Earth Day!

Thank you to our PTO for providing reusable bags for all the students!  We were also given the book, How to Help the Earth - by the LORAX.  What a nice addition to our classroom library!

Open House  It was great to see every student at our Open House last night!  I enjoyed visiting with you and your children LOVED having you come to our classroom to see their work.  Thanks also to those families that gave money toward books for our classroom.  I was able to buy a huge stack of new books for our room!  We always love new books!

Dates to Remember
April 27 - May 1- MAPS testing  (Tuesday and Thursday)
                           *  Please be sure your child is well rested and brings a healthy snack to school.
April 30 - Reading Incentive ~ Fuzzy Friend Day
May 1 - Gym Night
             Progress Reports sent home on an "as needed" basis
Wed. May 13 - Field Trip to Brookfield Zoo
                         *  Bring a sack lunch  Please return permission slip asap

Reading  We will read and compare 2 texts this week, Owls and Owl Moon.  One is realistic fiction, the other a non-fiction story.  We will discuss point of view as well as retelling.   Grammar lesson will focus on adjectives.

Vocabulary words for the week are:  clearing, echo, meadow, owling, pumped, shadows, threading.

April Reading Logs should be completed and returned on Friday, May 1.

Math  We have completed our unit on Time, Data, and Graphs and have started the next chapter, Working With Equal Groups. We have learned about arrays and will continue to practice repeated addition next week.  We'll compete the chapter next week by writing number sentences and drawing pictures to match.

Estimation Jar - Joseph, Sean, and Aleck

April 20 - 24

Open House This Thursday!

Dates to Remember

Thurs. April 23 - Open House & Book Fair at Ide!  Everyone is welcome!
Fri. April 24 - Progress Notes sent home wtih students on an "as needed" basis
Thurs. April 30 - Reading Incentive Fuzzy Friend Day
Fri. May 1 - Gym Night at Ide

Permission slips for our field trip to Brookfield Zoo, on Wednesday May 13, were sent home today.  There is also a medical waiver that needs to be returned.  Please send these back to school as soon as possible.  No fee is needed for the trip.  Thank you PTO for paying for our day at the zoo!

Math  We will continue our chaper on Time, Graphs, and Data this week.  We'll start by taking a survey to collect data.  We'll show the results on a bar graph, and finally answer questions using the graph.   We'll also learn to show data on a line plot and we'll practice working with picture graphs to solve problems.  Chapter test at the end of the week.

Reading and Science  We will continue working on our Habitats unit this week.  We will complete our research reports and share them with the class.  Our larva are moving toward the pupa stage and will be turning into chrysalises very soon!.  We will continue writing in our butterfly journals as we monitor the changes we see each day.

Reading Logs Students voted this week to have an extra recess for completed reading logs.  Please encourage your son/daughter to read 20 minutes each night and to return their completed log at the end of April.

April Birthdays - Lindsy -  April 17
                           Sean -  April 6

Estimation Jar Winners - Lindsy and Brendan

April 13 - 17

Dates to Remember...
Thurs. April 23 - Open House and Book Fair at Ide
Fri. April 24 - Progress Notes go home on an as needed basis
Thurs. April 30 - Feed My Starving Children event

Positive Paw Winner - Mikella
Estimation Jar Winners - TJ, Maddie, Lindsy

Reading and Science - We will begin working on our final research project for the year.  Students will choose 2 animal habitats, research information using both a text and digital site, fill out a graphic organizer, then write a final paper comparing the habitats.

We began a butterfly unit this week!  We began by learning about the life cycle of the butterfly.  We have 10 larva (caterpillars) in our room and we're watching as they change every day!  We're recording our observations in our butterfly journals.  Ask your child about it!

Math - We will finish our chapter on measurement this week.  Our next topic will focus on Time, Data, and Graphs.

Feed My Starving Children Event - Elizabeth Ide families are invtited to participate in an event to help children in malnourished countries around the world.  To find out more about the event, and to register, please follow the link in my email.  The code for our school group is 563842.  Registration will close on Thurs. April 16 and is open to the first 90 participants.