April 20

The children enjoyed learning about Alaska and Hawaii last week. This week we will be reading about Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas, and North Dakota. We will be learning about the Western Meadowlark and the Baltimore Oriole birds. Last week the students did an excellent job observing and drawing a flowering Impatien.
In gardening we will be planting zucchini and tomatoes. We are also planning to collect leaves and make leaf rubbings to place in the hall.
In phonics we will be practicing how to write the lowercase “y”. We will also write words that start with the letter “y” in our picture/journals. The children did a great job learning how to write sentences in their Primary Phonics workbooks. This week we will continue to practice writing sentences.
Students are working hard at learning how to count dimes and nickels. We will continue to practice this in class. We will also be working on recognizing numbers up to 100. Please be practicing this at home. The children are working hard at learning how to do subtraction. We will be learning how to write the minus and equal signs in our workbooks.
In Art/Music we will continue to practice the “Sunflower” song. We will be coloring the Black-Eyed Susan flower. We will also be dancing to classical music with the colored scarves.
Our field trip to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is this Thursday. We will visit the Living in Space Exhibit, which is located on the first floor of the Cowgirl Museum. We will eat lunch at school as usual and leave for the Museum at 10:30. The cost for adults and children is $3.00. This is a special group price, so please let us know if you plan to attend. Please turn in your money to me by Wednesday. A field trip permission sheet will be posted in the hall.