Tuesday, May 27, 2014

**Info for next week: June 2- 6**

**Tuesday, June 3: Field Day in the Afternoon at Kollen's Park. (June 4 Rain Date)

**Thursday, June 6: Herrick Library Visit in the AM (Walking)  **Please let me know if you'd like to join us! 

**Monday, June 9: Afternoon in the Park with our Reading Buddies (June 10 Rain Date)

**Wednesday, June 11: 1/2 Day of School, Dismissal at 11:30 (Awards at 8:15 in the classroom)

Reading Street 5.4

Amazing Words: gadget, convenient, pilot, cellar, equipment, engine, steer, furnace

High-Frequency Words: against, kinds, goes, today, heavy

Spelling Words oi/oy: oil, point, coin, join, soil, boy, oink, voice, boil, toy

Skill: Main Idea/Details, Summarize, Advertisements, Pronouns, Suffixes -er, -or, Letter Writing to our Second Grade Teachers!

Math
We will use our time reviewing objectives from the year and practice problem solving strategies. 

Science
We will wrap up our study on safety scenarios and healthy lifestyles.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

**Info for the week of May27-30**

**NO School on Monday, May 26.  Enjoy the holiday time with family and friends. 

**Tuesday, May 27: Substitute Teacher- I will be at a GVSU PD

**Tuesday, June 3: Field Day in the Afternoon at Kollen's Park.  (June 4 Rain Date)

**Thursday, June 6: Herrick Library Visit in the AM (Walking)

**Monday, June 9: Afternoon in the Park with our Reading Buddies (June 10 Rain Date)

**Wednesday, June 11: 1/2 Day of School, Dismissal at 11:30

Reading Street 5.3

Amazing Words: explanation, wonder, encouragingly, suspects, riddle, confused, case

High-Frequency Words: among, another, instead, none

Spelling Words oo: book, food, zoo, foot, moon, look, noon, took, pool, good

Skill: Compare and Contrast, Word Choice, Pronouns (I, me), Adding Suffixes

Math
We will be wrapping up Chapter 15 on Input-Output Rules and Algebraic Thinking. 

Science
We will learn about safety scenarios and healthy lifestyles. 

Monday, May 12, 2014

Info for the week of May 19 - 23

**Spring Music Concert on Monday, May 19 at Christ Memorial Church**

**DeGraaf Nature Center on Thursday, May 22 from 9:15-11:15**

**Monday, May 26: No School**

**Wednesday, June 11: Last Day of School, Dismissal at 11:30**

Reading Street 5.2
Amazing Words: miserable, selfish, ignore, proper, freedom, shrug, fond, scarely

High-Frequency Words: door, wood, loved, should

Spelling Words: mouth, our, ouch, count, house, out, shout, found, cloud, round

Skills: Drawing Conclusions, Voice, Letter Writing, Pronouns, Syllables V/CV, VC/V

Math
Lesson 15-5 Conversion Rules, Lesson 15-6 Skip-Counting with Money, Lesson 15-7 Creating Figures and Patterns, Lesson 15-8 Patterns with Skip-Counting, and Lesson 15-9 Relating One-Color Trains (Comparisons)

Science
We will begin a unit on Health.  Topics will include: Fire Safety, Emergency Situations, Stranger Safety, and Healthy Lifestyles. 

Monday, May 5, 2014

Tulip Time is here!

Just a reminder that Wednesday is a half day of school with dismissal at 11:30. Thursday is considered a full day with the parade. Students marching will need to wear or bring their costume to school on Thursday.  Remember to wear comfy shoes.  Students not marching will stay at school with staff. Regular dismissal at 3:10 unless marchers arrive later. They will be dismissed from classrooms when we arrive back at school. Parents if you'd like to join us, please fill out the office paper work and join us!  

*Info for next week- May 12-16*

Reading Street 5.1

Amazing Words: clever, predicament, exhausted, batter, intend, grumpy, furious, griddle

High-Frequency Words: along, behind, eyes, never, pulling, toward

Spelling Words ow, ou: how, now, clown, growl, town, brown, frown, down, cow, crowd

Skills: Characters, Setting and Plot, Voice in Writing, Animal Fantasy, Imperative Sentences, and Final Syllable -le

Math:
On Monday, we will complete an assessment on Chapter 14 skills.  Then, we'll begin Chapter 15 with lessons including: 15-1 Indentifying Rules, 15-2 Sorting Rules, 15-3 Undoing Rules, and 15-4 Rules with More Than One Input.  Each of these lessons deals with the concepts of In-Out or Input-Output Boxes. 

Science:
We will continue to learn about weather and severe weather precautions. 

***Looking Ahead***
*Monday, May 19- Spring Concert in the Evening
*Thursday, May 22- DeGraaf Nature Center in the AM
*Monday, May 26- No School, Holiday
*Wednesday, May 11- Last Day of School, Dismissal at 11:30