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April showers bring May flowers... May is here! I can't believe it. We had a great week. We are so excited about going to the zoo next week. All week we talked about zoo animals. Next week is a BIG week. We have our Zoo field trip on Wednesday. On Friday, we have field day. I will send the t-shirts home on Monday. The kids need to wear the class shirts for the zoo field trip and field day. The shirts are so cute. Please bring $2.50 for the t-shirt on Monday, if you have not sent it in.

International Day is at the school on Saturday, April 30th. PTO is putting on this grand affair. Please try to come if you can.

A special thank you to Victor's mom who donated Baccugons to my class' school store. They cost a whopping 15 cents. I  think we had about who five students come home with one today. It takes a while to earn that much! The school store is great behavior system. They can earn and lose money based on their behavior.

Specials next week: Monday: P.E., Tuesday: Spanish, Wednesday: Art, Thursday: P.E., Friday: Media
Library Books are due on Thursday.

Elianna celebrated a birthday this week! Happy Birthday!

Academic Update:


Literacy: We started a new unit called a world of animals. We talked a lot about animals this week and learned a lot of really great facts about elephants, giraffes and monkeys. In writing this week, we started learning about dictating sentences. I would read a sentence to them. They would write it using capital letter at the beginning, all lower case letters in the middle, spaces between my words and a period at the end. I am using simple sight words in my sentences. Please practice this at home. The main thing is making sure we all use lower case letters in the sentence and spaces between my words.


Math: We finished the addition chapter today. Next week, we will start the subtraction chapter. Start working on subtraction but keep working on addition for added practice.

I'm glad the tornadoes didn't hit here, however I was deeply heartbroken this week. I spent four years in Tuscaloosa going to University of Alabama. Half of my college town was demolished. Please keep Alabama and all the towns in Georgia in your prayers.

Have a great weekend. :)

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What an exciting week!! Thanks for going to Yogo-ono on Tuesday night. If you didn't hear, our class had 100% class participation!! Way to go! We won for the whole school!! Awesome! We will receive our extra P.E. on Monday!!! Yay! We had our Spring celebration today. It was so fun! Thanks for the parents that came! We went on a bunny hunt and then had an awesome egg hunt! Pictures to come!

Today was our April Chick-Fil-A's student of the month assembly. Congrats to Paris and Sofia!

Please don't forget to send in the Zoo Field Trip form. They are due this WEDNESDAY 4/27!! The cost is $20 cash.

Also, please don't forget to send in $2.50 for the end of the year T-shirt. Remeber we will be wearing them to the zoo too! We painted them this week. They are so cute!

Specials next week: Monday: P.E., Tuesday: Spanish, Wednesday: Art, Thursday: P.E., Friday: Media.
Library books are due on Thursday.

Academic Update:

Literacy:  We are continuing the spring unit. We did lots of Easter and bunny activities this week. Keep working on sight words and reading at home.

Math: We are continuing in the addition chapter. Keep working on our addition facts up to 10!


Have an awesome Easter weekend! :)

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I'm sorry for the late post. What a week we have had! It has been so exciting! In our class, we would call it a flip-flop week,. our schedules have been all messed up with the older grades CRCT testing all week. We learned a new word: flexibility! :)

Specials for next week: Monday: Art, Tuesday: P.E., Wednesday: Media, Thursday: Music, Friday: P.E.
Library books are due on Tuesday.


APRIL 19th TUESDAY 5:00-9:00pm at Yogo-ono, off Chastain Road! KCSMA is having a fundraiser night. The class with the most class participation gets a prize! See you there! :)


Academic Update:


Literacy: We are continuing our spring unit. I LOVE the spring unit! We made spring sight word flashcards and sent them home. Keep practicing your sight words. Keep reading every night! . 


Math: We finished up our chapter on graphing and started Chapter 11 on addition. We only have two chapters left- addition and subtraction. Keep practicing your math facts!


Science: This was an exciting week! We talked all about the life cycle of a butterfly and all about bugs. We caught many caterpillars from outside and one turned into a cocoon already! So fun!


Have a good rest of the weekend! :) Enjoy the sunshine!

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Spring Break is here... Can you believe it? Let's hope the weather is good all next week. I wish y'all a restful week off. I'm planning on resting up and doing some deep cleaning here in the classroom and at home. We had a great week. We dove right into our spring unit! I love this unit! We will be continuing this unit for the rest of April. Doughnuts for Dads was awesome on Wednesday! Thanks for all they dads who came! We had a great Brainstorm. In Mrs. Cronan's class, we learned about art through motion. In Mrs. Bell's class, we learned about art and made a coffee filter flower. In Mrs. Porter's class, we learned about the parts of a flower and made a cute diagram of a flower with actual sunflower seeds! In my room we learned about mountain math and made a clock! Oh so fun!

I did not send home an April homework packet yet. The kids have worked so hard, I wanted to give them a week off. But keep reading and working on your sight words, rhyming words, word families, writing, blending sounds and math facts. I will send home a new homework packet/reading log and behavior chart on next Monday.

Specials for next week: Monday: Music, Tuesday: P.E., Wednesday: Spanish, Thursday: Art, Friday: P.E.

A date to remember: APRIL 19th 5:00-9:00pm at Yogo-ono, off Chastain Road! KCSMA is having a fundraiser night. The class with the most class participation gets a prize! See you there! :)

Academic Update:

Literacy:
We started a new unit this week called: Spring! We made the cutest rain boots and kites to get our room ready for spring!

Math: We are still in our chapter on graphing. We will have our math test at the end of next week.

Science: Elianna's dad came and taught us an awesome lesson on magnets. Some of his magnets were bigger than our little hands! The class LOVED it! Pictures will come soon! We have also been talking a lot about plants and parts of a plant.

Have a great week off, rest up and enjoy your time off! :)