Vroom Vroom

Our science exploration was "Do cars travel further on a tile floor or on a rug?" We built ramps out of books. Then we sent cars down the ramps and measured how far the cars went. 

Peek at the Week of April 28-May 2

We will be writing like scientists this week.  Last week we learned some new science terms like data, hypothesis, conclusion, and experiment.  The class is excited to run some experiments and write up our "lab reports".


Our class will be getting some caterpillars in the next few weeks.  We will be observing them as they transform into butterflies.


This last part of the school year tends to get VERY busy here at school and at home!  I am listing below important dates for the rest of the year.
     Monday 4/28:  Peter Pan Field Trip
     Monday 5/5:  Book Fair at 2:00 in the Library; parents welcome!
     Thursday 5/8: $1 for Mr. Allen's gift due
     Friday 5/16:  Three Piggie Opera @ 9:30 in the common room; parents welcome!
     Monday 5/26: Memorial Day No School
     Friday 5/30: Last Spelling Test
     Monday 6/2:  Field Day @ 1:00 front playground; parents welcome!
     Monday 6/9:  Field Day Rain Date @ 1:00 All are invited
     Wednesday 6/18:  Last Day of School!


Homework
Monday 4/28
F Day:  Music
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Monthly Minutes
3.  Spring Word Work

Tuesday 4/29
A Day: Gym
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Monthly Minutes
3.  Math

Wednesday 4/30
B Day: Art and Music
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Monthly Minutes
3.  Blue Journals

Thursday 5/1
C Day: Gym
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Monthly Minutes
3.  Study for tomorrow's spelling test

Friday 5/2
D Day: Library

Have a great week!

Earth Day Projects

The bags we created for Earth Day were used at Palmer's Market this past week.  Some great customers sent pictures of the bags!

 

Make every day earth day!

 

Peek at the Week of April 21-25

I hope everyone had a great Spring Break!  There is no school on Monday, April 21st for students.  I'll see the kids on Tuesday, April 22nd!

We will be starting a new unit in Writing Workshop called "Writing Like a Scientist".  This will involve researching and doing some experiments and writing up our new learning as a 'Lab Report'.



Homework and Specials
Tuesday 4/22
B Day:  Art and Music
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Monthly Minutes
3.  Spring Word Work

Wednesday 4/23
C Day:  Gym
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Monthly Minutes
3.  Math

Thursday 4/24
D Day:  Library
1.  Read for at least 15 mintues
2.  Monthly Minutes
3.  Study for tomorrow's spelling test

Friday 4/25
E Day:  Spanish

 

Have a great weekend!

Earth Day

Mrs. Bock came and did a lesson about Pre-cycling. We learned about making "earth friendly" shopping choices. 

Class Visitors

We were lucky to have some third graders come to our classroom to teach us about life in other countries. 

Mystery Reader

AB was so happy to have her mom as a recent Mystery Reader!

Earth Day Sample

Tomorrow the first graders will be designing earth day "advertisements" on Palmer's Grocery bags. 

Each child will need to bring in any special materials they would like to incorporate in their design. 

Here's a bag made by Miss Dineen. You can see that I used aluminum foil to make the shower head and a bit of cotton for shampoo. 

This is just to give you an idea of what a completed project looks like. 

So gather up your materials tonight!  Grocery bags, crayons, markers, glue, and scissors will be provided. 

Peek at the Week of April 7-11

Thank you for coming to our poetry reading last week.  It was a great show!


Parents are invited to come to work on our Earth Day grocery bag projects this Tuesday, April 8th at 2:30 in the cafeteria  (please note the change of time...the K classes are having their concert at 9:30 so we switched times to make parking easier).  If you have any spare arts and crafts materials, I'm sure we can put it to good use. 


This is the last week before Spring Break.  We will be wrapping up some units of study so that we can have a fresh start after break.


Homework and Specials
Monday 4/7
C Day:  Gym
1.  Read for at least 15 mintues
2.  Monthly Minutes
3.  Spring Word Work


Tuesday 4/8
D Day:  Library
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Monthly Minutes
3.  Math

Wednesday 4/9
E Day:  Spanish
1.  Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Monthly Minutes
3.  Blue Journals

Thursday 4/10
F Day:  Music
1. Read for at least 15 minutes
2.  Monthly Minutes
3.  Study for tomorrow's spelling test

Friday 4/11
A Day:  Gym

Have a great vacation!

April Fools Day

Here are a couple of tricks from our classroom today.

An Oreo cookie that looks ok, but is actually filled with toothpaste!

Mismatched shoes and socks!