Bye Bye Butterflies

Our 5 caterpillars completed their transformation. We released them in our school garden this afternoon. 

Final Mystery Reader

We had our last mystery reader of the year. Thank you all for making our Friday afternoons so special!

Concert!

Our concert was fantastic!

Last Peek at the Week

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, May 23	B Day Art & Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Reading: Butterfly Wings Poem
Tuesday, May 24	C Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math Sheet
Wednesday, May 25	D Day Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Scholastic News:  Seahorse
Thursday, May 26	E Day Spanish	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math Sheet
Friday May 27	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Highlights Letter

Homework ends this week.  So this will probably be the last weekly newsletter.  Please keep this newsletter because the calendar below has all the dates/times for the special events leading up to the last day of first grade!

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May 23-June 16

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
23 Art/Music	24 Gym	25 Music	26 Spanish Concert @ 2:30 Last night of homework!	27 Library
30 Memorial Day No School	31Gym	1 Art/Music	2 Gym	3 Music Poet Pallooza @ 2:30
6 Spanish	7  Library Field Day @ 1:15-2:45	8  Gym	9 Art/Music	10 Gym
13 Music	14 Spanish Flag Day Spirit Day Wear Red, White & Blue	15 Library	16 Gym Last Day! Early Dismissal	J

Game Day!

We had fun playing cards and board games!

Mystery Reader

ET was excited to have her mom come in as a reader. 

Peek at the Week of May 16-20

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, May 16	C Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Reading: Spring Reading Response
Tuesday, May 17	D Day Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: Challenging Story Problems (you can take 2 nights)
Wednesday, May 18	E Day Spanish	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: finish math packet from Tuesday night
Thursday, May 19	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Scholastic News:  Sloth cover
Friday May 20	A Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Highlights Letter

CONCERT

We will start rehearsing for next week’s First Grade Concert.  The concert will be held in the Common Room on Thursday, May 26^th at 2:30. 

POETRY CELEBRATION

We have been having fun writing poems and will soon be selecting our very best poems which we will share with our parents at a celebration called “Poet Pallooza” on Friday, June 3^rd at 2:30.

HOMEWORK

I have told the class that we will have homework up to Memorial Weekend. So that means there will be homework this week and next week.

UPCOMING DATES

·         Thursday 5/26 First Grade Concert @ 2:30

·         Friday 6/3 Poet Pallooza @ 2:30

·         Tuesday 6/7 Field Day @ 1:15-2:45

·         Tuesday 6/14 Flag Day Spirit Day (wear red, white & blue)

·         Thursday 6/16 Last Day of School/Report Cards come home

Peek at the Week of May 9-13

DATE	SPECIAL	HOMEWORK
Monday, May 9	D Day Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Reading: Spring Reading Response
Tuesday, May 10	E Day Spanish	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math: CC 41 & 42
Wednesday, May 11	F Day Library	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2. Scholastic News:  Red, Ripe Strawberries
Thursday, May 12	A Day Gym	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Math:  CC 43 & 44
Friday May 13	B Day Art & Music	1.  Read for at least 10 minutes & log your minutes 2.  Highlights Letter

CAPTAIN 

Everyone has had their second turn being a weekly captain so we will do a “Captain of the Day” instead of the “Captain of the Week”. 

SCHOLASTIC NEWS

This Wednesday night there is a new homework assignment.  I will be sending home a Scholastic News magazine with your child to read and do the activity page on the back. 

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY

I want to wish all my class moms a very happy mother’s day!  Your child made a fun card which I hope they remembered to give to you!

UPCOMING DATES

·         Thursday 5/26 First Grade Concert @ 2:30

·         Friday 6/3 Poet Pallooza @ 2:30

·         Tuesday 6/7 Field Day @ 1:15-2:45

·         Tuesday 6/14 Flag Day Spirit Day (wear red, white & blue)

·         Thursday 6/16 Last Day of School

Mystery Reader

RC was excited to see his mom walk in the door!

Derby Day!

Check out our hats!

Mystery Reader

SH was excited to have her mom as a mystery reader!