Weeks 36-37

 

Dear Parents, 

          This was our last full week of school- and our las class e-mail. It just seems like yesterday I met their shy, smiling faces at the door on the first day of school! My, has this year flown by as we had fun learning together!

           In math this week we finished up our unit on economics and took our last math test of the year. We now know how to make a deposit or a withdrawal, how to save or spend responsibly, and who is a consumer or producer. We also know how to be responsible as a person who loans or borrows something.

          In writing we all finished our animal reports and shared them with the class. It was so sweet to see how they praised each other on their excellent work as well as were using our knowledge about animals from science to have discussions about all the interesting facts that were shared.

           In reading we have been reading scholastic News articles to support our science unit on animal behaviors and environmental effects. We read Look Over There 

And Splash, Chomp, Yum!

           In science we finished our food chain unit and realized which parts of the food chains were producers and which were consumers. We then matched up puzzle pieces of animals, their environment and the effects of the environment on them. 

           I did not get a chance to thank all of you for all the special notes, flowers,  treats and gifts you sent in during Teacher Appreciation week. I felt VERY appreciated. The PTA had a surprise for us each day as well. We have such wonderful, supportive parents at our school. I am truly grateful.

            I always get a bit sad and nostalgic as the year comes to a close. It was truly my honor to have partnered with you this year to help your child be the best that he/she can be. This was such a creative, kind, loving group of learners. I will truly miss them. I look forward to seeing you one last time, next week at our awards ceremony:

   

      *The office has set up preregistration forms for parents attending the EOY Awards Ceremonies (May 22^nd at 9:40-10:30). This will help us have the visitor badges printed ahead of time, so parents aren’t waiting ( if you do not preregister be sure to bring your driver’s license): sign up by using this link:

 

2nd: https://forms.gle/JDgHJGhhjEP8qjDg9

Week 35

  Dear Parents,

      In math this week we have been doing math problems related to borrowing or spending. We have been counting money and counting how many weeks it takes to pay someone back. We have been talking about who is considered a responsible borrower and who would be considered an irresponsible borrower. We even talked about who we should choose to lend things to.

       In social studies/ reading we made a map of all the continents and oceans of the world. We learned about Cinco De Mayo and tried a tortilla. We also learned about Community Helpers. We made a flow chart to show the steps of how apples wind up on the shelves at our store.

       In writing we have been working very hard on our individual animal projects- some of us even finished! We are having so much fun researching and sharing the information with our classmates.

        In science we have been learning about animal food chains. We looked at 5 different habitats and the food chains we could see there. We read an article about animal food chains and who is a producer as well as a consumer. We even talked about decomposers! We are moving on to the next unit which is all about how environmental factors affect both animals and plants.

Week 34

 Dear Parents,

       This week in math we continued learning about pictographs and bar graphs. We read the title, learned to read the key, noticed if the numbers went up by 1’s, 2’s, 3’s 5’s or 10’s, and learned how to interpret the information to ask our own questions. We took our assessment on Friday.

       In Writing we finished up our class research paper on the Great White Shark. We worked on a special Mother’s Day Project – SHHHHHH. 😊  We began our individual research paper on our chosen animal. We are so excited to work independently to show what we’ve learned.

        In reading/social studies we learned about the rain forest and researched a toucan. We then made a directed drawing of this colorful bird. We did this project for Earth Day and Arbor Day. We read the story Sea Otter Pups and took a comprehension check. We also labeled and colored a map of North America.

        In science we finished reading about animals’ Behaviors and Characteristics and completed a puzzle as a group. We took our unit assessment and began our next unit called Food Chains.

       A BIG thank you to all the parents who contributed to our friendship fruit salad. The children enjoyed it and ate every bit of their large cup of fruit! We even had enough to share with another classroom who didn’t have enough. We showed what good friends we could be. We also had a friendship paper for which we went around looking for friends who liked or did different things. A friendship scavenger hunt! 

      Another big thank you to the parents who wrote the poem on our pillowcase, end of year project. It was greatly appreciated. The pillowcases will go home the last week of school.

       I can’t believe it is already May! Enjoy the weekend with your families.