Schedule for 5/18 - 5/22

M - Gym

T - Music

W - Art, Computer, 1st grade visit, All school picture

Th - Gym & Media (last time to check out books)

F -Music, Yearbook Signing party, Shark celebration in Media center

Our letter this week is Q (our last letter!) and new sight word is where.  The students have been introduced to each sight word at this point and over the next two weeks I'll be reviewing them will the class and assessing each student.  

On Wednesday the Kindergarten classes will be switching with the 1st grade students. Kindergarten students will be meeting with all of the 1st grade teachers for 20 minutes to hear about what they'll be learning in 1st grade!  

We will be taking our All school picture on Wednesday.  Please make sure to send your child to school with their Blue Ribbon shirt!

Have a great week!

Schedule for 5/11 - 5/15

M - Music
T - Art
W - Gym, Computer, Dog Bite awareness assembly
Th - Music & Media
F - Art

This week we will be working on the letter X and our new sight word is look. In math we will continue to practice addition.

Have a great week!

Poem in Your Pocket

Today Mrs. Williams gave each student a poem to keep in their pocket to help celebrate National Poetry month. Check out THIS site to learn more about the Poem in Your Pocket program. We'll be writing poems with our 4th grade buddies this afternoon!

Three Billy Goats

Today we listened to THIS version of The Three Billy Goats Gruff and did an activity that gave the students a chance to retell the story.  Click the butterfly in the lower right hand corner to hear the story. 

On a completely unrelated note, here's the trailer for Where The Wild Things Are.  Is anyone else eager for the wild rumpus to begin???

Earth Day

Schedule for 4/20 - 4/24

M - Music
T - Art
W - Gym & Computer & Earth Day
Th - Music, Statewide tornado drill @ 1:45
F - Art & Media
S - Shirley Hills Spring Carnival!!!

Due to testing in 3rd and 4th grade, our Media time will be switched to Friday this week. So you have one extra day to enjoy the current book you have! This week we are working on the letter N, our sight word is it, and word family is -ip. We will continue to practice measurement in math this week.

The carnival will be this Saturday from 11:00 - 3:00. Please come and enjoy the food, fun, and games. Also, be sure to check out the silent auction in the Media Center. All proceeds from the carnival will directly benefit Shirley Hills. Thanks to everyone for bringing in coffee and tea items for our classroom basket!

This Wednesday is Earth Day. K-1 students made a pledge to Mrs. Swanson to do something on Wednesday to make a difference. The students decided to spend the day without using electricity in our classroom! No lights, no listening center, no SmartBoard. We'll be hand delivering our attendance to the office and I will be giving up the use of my computer for the day! Check back later in the week for more about Earth Day!

Hindsight

Thought I'd share a poem that I came across in another teacher's blog that I read.  This time of year is typically somewhat stressful for me as I try to fit everything in before the year is over.  This poem serves as a good reminder that I need to slow down and enjoy the 20 little ones that I get to spend my days with!

Hindsight

If I had my children to raise all over again,

I'd finger-paint more, and point the fingers less.

I would do less correcting and more connecting.

I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.

I would care to know less and know to care more.

I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.

I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.

I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.

I'd do more hugging and less tugging.

I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later.

I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.

I'd teach less about the love of power,

And more about the power of love.