May 18 - 22

On Monday we got to look in an ambulance and learn about how people can get to the hospital.  The paramedic showed how they monitor someone's heart and blood pressure, as well as how the stretcher works.  He also emphasized the importance of wearing a bike helmet and calling 911 to get help in an emergency.  The class made some beautiful thank you cards for all of the service people who have come to our school over the past two weeks.

In math we continued to study patterns on the 100 grid and compared fractions using a strip of paper divided into different numbers of equal parts.  Many students were confused that the bigger the denominator, the smaller the piece, but they could understand that you would get a smaller piece if you share an apple with ten people versus with two people.  We also studied fractions using cardboard pizzas with slices labeled in fractions.  We have also played some interactive money and fraction games using the Smartboard.


In reading we have been looking at words with "ai" that have the long a sound.  We made a new display to read when people are waiting to use the bathroom.  We listened to ourselves reading our poems on Voicethread and we have been practicing all of our reading strategies and studying synonyms, compound words, contractions and putting words in alphabetical order.


We had a big beautiful moth rest on our window screen for two days.  At choice time many students are showing their creativity in making clothing, masks, and even an obstacle course for caterpillars!  We have been going outside to enjoy the spring weather every few days instead of having choice time for the last 20 minutes of the day.  At recess and PE many children have been playing soccer.  I showed them a way to pick teams so no one felt left out by choosing cards labeled 1 or 2 from a bowl.  The emotions have been running high during these games and we have had several talks about respecting the people on both teams and calming down when you get frustrated.


Our new words of the week are: brother, he, night, them, quit


We wrote our words on the driveway outside.  It is very hot in our classroom in the afternoon!  Please dress your child in LAYERS so he/she is comfortable all day and you are welcome to pack SUNSCREEN for your child to put on before recess.




Next Friday (May 29) we will be going to Taughannock Falls State Park with our Kids Discover the Trail partner class from Northeast Elementary!   We will walk the trail to the falls, have a picnic (bag) lunch by the lake, and then play on the playground.  Any and all family members are welcome to join us.   There is some room on the bus, so let me know if you want to ride with us or meet us there.

No school on Monday, May 25 (Memorial Day)

Save the date for the first grade concert: 

Thursday June 4, 10:15-10:45 in the Annex gym.

You're welcome to stay and visit with your child 

during lunch in our room from 10:45-11:15.