Looking Ahead:

• May 17: Ms. Lisa’s Kindergarten Completion Celebration 11:00-11:30 am in the library (parents are invited)
• May 20: 1st grade class visit (we will briefly meet the 1st grade teachers)
• May 20: Practice eating lunch at school. Our class will have the opportunity to eat lunch in the lunchroom to prepare for 1st grade! We will be introduced to the lunchroom procedures, practice going through the lunch line (if choosing school lunch), eat at the tables, and clean up. (Indicate lunch choice and sign up to volunteer here).
• May 21: Field Trip to the Children’s Treehouse Museum (*NOTE Class Time Change: School will be held from 11-2 that day–for our class only)
  • School: 11:00-2:00; Museum: 12-1:30
• May 22: Field day
• May 23: K-2 talent show and yearbook signing
• May 24: Last day of school

Here’s a quick overview of new things we learned this week:

Comprehension strategy/skill: “Reread” and “Topic and Details”. We read several different texts to go along with our theme: “Protect Our Earth: What ideas can you suggest to protect the environment?”

High Frequency Words (Power Words): Review #31-40

Sound and spelling review: reviewed long /a/ and long /i/ (spelled a_e and i_e)

Vocabulary: environment, protect, encourage, recycle, wisely

Science: This week our class observed an interesting experiment that uses the heat of the sun. We discovered that a car in the sun gets hot enough to melt marshmallows and chocolate to make a sticky treat called a s’more!