I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! It's hard to believe tomorrow is the first day of May and that we are entering our last full month of school together! Boy has this year flown!!!
Announcements:
Library Day
For the next two weeks our class will continue to visit the library on Tuesdays. This change is due to MCAS testing in the older grades which has resulted in shifts to our schedule. I will do my best to send a friendly reminder about this change on Monday evening!
Field Trip
Thank you SO much to all of the parents who volunteered to chaperone our upcoming field trip to see 'Pete the Cat'. The interest in joining us was overwhelming and I wish I was able to bring more parents along! If you were not chosen from the lottery this time, be on the lookout for information regarding another trip that will be coming up soon!
Curriculum:
Literacy
Last week in Literacy we read the book Mayday! Mayday! by Chris L. Demarest. This non-fiction text showed how the Coast Guard uses aircraft and highly trained personnel to respond to emergency situations. We also learned about the letter "X" and continued to review the color words yellow, green, and blue which were introduced before vacation.
The children has a great time creating their own x-ray art work as we learned about the letter "X"!
We also read the story Not a Box by Antoinette Portis and had a blast turning a boring box into an extraordinary creation!
Math
We completed Topic 11 in math last week which had us working with the numbers 17, 18, and 19. We also revisited the concept of "number bonds" which are a great tool for showing the different ways to decompose (or make) a number!
This number bonds activity incorporated one of greatest highlights of our week. BUBBLES!
Bubbles!
Last week we enjoyed a fantastic "in house" field trip as Mrs. Harris from the Discovery Museum in Acton came to teach us about bubbles! The children had a wonderful time experimenting with the science behind making bubbles! Thank you Mrs. Harris!!!
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