Apr
Week 31 Recap
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Past Week:
Thank you to those who came with us on our Spring Trash Pick up. We got lucky with the weather not pouring or snowing on us! Friday went great! That was our first field trip on a Friday that Jalee and I have ever done. The students enjoyed the scavenger hunts around the museum and had a blast doing the helicopter workshop.
In group leveled lessons this week the 1st graders reviewed the lines they are working on in Geometry. The lines they are learning are horizontal, vertical, parallel, perpendicular, and intersecting. These types of lines will then be built upon when they turn second graders and we talk about different angles. 2nd graders are working on graphing skills with bar graphs and pie graphs. They will continue their practice this upcoming week too. 3rd graders are deciphering whether to use their area or perimeter solving skills to word problems. This is still tough for them, so we are going to review more skills on area vs perimeter by having them “build” a 2D house on graphing paper and they have to answer what is the perimeter and area for a door, windows, a roof, grass, and the house structure they create.
For the mixed language groups this past week, the Antelopes are worked on creating their own sentences and identifying sentences’ parts of speech. This group is working on sentences having an article, noun, verb, and adjective. The Badgers and Crocs both worked on Homophones with knowing when to use to vs two vs too and there, their, and they’re.
In cultural this past week: Botany
Level 1s: Photosynthesis introduction and reviewed all parts of a plant
Level 2s: Photosynthesis of a plant
Level 3s: What are carnivorous plants and kinds of carnivorous plants
Friday- Those students who were with me in the morning had class meeting and we went over kind words and did a compliment circle. This upcoming Friday we will plant the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade bean seed and go over how to record our April in class project
Upcoming Week:
This week we will have a Fire Drill at some time on Tuesday
Wednesday we will have the COW and also Ms. Rachel will be in for her monthly Botany lesson from 1:50-2:50
Thursday Scales and Tales are back! They will bring their bird show and teach about different kinds of birds.
Friday is an early release. Please remember that students eat lunch on early outs and pick up is at 1pm.
April 26th is our last field trip. We take UTA’s TRACKS train and ride it all right to our destination. Lunch will be eaten at The Gateway at their food court. Last year it was under construction, so hopefully this year we won’t run into that problem! Students may bring money to buy lunch at the surrounding places to eat. This is a split field trip. We are with Jalee’s class and both classes will take turns doing each place. We will be going to Clark Planetarium and Children’s Discovery Gateway. The classes will then switch. These places are right next to each other in the Gateway’s vicinity. We do meet at Union Station on Wall Ave to catch TRACKs. The train platform we take is right behind the little diner. Parents who come will buy their own ticket to ride, but I will have wristbands for the kids to ride the train for free that day. I will check with Jalee this week on which class is starting where and to confirm our meeting time at the train station.
Parent Night Opportunity!
Helping Your Child with Handwriting Skills Parent Workshop
You are invited to attend a free handwriting training provided by our occupational therapist. This training will provide ways to improve your child’s handwriting skills this summer. Join us on May 10th in the MMA Library from 4:30 until 6:30pm.
Thanks everyone! Have a great upcoming week and rest of your weekend!
Ms. Kaley