May 9, 2008

Dear Families,

            This week our caterpillars have grown tremendously.  Ask your child about the body parts of a caterpillar and about molting.  Next week we hope to see a chrysalis or two form in our room!

            In math we have been working with two, three and four digit addition and subtraction with regrouping.  We are taking what we know and expanding upon it.  We will continue this early next week and then move into multiplication. 

            Ms. Maggi visited us this week and brought in a movie about Tennessee she helped us make.  At the end of the year I will send home a cd with this movie and a picture slide show on it.  It will be burned to a dvd that will work on your dvd players at home so you can show your family and friends.

            We have been working a lot with nouns, pronouns and adjectives lately.  We are getting good at picking out these parts of speech in a book or a piece of writing. 

            As always we are continuing to publish our writing.  Sometime next week we are going to begin a life cycle webquest I created and then create our own Power Points about what we have learned.  Your child will soon know more about Power Point than you do!

            Next Thursday morning we will be planting a tree and singing a few Earth Day songs in the morning after morning meeting.  You are welcome to come if you are interested.  It will be very informal.  This is to celebrate our hard work this year making our Earth a better place.

Sincerely,

Ms. Kelli

Announcements:

• Next week the blue group shares.
• Field day is next Friday the 16^th.  Your child will need a bag lunch (no fast food) and a bottle of water labeled with their name.  We are asking for no other drinks- we have had bee problems in the past. 
• Pleases sign the enclosed Willow Springs field trip permission form and send in $1.00 cash for the trip as soon as you can.

Homework:

• No more spelling “show you knows”!  We are going to use this time to complete some other assessments.
• Read the enclosed math story, Who Has That Many Toothpicks- the game is optional
• 2 SuperKids Math Regrouping Pages (enclosed- it is one sheet front & back)
• Complete handwriting pages enclosed
• Read the Science Weekly Reader, People, completing activities is optional- but if you do complete send in to share
• Math Workbook Bonus Pages: 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144 & 145
• Math Workbook Required Pages:146, 147, 148, & 149