Hi parents!

Here is what we did today!

Our baby chicks are hatching! Only 2 have hatched so far. (Yahna)

We did our poem. It was called I’m a Little Chicken. (Abigail)

We put the baby chicks in a big cardboard box. We made a window. They have food and water. There is also a heat lamp to give them light and heat. (Maggie and Elizabeth)

We had Daily 5. We did 2 choices. (Brendan)

We had library. We didn’t go to the lab we went to Makerspace lab. We played a fun game. We took little bots and we could control them. We practiced on paper. The fast one was blue, green, and red. The slow one was red, green, and blue. (Eshan)

We did writing. We wrote about the chicks. (Kayleigh)

We did writing. We did Monday News. We wrote what we did on the weekend. (Bennett)

We had math. We did our subtraction story problems. (Anders)

We did read aloud. We read a book about chicks. (Landon)

We had lunch and recess. (Mila)

On May 12th, we will have a special music program called How Does Your Garden Grow. We are asking that you please send in a t-shirt in a plastic bag with your child’s name on it by Friday the 28th! I know this is a fast turnaround. If you do not want to buy one you can send in $5 with a name/size/shirt color needed and a parent will buy one for you. This shirt can be an old shirt turned inside out that you don’t mind getting decorated but it needs to be free of writing or print. Thanks!

Let me know if you have any questions!

Part    Child's Name            Shirt Color   

Gardner         Maggie           Blue   

Gardner         Yahna             Blue   

Gardner         Priscila           Blue   

Gardner         Nick                Blue   

Gardner         Landon          Blue   

Gardner         Bryson           Blue   

Gardner         Elizabeth       Blue   

Gardner         Mila                Blue   

Broccoli (Plant)       Anders           Green

Tomato (Plant)        Kiernan         Red    

Strawberry (Plant)  Addison         Red    

Corn (Plant) Bennet           Green

Flower           Brynn             White

Flower           Abigail           White

Flower           Sophia            White           

Flower           Kayleigh        White

Flower           Madison        White

Scarecrow      Eshan             Plaid  

Scarecrow      Evie                Plaid  

Scarecrow      Serenity         Plaid  

Scarecrow      Andrew          Plaid  

Scarecrow      Brendan        Plaid  

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did a recycling sort. Each kid brought a piece of recycling. We wrote how many had the most. Plastic had the most. Mrs. Hotchkiss gave us a bag to decorate. It was a bag we could put recycling in. (Yahna)

We had read aloud. We read The Earth Book. (Brendan)

We had art. We did a fish painting. (Elizabeth)

We did an Earth project. We used a big circle blue paper to make the Earth. Mrs. Hotchkiss came around with paint for our hands. We put it on the paper. We wrote about how to take care of our Earth. (Mila)

We did lunch like usual. We did recess and Mrs. Hotchkiss picked us up. (Bennett)

We did morning meeting. We did white boards. We wrote addition number sentences. It was 1+9= 10 and 2+8=10. We did subtraction number sentences. We did 10-2=8 and 10-1=9. (Nick, Addison, and Anders)

We did closing meeting, snack, and playtime. (Andy)

Have a great weekend!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We played “How Many Am I Hiding?” in math. (Yahna)

In fundations we worked on family words. (Elizabeth)

We did Daily 5 and had 2 choices. (Brendan)

We highlighted our poem, The Chick, on the smartboard. (Eshan)

We sang a new song in music class.  It was called Johnny works with one hammer. (Kayleigh)

We voted on a toy party because we earned 100 cougar compliments. (Mila) We will do this NEXT Friday!

Announcements!

ARTS NIGHT is this TONIGHT from 5 to 6:30 pm! See you there!

An email from the school was sent out today about the Color Run. The event is tomorrow right after school (Rain date: May 5th)! Change of plans for dismissal! Your child will NOT go to Parent Pick Up! They will meet you down at the blacktop! We will have a teacher walk all the kids down for the event. I have a master list of who signed up. Kids are encouraged to wear their Color Run shirts to school tomorrow!

Earth Day Homework! Please have your child bring in ONE CLEAN item that can be recycled (detergent bottle, soda bottle/can, aluminum can, glass jar, magazine, newspaper, paper, plastic water bottle, small cardboard box, cereal boxes, pasta box, etc.). Please make sure the plastic items are labeled 1-7! We will be using these to learn about Earth Day TOMORROW!

On May 12th, we will have a special music program called How Does Your Garden Grow. More information will be coming home on Friday. We are asking that you please send in a t-shirt in a plastic bag with your child’s name on it by Friday the 28th! I know this is a fast turnaround. If you do not want to buy one you can send in $5 with a name/size and a parent will buy one for you. This shirt can be an old shirt turned inside out that you don’t mind getting decorated but it needs to be free of writing or print. Thanks!

