**Our field trip to the Oak Park Conservatory is TOMORROW! I am still missing some field trip permission slips. Please know that I cannot take anyone who does not have a signed slip in.
**Library card applications have been turned in and our cards will be ready for pick up at the time of our field trip to Maze Library on Monday, June 6th.
**PIZZA and PLAY end of the year Family Picnic is Wednesday, June 1st from 10:30-12:30 at Rehm Park. I sent a list home on Friday of what everyone is bringing or doing. I am also still missing some field trip permission slips. Please return them ASAP. Thanks!
**We have completed our Tech Projects. They are amazing!! Stay tuned!
**Our Olympic Day was great! All students participated in every activity. Great effort and sportsmanship was had by all. Our favorite activities included: partner skiing (no snow!), running bases, hopity ball race, basketball hotshot, parachute, obstacle course and 50 yard dash (Ms. Gullo and Mr. Packer participated too--Mr. Packer was pretty fast!) Thanks to those who came out to see us.
**We will be planting our baby cucumbers in our outdoor planting bed on Wednesday morning. Kids can bring in their gardening tools if they wish.
**Last day of school is Tuesday, June 7th, from 8:00-9:00 am. It is a family hour. We will have a mini breakfast (granola bars and fruit), sign our autograph books, get report cards/summer tips and move into the land of First Grade!!
**Homework has concluded for this school year. Please continue to READ, READ, READ!
**Please make sure you send your child's backpack this week. Many items will come home. Look for science journals, regular journals, math journals, any handwriting books, student portfolios and items from their cubbies.
**Once again--Spelling City is updated--LEXIA will also run during the summer--let me know if your need your xtramath code number.
**ALL of YOU are invited to our Volunteer Tea on Wednesday, June 1st at 2:15 pm outside of our classroom. I am so thankful for your great support of our program.
**All end of the testing will be finished by Wednesday. If you would like to view any of the assessments, please let me know.
This week: It was all about the changes in our seed sponges (wow, what is growing?), seed bags (which way are the roots growing?), our class indoor garden (peas, kale, radishes, cosmos, apples!!), and our red wiggler compost is super great.
Reading: This week we reviewed short vowels, blends, digraphs, addition and deletion of phonemes and substitution of phonemes to create new words. We read aloud and read to a partner. We talked about how the characters in the story, "The Enormous Watermelon"worked
together for a common goal. The students retold the story in their own words in their journals.
Math: We had a shape review, counted by 2's and 5's and read and wrote numbers 100 or less.
Still having fun with "What's my rule?" We also reviewed counting back from random numbers.
We continue to work in our math journals on illustrating and solving mixed story problems.
Writing: The students wrote their final copy of their paragraph topic: "Worms." They have learned so much about the writing process. We had our pre-writing discussion to activate prior knowledge, we formatted our ideas and details and wrote our draft. We read back our draft to see if there were any corrections that needed to be made and then wrote our final copy. Inventive or phonetic spelling remains very acceptable. In addition to our paragraph, the students did a water color study of the underground life of a worm. CHECK IT OUT--They are up in our hallway.
Science: We observed what happens when you don't water a plant. The students reflected and illustrated in their journals the changes in all of our plant life in the classroom. What do our table plants look like now? We transplanted our baby cucumber plants into a larger container. We will be planting them in our outdoor planting bed this coming Wednesday morning. Come join us if you like! Our compost is looking very rich and we will use it in our outdoor bed.
Literature: "Rain," "Here Comes Summer," "When It's the Last Day of School," "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," "I Can't Said the Ant," "Red Eyed Tree Frog," "First Grade Ladybugs," "The Ant Bully," "The Enormous Watermelon."
