I can't believe that we are nearing the end of the school year! We have a few things coming up that I wanted to let you know about. First, a reminder that our field trip to the zoo is on May 24. Please send your child's money in as soon as possible. Second, we are going to be walking to the Hudsonville Public Library in the afternoon on June 5. We will be taking a tour of the library and hearing about their reading program for the summer. For those of you who don't live in the city of Hudsonville, I am going to try to connect with Georgetown library to get information to pass out as well. I will have a parapro going with me. If you have any questions, please let me know. Lastly, sometime at the end of May, we will be having our Ice-Cream party to celebrate our Ice-Cream math facts! The kids have done well in learning their math facts so we are going to celebrate their success!!! This will be done with just myself and the kids during the afternoon sometime.
We are in the thick of things in all areas of our day. In reading we are working on learning more about characters in our books and how we can write about what we are reading. We are being "Super Reading Detectives" to find tough clues on how the characters are feeling and why. We are also working on reading with a storytellers voice. Also, our book clubs are well underway and the kids are doing amazing with taking ownership of their role in the club and doing well discussing the books with each other. They should be so proud!!!
In writing we are continuing with our non-fiction research projects. The kids have all finished at least one book already. They are learning how to put a non-fiction book together using a table of contents and headings. Each section of the book needs to have only facts that fit that heading. They are also learning how to research a topic using a computer and books. It has been fun to watch the kids write these books and they are having so much fun!
In math we are working on 3-D shapes and how we can put those shapes together to make new shapes and structures. We will also be moving to measuring this coming week. We will be taking our test in about a week or so. This will cover time to the hour and half hour, halves and fourths, 3-D shapes, and measurements.
Hope you all have a great week!