Friday, May 13, 2011

May 16th-20th

Language Arts: Our theme this week focuses on Special Days in our lives.

Spelling:
words ending with le & sight words (apple, table, purple, circle, turtle, title, comfortable, possible, happen, begin, certain, minutes) Sentence: The rabbit hopped outside in the sunshine.

Math: We are finishing up our last math unit which focuses on measurement and geometry. A take home test will come home on Thursday and our last math test of the year will be on Friday!

Rotations:
Mrs. Bluemel:
Paper Cut Bug Art
Mrs. Barton: Movie
Mrs. Bennett: Square Dancing
Mrs. Anderson: Pentominoes
Mrs. Nielsen: Cooperation
Mrs. Mace: BINGO

* Our swimming field trip is on Tuesday! Please make sure that your child comes to school with their swimsuit underneath of their clothes.



* There are no more take home books for the rest of the year. This is the last week of spelling.



* There are only 8 days of school left! I can't believe how fast this year has gone. I have to say that I am actually a bit more sad than excited for summer to come because of how much I have enjoyed these kids this year. They will all be missed! :)

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

May 9th-13th

Language Arts: This week we are learning all about BUGS!

Spelling: Words with double letters & sight words ( )

Math: We are learning about all kinds of shapes and their sides, angles, etc... This is a really fun math unit to end the year on.

Rotations:
Mrs. Bluemel: Straight Line Design
Mrs. Nielsen:
Mrs. Barton: Rock excavation with chocolate chip cookies!
Mrs. Mace: Giant parachute out on the field
Mrs. Bennett: Dancing

* Please return your child's field trip note by the end of this week so they will be allowed to go on the swimming field trip with us next Tuesday.