I hope you all had a wonderful vacation! I loved hearing all the stories that your children came back with! They were all excited to share what special times you had last week.
We have had a busy week in Room 115! We have started learning all about seeds, trees, and plants. We will start learning about insects soon. The students made trees and labeled each of the parts at the art table. They wrote in their journals about their vacations, what trees give us, and about how seeds travel. Their writing is coming along nicely. We have been practicing putting spaces between our words, periods at the end of the sentences, and uppercase letters at the beginning of sentences. They will continue writing narrative stories during the next couple of weeks and will be writing stories about themselves and some things they have done!
We have read several of Eric Carle’s books this week. We started making our own versions of “The Very Busy Spider.” These will come home when they are finished. We also finished a class book called “If There Were No Trees.” Please be sure to return all class books as soon as you are done reading them.
We took more pictures of different plants/trees around our school today. We have been discussing the changes in nature we have been observing. I would encourage you to do something similar at home if you are able to. I would love for students to bring in their pictures or drawings in a few weeks to show us the changes in nature they observed at their homes! We also planted peas in the school/community garden this afternoon. We will check on them in a couple of weeks to see how they are doing!
We will be going to the library on Wednesday. Students will have an opportunity to buy books from the Spring Book Fair. Please look at the flyer that went home or look online and send money in on Wednesday if you wish to purchase books. The Book Fair will also be open Tuesday night during the art show/concert if you would rather shop then. Purchasing books is completely optional.
It certainly was a busy week! We have more exciting happenings coming up during the month of May!
Enjoy your weekend!
Melanie Duncan
PS… Spring Photo Day is Friday, May 4th. It is completely optional. If you wish to purchase pictures, please fill out the order form and return it to school by Friday. Students will not have their pictures taken unless they are ordering them.
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