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Newsletter for Week of May 19th, 2014 = Week in Review = On Tuesday, May 20th we will be enjoying our entire day at LCM, beginning once again with a liturgy celebrating good times and good sportsmanship in our annual. The children know the rainbow team they will be on and the teacher that will be in charge of their group. Please have your child dressed for the weather on that day and wear as much of that team's color as possible. Everyone will meet at LCM, **WEAR SUNSCREEN NO MATTER WHAT THE SKIES LOOK LIKE,** DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD'S BACKPACK OR LUNCH THAT DAY, and finally wish us a wonderful time with our entire school family. We have enjoyed being introduced to our final science unit, Pebble, Sand, and Silt. The children are becoming more independent on their investigations while working with a partner. We have been thrilled to bring in our rock collections. We have been thinking of every possible property to describe them through concentrated observations. The children love assuming the role of a geologist. // It will be held in Dominiak Hall and we will meet the dads there. // **Mrs. Melichar has been practicing** the musical with our class. You have received that invitation as well and I must tell you how very much the children have loved this experience. You are more than welcome to attend "A Year With Frog and Toad," based on the book by Arnold Lobel on Monday, June 2nd at 12:45 p.m. in Dominiak Hall. Each child has been practicing their lines and songs for several weeks and they cannot wait until the performance. **Reading** This week and into next week, we will read "Dot and Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery". We will be introduced to new information. Most notably, we will learn about open and closed syllables (an open syllable is a syllable that ends with a vowel and a closed syllable ends with a consonant) and the term homophone.
 * Our Father's Day breakfast invitations** have gone home and now we can begin to turn our sights to Dad. I truly hope Dads have been monitoring its date from our calendar over the past few months. We hope they are excited for the date to arrive. **//Our Father's Day Breakfast is on Friday, May 30th at 8:30 a.m.//**

Vocabulary for "Dot and Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery " dull...swift...feature...habit...understand ...been...insects...protects,,,senses before...gone...searching...invisible...clues...sudden...spider...jumping looking...waiting...stopping...running...planning

**Math** We are beginning our final Math unit. It will concentrate on numerous ways story problems are written and the best practices to solve them accurately. We also begin 2-digit addition and subtraction this year. It will be without regrouping, but this is where our math facts practice really pays off.

**Riddles of the Week** Because it was a good batter. It split!
 * Why did the cake like to play baseball?**
 * What did the banana do when it heard the ice scream?**

= Important Dates =  May 20th....................Mass at LCM/Rainbow Olympics (May 22nd-rain date) May 21st....................Map testing begins for us (W/TH/F/T) May 23rd....................Early Release 11:30 a.m. May 26th....................No school, Memorial Day May 30th....................**Father's Day Breakfast** in LCT-Dominiak Hall, **8:30 a.m.** June 2nd....................Out of uniform for the remainder of the year June 2nd....................**Frog and Toad performance at 12:45 Dominiak Hall** June 6th.....................Early Release-Last Day of School