Where does the time go?!! I can't believe that it is mid-May with only a little more than a month of school left to go! We have been learning a lot about nature, including plants, insects, life cycles, and woodland animals. In another week or so we will start learning about Boston and some of the places we will see on our next field trip. Information about the Boston Swan Boats trip went home last week. If you are interested in chaperoning this trip, please let me know. Please be sure to send in the $7 to cover the cost of the trip for students and $3.50 for chaperones.
We have been learning more about butterflies and other insects this week. All of our caterpillars have turned into chrysalises and will hopefully turn into butterflies really soon! We spent time this week drawing and labeling the life cycle of a butterfly and will do the same for frogs next week! It’s exciting to see some real life cycles right in our own classroom! We made butterflies to add to our giant flowers and we also made dragonflies to decorate a dragonfly poem. Spring has definitely sprung in Room 115! We also got to see Julia’s pet beetles! She has Blue Death Fainting Beetles that were a lot of fun to observe and learn about!
We started a new topic in math this week. Students have been learning more about flat (2D) shapes and solid figures (3D). They have been learning how to solve clues about shapes and describe shapes and what they can do (roll, stack, slide). Students have also been working on the ST Math program and have been making good progress. A few students are even getting close to completing the program! I would recommend that students log on to ST Math at home and try to use it every once in awhile to see if we can complete the whole program by the end of Kindergarten!
Please continue to work with your child on their subtraction fluency facts to five (5-3=2, 4-1=3, etc.). I have started testing them and they are doing great! The goal is for students to tell me the answers within three seconds. I would also encourage you to work with your child on counting to 100 by 1s and 10s and practice recognizing and writing numbers to 20. Those teen numbers are tricky! Don’t forget about the sight words too! I’ve been busy assessing students on all sorts of things this week and will continue into the next week or two. I’m impressed with how far they have come this year!
We will be visiting the library on Wednesday. Please be sure to send back your child’s library book by then. Also, the Francis Wyman Used Book Store will be open this Wednesday, May 16th. Students are invited to either bring in 50 cents or a book from home to trade. It is optional.
Mrs. Sullivan and I enjoyed the Teacher Appreciation Luncheon on Thursday. Everything was delicious. Thank you to those who participated!
I would like to extend a very Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mothers in Room 115! We hope the gifts your child gives you will be special and meaningful. You have permission to open your gifts today. Your gift will most likely need water before Sunday (just be careful not to get the outisde of the pot wet)!
Have a great weekend!
Melanie Duncan
PS… We will be making a 3D Map of Boston in our classroom in a couple of weeks and will be using cardboard boxes and other recycled materials. If you have any empty cereal boxes, tissue boxes, cardboard juice/milk cartons, mac and cheese boxes, etc. feel free to send them in! Thanks!
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