Second Week

I wanted to start off by saying thanks to those who were able to come to the Curriculum night last night. For those who were unable to come, your packets went home in Friday folders today. If you have any questions about anything, feel free to give me a call or send an e-mail.

This week was a great week. You're children settled into there routine really well. We started math, fundations, and writing this week. We began talking about what reading is and what readers do. We read 2 of the 10 Red Clover books. The first one we read was "Stand Tall, Ella Kate" which is a true story of a woman who was considered a real life Giant. She made money standing at museums, fairs, and at the circus. The end pages of the book showed a true size outline of one of her gloves which the students thought was really cool! On Thursday we created a dance to represent the story in which Ella Kate grew from a baby to 8' 4" and went from being happy to sad and back to being happy again. It was a lot of fun! Today we read "Who Stole the Mona Lisa". The class was so enthralled with this story and had super questions throughout. This story is told from the perspective of the " Mona Lisa" painting and is about it being stolen 100 years ago and how it was found. Next week we will try some acting to go along with this story.

In math this week we made clocks, looked at patterns using our calendar, explored manipulatives in work places, and talked about ways to make numbers using number sentences (equations). We also sung some songs to learn about life cycles of the butterfly, beetle, and praying mantis. In writing we began stories about our summer vacation. Some stories are real things they did and some children chose to use their imagination to come up with things they would like to do.

Information was sent home today about an imagination playground that our school has access to for the next 3 weeks. The consent forms need to be returned on Monday in order for your child to participate.

Also please remember to return the Emergency forms back to the school. We have a Field trip to Shelburne Farms on the 30th and need the permission for field trips signed.