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Friday, May 25, 2012

May 21st-25th

Monday:  In math, we added the minute hand to our clock and practiced telling time.  Our new popcorn words are here and are and our last star letter is Uu.  Today we read The Ugly Duckling and then we wrote about our favorite part of the story.  Today we went to music and we were practicing the jogging and galloping beat.  Today in art we colored our body and shoes and we will paint later this week.  We also read a book called Fish. 

 Tuesday:  Today we went on a field trip to the DuPage Children’s Museum.  We got to build in the workshop, go in the wind tunnels, watch the wind carry the fuzz balls through tubes and lots more fun things.  We also went to the lab and did lots of math activities like patterns, building and describing block towers, sorting and counting.  Back at school we did capital letter U handwriting.  We also went to the computer lab and did an activity for the story Barnyard Banter.  Today we read Fun Dog, Sun Dog.  We also practiced telling time and playing the time match game. 
Wednesday:  Today we went to P.E. and played a game called emergency rescue.  We went to art and painted.  We watched a video about plants and finished our seed to plant journal.  Today in math we did some adding and subtracting.  We read The Lost and Found and we practiced our comprehension by doing a sketch to stretch activity.

Thursday:  Today we read a book called Drip, Drop.  We went to P.E. and stretched.  We read The Night Sky and Stargazers to learn about stars and constellations.  In math we used our calculators to solve number stories.  We also read Dory Story about the ocean food chain.  Today we had a Memorial Day Assembly.  In science we learned about water and how it changes into different states (solid, liquid and gas).
Friday:  Today we went to art and finished our hot air balloon projects and we got our portfolio.  We had writer’s workshop today.  We went outside for P.E. and played Jack Frost.  We read the book Me and My Place in Space and put all of the planets in order.  Today we read Splash in the Ocean.  In math we used the pan balance to weigh objects.  We also read the story called The Planets in our Solar System. 

Reminders:  May 30th: Field Day (see blog for more information)

                                         11:30-12:00 whole school picnic lunch (see blog for more        

                                           Information)   

May 31st: Bubble Day (see blog for more information)

                        June 1st: Last day of school (10:10 Dismissal)

                           **STUDENTS CAN BRING YEARBOOKS TO SCHOOL FOR    

                           AUTOGRAPH SIGNING ON JUNE 1ST**