May 6th Newseletter

Upcoming Dates:

Thursday, May 9th - Spring Program 10:00 am and 7:00 pm.

Monday, May 20th - Jump Rope for Heart 

Friday, May 24th - Awards Presentation; Carnival

Monday, May 27th - NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day

Wednesday, May 29th - Last Day of School

This Week In Class:

Math - subtraction with regrouping 

Reading/Phonics - long e spelled ie; using context clues

Social Studies - American Heroes research
  - We are continuing to create our own Voice Thread.  They are finishing research and beginning to create their illustrations.  

Health - using medicine safely, drugs, caffeine, 

Spelling - vowel sound in ball

   all                    small
   fall                   thought
   saw                 draw
  ball                   hall
  bought             brought
  awful               crawl

http://www.spellingcity.com/ehovest              

Class Pet:

I'm sure your child has told you... we had a chrysalis in our classroom for a few months.  Last Friday, it opened and we were the caregivers of a zillion praying mantises...literally.  We kept them for a whole week and then decided it was time to release them.  So we did.