Calendar Changes

As we approach the end of the year I wanted to make you aware of some some activities and calendar changes due to snow days.  Mark your calendars!

 

*May 28th - End of the Year Celebration / Report Cards will be sent home!

 

*May 29th - Track and Field Day!  Notes were sent home this week about this fun day!  Students will need signed permission slips to participate. (Last Day for Students!)

 

*May 30th - Teachers' Institute

Let there be LIGHT!

This week we began  studying electricity and magnets in Science.  I am not a big fan of electricity.  It may have something to do with a past experience as a small child involving an extension cord, a vacuum, and...my mouth!  NOT GOOD!  But I am still alive to talk about it today and the story ends with a trip to get ice cream!  (Thanks Mom!) Anyways, back to Science...!  Today we experimented with creating our own electrical circuits.  Here are some pictures.

 

 

Stduents discovered that the metal paper clip is a conductor.

 

The rail in our room is also a conductor; however, the pencil did not light the bulb.

 

This circuit had a switch  to turn the light on and off.  We deicided it was a good day to be able to produce our own electrical current and turn some light on....just in case the power went out! 

 

Spring...Where are you?

We created these "Works of Art" yesterday in preparation for the 1st Day of Spring!  Hello, Spring, where are you?  It has been a long, cold winter and I am ready for some nice weather.  How about you?  Apparently, Spring did not get the same message!  Well, enjoy looking at these beautiful irises until you can see the real thing!

 

*I have not forgotten the Animal Power Point Presentations.  I am still working on these.

Dr. Seuss and Help (Anyone?!)

Well, I am still working on getting the Animal Power Point Presentations ready to post.  I have loaded them into Google Docs but am having difficulty getting the embed code so they will appear on a blog post.  Can anyone help?  I have scoped the web, and it seems that the code should be 'right there' but it is not!  I am determined though! 

 

In the meantime, here are some Dr. Seuss-like fish for you to check out!  I just love Dr. Seuss.  So many books teaching kids how to read!  My favorite is Oh, The Places You'll Go.  I don't think I read this book until about 5 years ago...but it could have taught me a meaningful lesson or two along life's bumpy road!  What is your favorite Dr. Seuss book?  Dr. Seuss's birthday was March 2nd so we created these fish to honor him!  Enjoy!

 

 



Rock the ISATs!

Tomorrow will be the first day of our ISAT Tests!  I told the darlings that we have worked hard all year and it is time to "Show what you know!"  To help your child do their best, please be sure they get a good nights rest and a healthy breakfast to get their brains alert!  They may not know EVERY question on the test.  Some questions may seem easy...some questions may seem hard!  I encourage them to take their time, use the strategies we have talked about and TRY THEIR BEST!  And no matter what, I will be proud!!

 

Here is the poster that will appear on our during during test time!

 

 

Animal Extravanganza

 

Students gave their animal presentations during our Animal Extravaganza.  No Extravaganza is complete without Jungle Juice (lemonade) and Animal Crackers.  I enjoyed watching the creative ways students chose to present.  May had props, photographs, or drawings.  During computers students created power point presentations to share the new information they learned.  They are putting the finishing touches on them now!  I look forward to putting these on the blog so you can see how hard they worked!  Check back next week!

 

*Reminder: There is a link on a previous post that will take you directly to the survey.  It only takes a couple minutes! 

 

Have a great weekend!!

PFS Trivia Night and Beach Basket!

Have you ever participated in PFS's Trivia Night?! If not, it is a ton of fun! And all the money raised goes to PFS (Parents for Students), which means it goes to our kids because PFS funds a portion of our field trips, supplies for students and teachers, and extra programs. They have also purchased technology for us!  This year PFS Trivia Night is April 13th...mark your calendars and get your team together!  They will have many items that will be raffled off that night.

Our Third Grade is sponsoring a basket for the raffle.  Our theme will be a Beach/Summer Fun!  We wanted to let you in on the fun too!  If you would like to donate to this basket, you may send a beach or summer item (new) or a monetary donation and we will purchase items for it…any little bits helps, even a couple of dollars.  Below are some ideas for items to include in our basket.  I am sure your child can come up with even more!  Please have items or monetary donations to school by Wednesday, March 20^th.

Ideas: beach towels, balls, bubbles, pool toys, sunglasses, sidewalk chalk, etc. (We already have sun block.)

Thanks for your help!