I hope your weekend was pleasant and that you're enjoying some of the signs of spring (especially after that first day of spring snow we had)! Here are a few items of note as well as the plans for our upcoming week.
- The New Danville auction, our biggest event of the year, is this Friday! If you haven't signed up yet to volunteer, I know we could use some more help to make the evening run smoothly.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0544adac29a4f94-newdanville
If you have trouble with the sign-up, contact me and we will find a good fit for you. :) Please also note that there is a 12:30 dismissal on Friday so final preparations can be made for the big evening.
- We have 2 volunteers to help our class with the school trip to fill food packs on April 10, but need at least 3 more volunteers. Below is additional information about this exciting opportunity for students to serve other around the world.
As you may remember, our Christmas project this school year was collecting money for Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) We are happy to report that we collected approximately $2,200! The next step in this project is to partner with Willow Street Mennonite Church to actually pack the food bags for FMSC.
On Friday, April 10, all students in grades K-5 will travel to the church for this project. We also would like to have approx. 25 parent volunteers join us from 9-11 a.m. If you are available to help, please contact me.
Parents should plan to meet at the church no later than 8:45 a.m. on April 10. The event will be finished by11:00 a.m. The church address is 399 East Penn Grant Rd. Willow Street PA 17584
A Peek At Our Week:
- Math --- We will continue our study of fractions with a variety of hands-on activities. The students are doing a great job with understanding equal parts and seem to have a great deal of enthusiasm for this unit.
- Bible --- As Easter approaches, we will turn our focus to the events leading up to Jesus' death and resurrection. We will compare and contrast the feelings surrounding these events and concentrate on the hope Jesus gave us.
- Science --- Students will use several meteorologist tools to study wind before we move on in our science unit to a focus on the phases of the moon.
- Language Arts --- Last week, we introduced procedural writing (referred to as "how to" writing in class) in Writer's Workshop. This type of writing is a breath of fresh air for all of us after focusing on personal narratives for so long. We will continue with this type of writing for several more weeks. Our reading skill this week is summarizing. To keep things interesting, we will use plants a the thematic element to focus our reading.
Here are a few snapshots of the fun from last week. Enjoy!
Students practice naming fractions of a whole with graham crackers. Yum!
Each student also made a cookie booklet that shows equal parts (halves, thirds, fourths, etc.) inside. We use these throughout the week to tell fraction stories.
We played Fraction Bingo on Friday for some fun and additional practice. The group discussion and repetition was great!
Students used bubbles to observe the wind movement and make discoveries about where wind can go.
We took the opportunity to use a puddle in the parking lot to discuss evaporation and where water goes after it rains.
During this activity, students watched a Schoolhouse Rock video to learn about and identify pronouns. We're still working on it, but this was a fun way to add some excitement to grammar!
Here you can see the beginning stages of our "how-to" writing. Students are very excited to continue their work on these pieces and share what they know how to do!
