12 inches in a foot....

12 inches in a foot
3 feet in a yard
A yard is 36 inches
now that's not very hard
We'll go on a measuring spree

Be my partner

You can measure it with me
Sam blow your horn
(Sing to the tune of I've been working on the railroad)
Our friend, Sam B. helped me with this song to help us remember measurement. It's catchy!!!

We are all about measuring everything this time of year in Math. We had 24 stations for the students to measure things and record the measurements. We had one person get them all correct!

Measuring things to the nearest half inch proved a little bit more challenging. Put a ruler in your child's hand and give them practice.

Integrated Language was about plurals, fairy tales and folk tales this week. We made plural booklets using our spelling words. Everyone was stumped when we talked about exceptions to the plurals rules: what is the plural for hippopotamus??? Tess H. apparently knew . Her daughter asked her and she got it!! Congrats!

Scrambled sentences from our fairy tales were fun to figure out. These students work so well in pairs. Mrs. Marquette has been holding plays in the commons with the fairy tales. They loved it so much last week she decided to repeat them this week, only mixed up which plays they read. She is amazed with their reading ability. She knows first graders love to act and take turns reading lines.

Easter baskets arrived in Mrs. Wiedeman's class. In one center the students had to record the place value of the underlined number inside the egg and place the egg in the right basket.

Banners have arrived and they are fun! We are in the middle of listening to each other's talk about the fairy tale they read and their banners.

Chapel this week was about the fruits of the spirit. Ask your child how to sing the fruits of the spirit song.

Lakeside Nature Center had owls, snakes, skins, pelts, squirrels, and rabbits... to see and touch. That was just the inside. We took a great hike through their Fox Trail and we just got outside and enjoyed! It was a great day. The leader inside asked the students to just ask questions that she hadn't talked about. Holy cow! They did!! Not one question had been talked about already. They all could tell our leader how they knew she was holding an owl. Ryan knew where the Great Horned Owl's ears were.

She was holding this magnificent creature. She told about how some fishermen found this baby owl and had tried to find it's nest. Not having success with that they brought the baby to the Lakeside Nature Center for help. The owl is now 1 year old and cannot survive in the outdoors because of a defect in it's eye. The Center had to get special permission to care for this owl. It is against the law to cage or own an owl.

ITs' time to order school supplies for next year!!! You may purchase a school supply pack for next fall. The packets are ordered through Innisbrook School Supplies and are priced at the school's cost. This opportunity is offered as a convenience for St. Paul's families. Parents are free to choose the supply pack or shop on their own. Oder dates: 4/18-11- 5/6/11

The order forms and school supply lists are available on the St. Paul's website. Go to speds website.

On Friday May 6th directly following all school chapel, we will be planting two butterfly gardens along the backside of the north building. ECC and Primary children will help with the planting so please make sure they wear clothing that can get dirty. You are welcome to stop by and check out the fun!!!!

Look for more pictures from Friday's Fairy Tale fun and Haiti lemonade stand.