not hear from you, I will plan on your child marching in the parade.
Farmer’s Market and Kollen Park: Wednesday, May 30 9:00am-12:45pm This is our last field trip. Each kid needs to bring their own sack lunch and drink. We will begin the day following a map of Holland Farmer’s Market and helping the children decide what to buy. We will go to Kollen Park to have lunch and play after the market. We will be back to school around 12:45. Thank you to Meredith Geurink, Cara Wickstra, Dana Moeller and Abby Allen for driving the field trip. Drivers, please bring a cooler to put the kids’ lunch in and bring all the boosters you have. Thanks!
Curriculum
Language Arts
Reading Strategies—cross checking: Check the pictures and context to see if you read correctly. Does it make sense? Does it sound right?
Writers’ Workshop:
We will use our writing time to go with our PBL. We will write about the animal we are researching.
Math
We will continue learning about 3-dimensional shapes. We will learn about attributes of spheres, cubes, cones and cylinders.
Science
We started our last PBL about animals. Last week, we chose the animal we want to study and asked lots of questions about the animal. Third graders helped us jotted down the questions and we are ready to find the answers by using books, iPads and computers this week.
Bible
We will continue learning about Samuel and the Kings: Saul’ sin and David anointed; David and Jonathan: David kids from Saul; David the king
We will learn about the fruits of the sprit throughout the year. For the month of May, we will learn about the fruit of self-control.