Final Week of Ocean Animals

We had one last week of studying ocean animals: sea turtles, crabs, lobsters, & octopi! We've been comparing each new animal with previous animals we've learned.. focusing on the differences between fish, mammals, and crustaceans.

One of their favorite activities we did this week was measuring whales with Mr. Dan's big tape measure!

We had to go all the way out the door because our hallway wasn't big enough for some of the whales! They thought this was crazy! :)

We had some fun predicting the snow on Wednesday:

Because if it's going to snow in April, we may as well have some fun with it...

We had some fun in the learning commons when we were stuck inside for indoor recess. These 3 persevered to figure out this tricky puzzle!

& Lastly, we got ready to start our new unit where we will be researching and writing "All About" books about the farm animals we picked:

Ask Your Child About:

-Phonics: digraphs, vowel teams, diphthongs

-Phonemic Awareness: syllables, segmenting, sound manipulation

-Writing: What things are on our writing checklist? What are things good writers do? Which farm animal did you pick for your research?

-Reading: re-reading when it doesn't make sense!

-Science: living things: ocean animals! Which animal is the longest? Which ocean animals are mammals? How do you know?

-Math: Story word problems- addition & subtraction! Is there a more efficient way to solve the problem?

FYI/Important Dates:

-Field trip permission slips & instructions on how to pay online using MySchoolBucks went home in Thursday folders! It's also attached to my email. These are due Thursday, April 18th!

-No School Friday, April 19th! Comp. day

-i-Ready Reading testing is on April 22nd

-Our field trip is THURSDAY, April 25th!

-i-Ready Math testing is on April 29th

-Parent input forms for next year went out in an email from MVE on Wednesday! Please fill these out ASAP if you'd like to do one.

-Games Day is May 10th.

-Graduation is Friday, May 24th at 9:30 AM (Request off work now! :) If needed)

Have a wonderful weekend!

With SO much love,

Ms. Ham