May
will be filled with many spring-time activities, and we will still be working
hard! We will have several
rehearsals to prepare for our Barnyard Moosical play later this month. We are excited about our roles!
LANGUAGE ARTS
Our
reading challenges have been exposing us to larger vocabularies and
comprehension strategies that help add deeper meaning to the stories we
read. We continue to review short
and long vowels, blends, digraphs, and sight words. We have also been enjoying paying more attention to the
characters in our just right reading. Learning about different
types of poetry has been our focus in Writing Workshop.
MATH
We
will soon begin to make sense of “multiplication” by putting
together groups that contain equal parts.
Likewise, we will soon make sense of the big-kid word “fractions” by
splitting bigger groups into fair shares.
As always, it is beneficial to encourage your child in math by using
real-life examples or everyday objects to help understand these tricky
concepts.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES
The
class scientists have enjoyed learning about the plant cycle and giving our
plants lots of TLC. We are proud
to have our “Thyme” re-planted later this year in our school garden. Soon, we will learning about another
cycle and will be hatching our own butterflies! As we travel throughout this busy time in June, we will be
enjoying geography concepts and locating places on maps (although we’ve used
our classroom map throughout the year!)
TECHNOLOGY
We
are very busy whenever we’re able to get to the Computer Lab. We have also been lucky to have Penguin
Cold Cash and Gold Medal Math on our classroom computers, programs that were
actually created by a former Ox Ridge student! We soon hope to start typing our final Writers Workshop
stories!
MAY REMINDERS
Tues. 5/1 – Thurs 5/3: Book
Fair
“The
Road to Reading”
Wed 5/3: Our
class makes
Wish
Lists at Book Fair
Tues., May 8: Summer Reading
Library
Visitors
Fri., May 11: Barnyard
Moosical
Music
Performance
(Families,
come early for good parking
& seats!)
Fri., May 18: Bill
Thompson, Author Visit
Fri., May 18: Scholastic
orders due
(Last of
this year - Will send home 5/14)
Fri., May 25: School
Spirit Patriotic Day
(Wear red, white, & blue)
Mon., May
28: Memorial Day, no school
Thurs., May 31: Field Day, 1:00-2:30
Fri., June 1: Raindate
for Field Day
MAY BIRTHDAYS
Tuesday, May 8: Kelcie
Petrone
JUNE REMINDERS
Wed.,
June 6: Author & Memory Share,
1:30-3:00 Mrs. Mc’s Classroom
(Ice
Cream & Popsicle Celebration)
Thurs., 6/14: Shortened
Day
Last Day
of School
JUNE BIRTHDAYS
Thurs., June. 7:
Lily Bradbury
Tues., June 12:
Richie Almy
JUNE/SUMMER BIRTHDAYS
June 18: Brendan
Barrett
August 3: Ryan
Smith
OTHER IMPORTANT NOTES
What a busy time of year! I am hoping you can all come on the afternoon of
Wednesday, June 6th. We
will be having our Author and Memory Share combined with an ice cream and
popsicle celebration. We will meet
in the classroom first, and weather permitting, head outside after that. Feel free to bring other family members
with you for this exciting, culminating activity!
Our last Word Study will be the week after Memorial Day
weekend. We will be having an
informal spelling bee early in June for fun! We learned so much!
Thank you for your generous contributions to Pennies for
Patients, Box Tops, and the other numerous school fundraisers. The last day to collect box tops for
this year’s class contest will be Friday, May 18.
Thanks also to those involved with the scenery for the Barnyard
Moosical play to be performed in May by all first graders.
Thank you for the clever costume
ideas. Your children will look
adorable!
All volunteers, continued thanks
to you!
If your child has borrowed some of our classroom library
books or materials, please return them to school by June 1st. Thanks!
SIGHT WORDS
April/May
after him
again its
always just
around pull
as read
ask sing
because their
been then
before these
best us
both very
call walk
does wash
don’t were
draw which
found why
goes would
had your
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