Highlights of the Week April 29

• In gym we did the high jump.  (LMD)
• In gym we jumped over the bar.  (JF)
• LJD was a great captain.  (CF)
• In art, we made spring pictures and we colored them in with pastels.  Many people have a bunny in their picture.  (DG)
• In music we practiced the songs for the spring show.  (AK)
• We learned some movements to jazz music. (DG)
• Today we had our April Pep Rally.  It was the 8th one of the year.  (AMS)
• Two girls won the Citizen of the month award.  (KE)
• We will have Game Day this afternoon.  (KK)
• There are a few moms and dads coming in for Game Day. (MC)
• Princess Catherine married Prince William this morning.  (CF)  Many people woke up extra early to watch all of the horses and see the outfits and hats.  (Miss D.)  Some kids got to see the BIG kiss on the balcony of the Buckingham Palace. (MC)  SS is in London watching the Royal Wedding.  (CH)  I hope she will tell us all the details when she gets back to the USA on Monday!  (Miss D.)
• In Writing Workshop we picked our best story that we are going to publish in a hard-cover book.  (JF and MM)
• At snack time, we started a new book called "Charlotte's Web".  It is a good book.  We are at the point where the goose's eggs have hatched and Templeton ate the rotten egg.  (KK and KE and CF)  There was also a sad part when Wilbur learns that he is going to be the Christmas dinner.  Charlotte promises to help him out. (LJD)
• We also talked a lot about the expression "Put yourself in someone else's shoes".  This means that you think about other people's feelings before you talk.  (Miss D. and KK)
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Peek at the Week of April 25-30

Welcome back from Spring Break!  I hope everyone had a good time.

This last chunk of the year tends to fly right by.  There are always many traditional year-end events.  Once I have dates & times I will be sure to post them here on the blog. 

Math:  We will be taking the Unit 8 Assessment and starting Unit 9 which is called "Measurement and Geometry".

Writing Workshop:  Our "All About____" reports are now hanging on the bulletin board outside of our classroom.  The week before break we started our new writing unit on Realistic Fiction (RF for short).  RF are stories that your child makes up that although they are not real, they are realisitic, meaning that they could happen in real life. We did some brainstorming and planning activities last week and will begin drafting this week.  The final published piece will be a hardcover book!

Reading Workshop:  We will continue to explore the story element of setting and also do some 'Story Mapping' where we will use many different graphic organizers to put together all of the story elements (character, setting, problem and solution) and also retelling important story events in order.

Homework
Monday 4/25
1.  Read for at least 15 mintues
2.  Spring Word Work

Tuesday 4/26
1.  Read for at least 15 mintues
2.  Story Setting Description
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Wednesday 4/27
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Math

Thursday 4/28
1.  Read for at least 15 mintues
2.  Study for tomorrow's spelling test

Have a great week!

Mystery Reader

CF's mom read a story called "The Gift of Nothing".  It had a great message!

Mystery Reader

SS's dad came in to read to our class!

Puppeteers

We had some fun creating puppets based on some of our favorite story book characters.  

Peek at the Week of April 11-15

It's the last week before Spring Break.  The question is, will we have spring weather this week?  Wherever you go and whatever you do, I hope it is a relaxing time with your family.

There is no school on Friday, April 15th for students.




Homework
Monday 4/11
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Spring Word Work

Tuesday 4/12
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Math:  Counting Coins

Wednesday 4/13
1.  Read for at least 15 mintues
2.  Review words for tomorrow's spelling test

Have a great week off...see you on Monday, April 25th!

Highlights of the Week April 8

• GC was a great captain.  (CF)
• In gym we played Capture the Flag.  (JF)
• We had outdoor gym.  (MC)
• In music we were reading the words of the songs for the "Pass It On" show.  (AMS)
• We sang a few of the songs for Miss Dineen so she could learn them.  (CH)
• In computer today we are going to play the Dog Bone game.  It is a challenge!  (AK)
• We have spelling tests in 5 minutes.  (JF)
• In art we painted our clay pots.  We painted with silver, white and blue.  (KK)
• In Writing Workshop we finished out All About books.  (AK) We can't wait to read our books to another class.  (CF) Next we are starting to write Realistic Fiction stories.  They are going to be published in hard-cover books.  (HB)
• We put on puppet shows for the kindergarteners.  They really liked our shows!  (CH)
• We are going to have a mystery reader in 1 hour.  (MM)
• We are going to have our spelling tests.  (AB)
• Next week we will go to school for 4 days.  Miss Dineen will go to school for 5 days.  (KE)
• It is starting to get warm outside each day.  On Monday it will be 80 degrees.  Everyone wants to wear shorts.  (MC)
• We have library at the end of today.  (JF)
• We will finish our last Fudge book right before spring break.  (MM)

Peek at the Week of April 4-8

• I am hoping for more flowers than showers...we'll have to wait and see what happens.

• A new month brings many new things to our classroom.  We are starting brand new units in both Reading and Writing Workshops.  We are moving from Non-fiction to Realistic Fiction.  This week we will focus on identifying the problem and solution in books and how the characters work to solve the problem.  Wednesday night's homework ties into this work.

Homework
Monday 4/4
1.  Read for at least 15 mintues
2. Spring Word Work

Tuesday 4/5
1.  Read for at least 15 mintues
2.  Math:  Coin Cones

Wednesday 4/6
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2. Reading & Writing:  Problem & Solution

Thursday 4/7
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Review words for tomorrow

Have a great weekend!

Highlights of the Week April 1

• MC was a great captain.  (AK)  GC will be our next captain.  (KE)
• Today we had our March Pep Rally.  AK was the Student of the Month.  (EW)
• Today is April Fool's Day and 3 girls in our class had fake injuries.  They were really good actresses.  (CF)
• We are almost finished with our All About books.  (KE)  We will share our All About books with other classes.  (AK)
• Today we will be doing puppet shows for our class.  (CH)  We have 6 groups.  Each group made puppets.  (KK) 
• In gym we played Capture the Flag outside.  (JF)  In gym we did our Pacer Test.  (HB)  We also played Sit.  (AK)
• In music we are practicing for the Spring Show.  (AGS)  We are starting a new video in music.  This week we learned about Bach.  (CF)
• In art we finished the iris paintings and drawings.  (KK)  In art we learned about Vincent Van Gogh.  (AMS)
• On Monday we will change seats for the new month.  (Miss D.)
• MC brought Hootie back.  AK has Hootie now.  (CH)
• We are going to finish this sentence and take our spelling tests...good bye!  (JF)