What a beautiful weekend! I hope you all had a wonderful time with friends and family. Can you believe we only have 13 days left in the school year? Time has really flown by. We have a lot of work left to do before the last day. Read below to see some of the things we will be up to.
Phonics: We will be working on _at, _et, and _ut word families. Students will write these words family words and make new words.
Books: We will enjoy many books by Eric Carle. We will be discussing how he illustrates books and how he uses animals in his books. Which books are fiction and which books are non-fiction. We will look at some of the books he writes with people as the main characters. Students will then select their favorite book and write about it.
Writer's Workshop: This week we will finish up with Persausive Writing and begin Readers Response.
Math: The children LOVE subtraction! We began working on subtraction story problems. We will continue to work on subtraction and several other concepts we have covered this year.
Science: I hope you enjoyed the seedling your children brought home.
DATES TO REMEMBER
May 9th: PTA Book Swap begins
May 13th: ALL LIBRARY BOOKS DUE
May 16th: Career Day
May 20th: FIELD DAY!!! WHOAAA
May 24th and 25th: EARLY RELEASE, 1:30
Don't forget the Book Swap at Pickett's Mill. Beginning Monday, May 9 students can turn in books they would like to swap. Simply bring in the books you would like to donate. You have two days to make the donation, May 9th and May 10th. Students will recieve a receipt when they drop off their books. This receipt will tell how many books they can swap later that week (limit 5 for trade). Then on Thursday, May 11th and Friday, May 12th students will take their receipt to the PTA room and choose their "new" books (limit of 5). Summer reading will be lots of fun!
Mystery Question 
There were 10 bumble bees flying in their bee hive. 3 bees flew out. How many bees are left in the hive?
*Remember: Draw the problem, write a number sentence and the answer. Have Fun.
