March 18, 2011

Hello all!

I hope that everyone had a fantastic St. Patrick's Day. To celebrate, our class had two types of homemade Irish Soda Bread (thanks mom). The students tasted both kinds of bread and voted on their favorite type. The morning class preferred the plain bread and the afternoon class preferred the bread with dried fruit. See the photo above.

If you have not turned in your permission slips/money for the Aronoff field trip, please do so as soon as possible. Thank you!

Picture day is coming...

Hello!
Spring picture information went home with the afternoon students today, and will be sent home with the morning class tomorrow. Picture day is March 30, 2011. We will have a photo taken of the entire class. If you want to purchase a class photo, please fill out the order form and return it to school. Note: individual student photo packages are also available.
Enjoy this gorgeous weather!

March 11

Hello all! What a wild week of wacky weather! It has certainly made graphing our weather each day a little more interesting.

In math this week, the highlight of the week was "Roll and Record." The students love this activity! The students take turns rolling dice, counting "how many" and recording the data on a graph. We also had the opportunity to practice counting back from 10 to 0 with "Zero the Hero." The kindergarteners had a great time in math this week!

In literacy, we have been emphasizing the middle sounds in words. One of our new activities allows students to identify the correct vowel sound by holding up the appropriate letter card.

We said good-bye to two of our morning students this week. Hopefully we will keep in contact with them and learn about their lives in Arizona.

Reminder: Aronoff Center permission slips and fees were due today. If you need another form, please let me know. Thanks!