Five Senses in Room 115

We've been learning how our five senses help us to understand the world around us.  We will continue our investigation into our five senses for the next couple of weeks.  Probably the favorite activity we did last week was pop popcorn with an air popper.   Using an air popper required us to use all five senses.  It was such a hit that we pulled it out on Friday too.  Quit buying microwave popcorn and purchase an air popper at Walmart and enjoy lots of cheering from your children.  Just be sure to melt some butter (that was the only complaint from Room 115 with that activity).

Our letter for the week is "Qq" as in quail on a quilt.  Remind your child that a lowercase q can be formed two ways: one with a tail and one without.  Word wall words are:  good, pretty, who, ride.

The children have fallen in love with the Biscuit books.  They are AR books  about a dog with a TON of word wall words.  I have over twenty copies of  a variety of  Biscuit stories.  If the children read a book at least three times and then read it out loud to me or another adult in the classroom then they can take an AR test.  I wanted to let you know in case you've noticed AR tests being taken without your knowledge. 

Spring picture money,  the Mother's Day Secret and money for the zoo field trip is due Friday.  Let me know if you need an extension.

Nancy's Italian Ice for $1.00 is Monday.  Our library day is Monday too.

In math, we are working on writing numbers up to fifty and investigating shapes, including 3D shapes.
 
Field day will be Friday, April 27.  We will be outside from 8:20-10:40 playing games and celebrating spring.  Sign up to work one of the shifts and then spend time with our class for the other shift.  You can bring younger siblings but they cannot participate in the activities.  I would appreciate if a parent could volunteer to send a cooler (with ice) on wheels and another parent volunteer to send 20 water bottles to keep us hydrated and cool.   Please dress your child in the  yellow field trip t-shirt to school for field day so that I can quickly keep track of the children.  (That means the yellow shirt will be worn on Wednesday to the zoo and then on Friday for field day!)

Don't ask any questions because you will ruin the surprise but it is very important for every member of Room 115 to be present  and on time on Thursday, April 26.  If you need to check out on this day, we will be finished by lunch.

I am finishing up my National Board renewal. My box has to be postmarked by April 30 so this is the crunch time.  I will be taking the next two Mondays (4.16 and 4.23) off to work on my National Board renewal.  I have excellent substitutes for each day so the children won't even notice I'm not there.  National Board is the best professional development I have done as an educator.  For more info:  http://www.nbpts.org/become_a_candidate/what_is_national_board_c  Thank you for supporting me.

Upcoming dates:
Wednesday, April 25:  field trip to the zoo
Friday, April 27:   field day for Kindergarten 8:20-10:40
Friday, June 1:  Kindergarten Year End Program at 9:00
Friday, June 1:  immediately following the Year End Program will be a Celebration of Room 115 in our classroom  (Heads up: it will be crowded in our classroom)

Contact me with any questions or concerns you  may have.