The week ahead....

Hi Families,

I hope everyone was able to enjoy the beautiful spring weather this weekend!  Can you believe it’s May already?  We have a lot of fun things planned for the month of May.  Here’s what’s happening this week:

In Language Arts we will:

-review sight words

-read poems to identify short and long vowels.

-identify story elements.

-compare characters that have similar adventures and experiences.

-compare stories that have similar themes.

-read the books Piggy Pie and Zoom Broom.

In Social Studies we will:

-compare past and present (ex: Communication and schools now and then)

In Writing we will:

- write about our field trip using our 5 senses.

-use published Fairy Tales as a mentor text and model.

-use an organizer to generate ideas for our own Fairy Tale (beginning, middle, end)

-discuss a “happily ever after” for our stories

-write and share our fairy tales

In Math we will:

-make ten with different combinations of numbers

-solve word problems using facts to 10.

-practice subtraction strategies

-solve story problems for a missing addend (ex: There were 4 bunnies in the garden.  Some more bunnies came to the garden.  Now there are 8 bunnies.  How many bunnies joined the first group?) 4+___ = 8

Important Information:

***Fountain Rock Field trip***

On Monday May 4th, we will visit Fountain Rock Nature Center in conjunction with our Science Alive Unit. We will leave at 9:30 am from Whittier. Please ensure your child has a good breakfast before coming to school, is dressed in clothing that can get dirty and has a bagged lunch if not purchasing from the school cafeteria. If your are chaperoning the field trip please try to be at school by 9:10 am. 

***Recess***

Please send your child to school with a light jacket if the weather will be below 65 degrees. We go to recess in the morning and it's still chilly. Often students complain about being cold. Thank you for your help with this!

***Homework Journals****

I am still accepting homework journals!  Please send them to school as soon as possible to receive the May calendar : )

***Reading Log***

When reading logs are returned, students will get to pick a prize from the prize box.  

Dates to Remember:

Friday, May 1st - 6th - BOGO PTA Scholastic Book Fair

Monday, May 4th – Teacher appreciation week

Monday, May 4th - Field Trip to Fountain Rock

Tuesday, May 5^th – Visit the center room

Thursday, May 7th - Cici's Pizza Night and visit the center room

Friday, May 8th - Two hour early dismissal

Have a great week! Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have!

Sharing Writing Folders: 

Battleship Shapes!

Whittier Spring Clean-up with Mrs. Collins' little one!

Being "Incredible" at work!

My kids made me this bouquet for my wedding : ) 

PS - I have gotten one every day this week!

Thank you soooo much for writing back to your child!  We had a blast reading, laughing and discussing your letters. 

Observing corn....

Mrs. Brohawn's Roddle Challenge!  Ask your student about this task...