Welcome Peter!
This morning, we welcomed a student from Westford Academy that will be completing his Capstone Senior Project in our classroom. Peter will be in class for the majority of the next 6 weeks. Click the link for more information on the Senior Capstone Project at WA.
Volunteers Needed
We are excited to be able to hold Field Day this year! Field day has been scheduled for Wednesday, June 1st, with a rain date of Friday, June 3rd. Field day will be a half day and a small committee made up of our wellness teachers and teachers are currently in the planning stages to make the day as special as possible. We will need approximately 25-30 volunteers for the morning. If you are at all interested in volunteering for field day, you will need to fill out a CORI form no later than May 2nd in the front office between the hours of 10 AM-2 PM.
To sign up as a volunteer, please complete this Google form no later than May 2nd. Our volunteer coordinator, Mrs. Mandile, will be in touch with volunteers prior to field day.
Mark your Calendar!
This Friday will be an Early Release day in Observance of Good Friday. Students will be dismissed at 12:20, no lunch will be served.
If you have an approved CORI and would like to help in our classroom, please sign up at the link above.
Curriculum this week
Theme: Spring!
For the past several weeks we have been exploring the wonders of spring! After vacation, we will focus on Earth Day!
Writing: How-To
We have brainstormed all of the things that we are really good at. So good, that we could teach someone else how to do it. We have tried to stretch this skill out into 3 parts to teach someone. Now, we are working on writing our "HOW-TO" work.
Handwriting: u, i, e
Literacy: Kind Ed, Power Word GO, Punctuation
Now that we know how important King Ed is, we are going to start practicing using him in our spelling and recognizing him in our reading!
We are learning when to use a period, question mark, or exclamation mark in our writing.
Math: Teens on the Double Ten Frame, and the Equal Sign
Children represent and compare teen numbers
Children learn about the equal symbol
Social Studies: Phone Numbers
Thank you to everyone that provided a phone number for me to help your children learn. We will spend some time at the end of this week talking about our phone numbers, why they are all different, and why they are so important to know!
Science: Push and Pull
Over the last several weeks, we have been exploring how things move and how our pushes and pulls can change the way that things move! Today, we will talk about what happens when objects bump into each other.
Friendly Reminders:
Orange Folders
Please check your child's folder at the end of each day and take any papers out that do not need to be returned to school. We are seeing some folders that are overstuffed.
Also, please send your child's folder to school each morning. If papers are sent home, it is much easier to tuck them into a folder. This is also encouraging routines and responsibility that will be expected in First Grade!
Water
Please send your child to school with a water bottle each day. Several students have been asking for donated water bottles several days in a row. We have this extra supply for the occasion forget or emergency. We cannot provide your child with a water each day. As the weather gets warmer, it is going to become more and more important to ensure they are drinking throughout the day.
Food
Several students in the class have also been commenting on how hungry they are after eating all of their snack and lunch. We try to have a supply of snacks for the occasional forget and emergency, but we cannot continually give out snacks because the children are still hungry. Please simply pack one or two extra things in lunchbox's so that there is an option for the children if they are still hungry. Also, please make sure your children LIKE what they are expected to eat. We hear quite often that they do not like what was packed.
We currently have NO extra snacks or waters to give to students.
Classroom Wishlist
*Water
*Snacks
*Paper Towels
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