Popcorn Words:

play, day, up, away

Fun Friday Pictures:

We had fun completing a spring activity and reading the book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle.  Check out some pictures of our fun below:

Writers Workshop:

We switched gears with our writing and we are now writing small moment stories.  A small moment story is a true story from your life.  Our goal is to zoom in on this story and write a beginning, middle and end with details.  This is going to be our last writing focus for this school year.  On Monday, we worked on telling our story to our partners and drawing our cover page of the story.  On Tuesday, we wrote the beginning, on Wednesday the middle and Thursday the end!  We will continue with small moment stories for the next several weeks.

 

 

Readers Workshop:

We continued to learn about characters this week in reading.  On Tuesday we learned more about the characters in our stories from what the other characters in the story are doing.  On Wednesday, we zoomed in on our characters and discussed how it is important to look at them closely and really get to know each character.  On Thursday, we discussed the importance of looking at a character’s face to decide how the character is feeling.  We then made connections by thinking of a time when maybe we felt the same way as our character!  We continued to use the Character Round Up chart with each of these lessons.

 

Math:

This week in math we found the unknown partner when the total and one partner are known. We also found the total of two partners.  On Tuesday, we told, retold and solved addition and subtraction stories.  We also compared the number of objects in two groups and took away objects to make groups equal.  On Wednesday we visualized teen numbers as ten ones and further ones.  We also compared the number of objects in groups.  On Thursday we compared sets using the words greater and less.  

 

Star Student:

Meet Laken

Laken was our star student this week!  We learned so many fun new facts about him.  We learned his favorite color is blue, he likes to shrimp and his favorite book is, “Hot Lava”!  He enjoys the sport of basketball and he loves to participate in gym class when we are in school. Three super cool facts that we learned about Laken are 1. He went to Mackinac Island. 2. He plays baseball. 3. He plays basketball. Thanks for being a wonderful star student this week, Laken! 

 

Important Information

1. We still have our rest time/whiteboard time daily, so please send back those washed towels/blankets on Monday, May 16.
2. Many of our whiteboard markers are starting to run out.  If you wish, you may send in new markers for your child.  I will make sure they get in their whiteboard marker pouch.
3. Please remember to send a coat and even a hat/gloves with your child each day.  The days can still be a bit chilly.
4. Donation Needs in our Classroom: Sidewalk chalk, white board markers, lysol wipes and extra snacks.
5. Snack Time:  Please send two healthy snacks with your child every day and discuss with your child which snack is for the morning and which one is for afternoon.
6. Take Home Book Sign Up–  We still have open spots to be a take home book helper!  ! If you are interested, please check out the sign up

 

Important Dates

• Monday, May 16…STEAM
• Tuesday, May 17…Music, Library, Take Home Books Due, Mrs Tindall will be gone with 1st grade to the zoo (Mrs. Jager is subbing)
• Wednesday, May 18..Gym
• Thursday, May 19…Art
• Friday, May 20…STEAM, Take Home Books Due
• Friday, May 27…No School
• Monday, May 30…No School, Memorial Day