Week+of+Mar.+26th,+2012



Newsletter for Week of Mar. 26th, 2012

= Week in Review = Last weekend, even though our intentions were great, a wee little man got in our room, danced the jig all over our desks, left us a sweet little treat and a sassy little note. He must have looked around in our trap but escaped for another year. As many children said, "He was just naughty!" Oh my! Now this week we have worked very hard to get 5 days of work into our shortened 4 day week, yet we had just enough time to begin reading a story named __Flat Stanley__, which is a story of the adventures of a boy who gets flattened by a bulletin board in his room and has the opportunity to travel even through the mail, because he is so flat. Next week your child will be bringing home the details to our Flat Stanley Project, which will emphasize the map skills we have been learning about.

//With the change in quarters, the children will soon be asked to add to their personal wiki from home, with a weekly assignment. We have been practicing over the past four weeks and with the help of a video produced by Mrs. Yingling, most questions should be answered and additional support given as needed. What I need from you is to be made aware of whether your child will have access to a computer in your home. Many children have told me that they have already accessed their wiki from home. PLEASE ADVISE ME OF YOUR OWN SITUATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO I WILL KNOW HOW TO PROCEED.//

**Reading** When we return from our vacation we will be reading the non-fiction story, "A Tiger Grows Up" It is going to tell us how a cub will need get ready to adapt in order to return to the wild. The photographs are wonderful. We will work on sequencing our story as we did this past week in order to retell it in order. We will also be working on additional diphthongs--//oi and oy. We will also be introduced to prepositions this week. We have always been using them, not knowing what they have been called. This is far advanced from prior first grade skills. We totally enjoyed our Read and Treat this week. The stories and treat rose to the excitement level of the children. // Vocabulary for "A Tiger Cub Grows Up" mature...newborn...remain...process...slender ...cub...wild...enough...air... learn...open...eyes...cub...noise...spoil...joy...coin...join...toy...boy

**Religion**  This week we met with Father Aaron in the church to learn about all of the church and some of the symbols of Baptism. We were great listeners and extremely inquisitive. We were able to see what Father has in the Sacristy, too. Next week we will complete our unit on the sacraments and specifically Baptism. Stop by our Mary Garden to see all the beauty of an early spring, which as changed so dramatically in only one week. = = = Math = =As we begin Chapter 19 we will continue to work on addition and subtraction strategies, with an emphasis using fact families for the addition and subtraction facts. If you can remember months past it would be ** 3, 5, and 8.... **5+3=8, 3+5=8, 8-3=5, and 8-5=3. Now the families will be up to 20. =

**Vocabulary for Unit 5 - Operations, Money, and Time** doubles...make a ten...doubles plus one...number line...subtract...difference...more...  fewer...compare...fact family...related facts...rule...penny...cent...nickel...⊄...dime...  quarter...dollar...$...equal amounts...hour...minute hand...hour hand...minutes... half hour...year...month...morning...afternoon...evening Riddles of the Week **Why did the chocolate egg hide from the sun?** It didn't want to melt.

Eggs (x) marks the spot. **Important Dates** Mar. 30th........Seussical Fieldtrip Apr. 5th...........Early release <span style="font-size: 90%; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Apr. 6th...........Good Friday <span style="font-size: 90%; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Apr. 8th...........Easter Sunday <span style="font-size: 90%; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Apr. 6-15th......Easter Break <span style="font-size: 90%; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Apr. 18th.........Birthday Blessings <span style="font-size: 90%; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Apr. 20th.........Special bus routes <span style="font-size: 90%; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Apr. 25th.........Class Mass
 * How can you tell where the Easter Bunny has been?**