News & Notes {and measurement fun!}

Hello!

I trust your Easter break was refreshing!  As the lengthy weekend comes to an end, I am turning my attention to this upcoming short week of school and the last quarter of school before summer 

vacation.  

---The big event for this week is the food packing event on Friday.  Below are the details.  If you have volunteered to chaperone, please meet at the address below.  :)

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 by 11:00 a.m.

The church address is 399 East Penn Grant Rd. Willow Street PA 17584​

---Our class field trip is scheduled for May 4th.  We are planning to visit the Museum School.  More details to come next week.

A Peek At Our Week:

- Math --- We will continue our work with measuring, focusing on perimeter of shapes.  

- Bible --- Our focus will return to Jesus' call of the disciples.

- Language Arts --- Our short week will be spent reviewing last week's concepts, continuing with sharks to keep things interesting.  ;)

- Science --- We will begin to wrap up our science unit on the moon phases and weather.

Below are a few pictures from the past two weeks.  Enjoy!

 Playing the "Equal Fractions" game.  :)

 Using 2nd graders to measure the room, creating the opportunity to discuss the need for standard units of measurement.

 Practicing our measuring by getting some hands-on time with the meter sticks.

Practicing using the measuring tape to measure head size with cm.

 Talking about how pinwheels are like anemometers to measure wind speed.