Friday, April 24, 2015

Reminders for next week

Hi Families,

Just a few reminders for next week:
  • White t-shirts for tie dyeing project due on Wednesday, April 29.  Please remember to wash it first and then complete your design with the rubber bands.  
  • Friday, May 1 is our Music Concert.  Mrs. Haughey's class is 9:30 am and Mrs. Gallucci's class is at 2:30.  

Friday, April 17, 2015

April 20-May 1

Important News:
  • Please send in a white, washed t-shirt for our tie-dying project.  Remember to wrap it in rubber bands in the design you like!  Make sure your child's name is on the t-shirt tag and on the ziploc bag.  Please click on the link on the right hand sign of the blog marked "tie-dye t-shirts" for all the information regarding how to choose a design and apply the rubber bands.
Language Arts, Science and Social Studies
For the next two weeks, our focus is on how to keep our Earth clean.  We will be learning about recycling and ways to take care of our planet.  We will be reading various stories including Recycle It, Where does all the Garbage Go, and Saving our Planet.   We will continue to work on comprehension skills such as main idea, cause and effect and drawing conclusions.

During writing workshop, we will be studying a new genre--persuasive writing.  We learned that narrative writing means that we are telling a story.  Narrative writing includes characters, setting, and a beginning, middle and end.  We will be practicing writing in this genre for several weeks.

Word study--Blends
  • Week of April 20--sc, sm, sl, sw
  • Week of April 27--cl, fl, cr, fr
We are also working on spelling our sight words correctly.  

Math
We have been focusing on fluency with the addition and subtraction facts to 5. You may have seen some timed tests come home. We are practicing completing 10 math facts in one minute.  We will also continue our unit on place value.

Special note from Mrs. Gallucci...

Thank you very much for all the wonderful birthday wishes!  I really appreciated all of the cards, memories, and gifts.  You made my day so special!  Thank you!