short but sweet

This has been a short sunny week! (only two days)  We have accomplished so much in these days.  As we ended our Australia theme we are sending home their Australia theme pages today.  If your child has some to finish they can do them at home or on their days off this week.  They do not need to bring them back to school.  We had such a busy theme they might need to finish some pages.  We have now moved on to Fairy Tales & Folktales!!!  This theme will only last about three weeks but it is definitely one of the favorites!

The children sorted facts that are real or fantasy.  Then, they wrote their final answers down on paper.

 The children made thank you cards for Mr. Long for his wonderful presentation on Australia.

 Miss Fate introduced the story The Little Red Hen & showed the children how to understand story elements such as: characters, setting, problem & solution. 

 Mrs. Waller reviewed 100's board work with the children to help improve their number sense.

 Miss Fate had a Math Easter Egg Hunt around the room with the kids.  They had to find the eggs, open them up, read the problem and then solve the problem on their recording sheets.  The math problems were all review questions over all the concepts we have learned about this year!  They all said, "This is so much fun!"

 Social Studies--Mrs. Waller's Wonderful Power Point unravelled clues.  Then, the children had to guess the Fairy Tale.  It was such a fun creative way to introduce our new theme!

The 3 Little Pigs

Rapunzel

The Ugly Duckling!

Carter has always been interested in Greek Mythology.  Carter did an amazing presentation on Greek Mythology for both classes.  He dressed up, created a Medusa Head and did an entire presentation & speech.  We were so proud of him.  Way to go Carter!!!

The excitement.......is coming......

Medusa Head...

Thanks to the Cultural Arts committee for our special presentation of "Zoomobile" that came from the Kansas City Zoo to show us and tell us about some Australian Animals.

Kane Toad

Sugar Glider

Sugar Glider's unite!

The Easter Bunny visited the children & gave them jelly beans today!

REMINDERS:

We will send the Spelling words home this Tuesday and have the test the following Friday, April 13th.


APRIL 4TH & 5TH: parent/teacher conferences. See you then!

APRIL 6TH: Good Friday, No School. HAPPY EASTER!

APRIL 9TH: For our 50th Anniversary celebration we will be taking a picture up on the field in the shape of a big 50! Your child will need to have a plain white shirt to wear for this event. It will need to be at school by April 9th, we will keep it in their cubbies. If you can send the shirt in before the 9th, that would be great!

APRIL 18TH: First grade field trip to LAKESIDE NATURE Center....more information to come.

APRIL 19TH: Transition night from 6-7pm. Come up to school & meet the second grade teachers!

We have had a great week! We look forward to seeing you all next week at parent/teacher conferences. Have a great weekend & a Happy Easter.
Love, Mrs. Waller and Miss Fate