The end of May!

What a wet and windy week, but we had a lot of fun in class. We have continued to work on our ocean unit and the class researched whales, sharks, and dolphins! The coming week will bring about an end to our ocean unit, but the diorama is not due until June 10th. This coming Friday is our class field trip and I will be calling all chaperones prior to leaving to make sure we are all set for the adventure! Any questions on the end of the year activities and events please feel free to call me.

Its finally hot in May!

We have finally reached some significant milestones, that all of the children are excited about. And that is the end of weekly reading and spelling tests. We have plenty of engaging activities that the students will be involved with to end the year, but this news brought lots of smiles to everyone's face. In this weeks homework folder I included some information about an at home project that I would like each student to participate in. The project is an Ocean Diorama! We have went over some examples in class and I even added some to our home page for reference points. The class has been learning about the ocean (including whales, sharks, dolphins, and starfish) and this is a great project to take some of that learning home to share with you. The project is optional, but it would be great if everyone was involved. The due date will be June 10th and I want to put them on display in the library. Any questions please contact me!

May continues...

This week we come to a close for the weekly testing! We will still send home a variety of homework till the end of the year, but the end result will be for either review or a few other classroom activities we have planned. This coming Friday is also the Jog-A-Thon and if you would like to volunteer, please contact Mr. Thummel quickly. The permission slip for Tolmie State Park field trip went home in this weeks homework folder. Please have it signed and returned by May 20th. If you would like to be a chaperone (I need at least 5), please contact me soon so we can set the trip up! This weeks vocabulary words are: able, eye, present, and thoughts. This weeks spelling words are: deepest, newer, faster, richer, highest, warmest, kindest, and smaller. We are working on adding endings to words and extra practice at home will definitely be needed. Keep working hard till the end of the school year!

May!

What a fun start to the month of May. The building was treated by the para-professionals as they helped bring "Teacher Appreciation Week" to Parkside. They themed the building around NASCAR and the the students got to see myself, Mr. Williams, and Mr. Thummel race around the gym. We truly have a great and caring staff here at Parkside, this past week was awesome! Be prepared for the Jog-A-Thon! It will be on Friday, May 20th. This is Parksides only fundraiser of the year and we count on it to help with all the wonderful extra things we try to provide our students. This weeks homework words are against, already, begin, caught, minute, and above. These words may look familiar because they were accidently added to last weeks list. This weeks spelling is still based on the r-controlled concept and this week it is the ar sound. The words this week: arm, far, car, start, dark, yard, large, and jar. Make sure to practice hard every night!