Let me know if you have any questions!

Part    Child's Name            Shirt Color   

Gardner         Maggie           Blue   

Gardner         Yahna             Blue   

Gardner         Priscila           Blue   

Gardner         Nick                Blue   

Gardner         Landon          Blue   

Gardner         Bryson           Blue   

Gardner         Elizabeth       Blue   

Gardner         Mila                Blue   

Broccoli (Plant)       Anders           Green

Tomato (Plant)        Kiernan         Red    

Strawberry (Plant)  Addison         Red    

Corn (Plant) Bennet           Green

Flower           Brynn             White

Flower           Abigail           White

Flower           Sophia            White           

Flower           Kayleigh        White

Flower           Madison        White

Scarecrow      Eshan             Plaid  

Scarecrow      Evie                Plaid  

Scarecrow      Serenity         Plaid  

Scarecrow      Andrew          Plaid  

Scarecrow      Brendan        Plaid  

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had P.E. and we played touchdown. (Elizabeth)

We had lunch and recess. (Brendan)

We had math. We played How Many Am I Hiding? I got to show how to play with Mrs. Hotchkiss. (Eshan)

We did our writing. In writing we wrote in our chick journal. We wrote about what is inside an egg. Inside is the yolk and inside the yolk is a tiny red dot. It is the baby chick. We also glued pictures in our journals. (Bennett and Eshan)

We did our poem. It is called The Chick. Tomorrow we are going to highlight word wall words. (Kiernan)

We did Fundations. We did family words. We talked about words that end in –ig. We did our big cards and our vowel chart. (Yahna)

We did read aloud. The book was about chicks. (Maggie)

We did Daily 5. We did 2 different choices than yesterday. (Sophia)

Library books!

I forgot to mention yesterday that they are doing MAP testing in the media center so the kids cannot check out books at their normal time for the next few weeks. They are welcome to stop by the library between 8-8:20 am to check out a book if they would like to before coming to class. Thanks!

Here is the information from our media specialist…

With testing starting on April 17, classes will not be coming to the Media Center for library checkout.  If a student needs a book, he/she must come in before school to get a book during our open check out time from 8:00-8:20 each morning.  It will be important for students to have access to books in your classroom, from home, or the public library to read, as the library will be closed due to testing.  Due to the last day of school on May 25, I wanted to let you know that students need to make sure all library materials are returned by Friday, May 12.  We will be sending notes home with all students after testing begins about overdue materials to try to get them back before the end of this year.

Make sure to send in your recycling pieces by this Friday!! Thanks!

Thanks to a couple fans…we were able to stay pretty cool today! Thank goodness!

Hi Parents!

This is what we did today!

We got our chick journals. We can write about our baby chicks and what we learn. We got to color it. We did our first page. It was a picture of an incubator. We wrote about how the incubator keeps the eggs warm. (Yahna and Maggie)

We did math. We played Dot Addition. We wrote the number sentence. (Kiernan)

We had library. We went downstairs to the Makerspace room because they were doing the MAP test in the library. We got to make something. We had to follow numbers. It was kind of like Legos. The numbers went up to 8. We watched Storyline Online called Carlos’ Sandwich. (Sophia and Elizabeth)

We did the poem. It was called The Chick. The pictures were like a life cycle. (Eshan)

We did read aloud. It was called What’s In The Egg? (Brendan)

We did Daily 5. We did first choice and after closing meeting and snack we will do 2nd choice. (Bennett)

ARTS NIGHT is this Thursday from 5 to 6:30 pm!

Color Run is this Friday right after school (Rain date: May 5th)! If your child is participating please let me know with an email or note THAT DAY so I can make sure they go to parent pick up. You can walk down to the black top together once you have picked up your child.

Earth Day Homework! Please have your child bring in ONE CLEAN item that can be recycled (detergent bottle, soda bottle/can, aluminum can, glass jar, magazine, newspaper, paper, plastic water bottle, small cardboard box, cereal boxes, pasta box, etc.). Please make sure the plastic items are labeled 1-7! We will be using these to learn about Earth Day this Friday!

On May 12th, we will have a special music program called How Does Your Garden Grow. More information will be coming home on Friday. We are asking that you please send in a t-shirt in a plastic bag with your child’s name on it by Friday the 28th! I know this is a fast turnaround. If you do not want to buy one you can send in $5 with a name/size and a parent will buy one for you. This shirt can be an old shirt turned inside out that you don’t mind getting decorated but it needs to be a solid color (no writing). Thanks!

Let me know if you have any questions!

Part    Child's Name            Shirt Color   

Gardner         Maggie           Blue   

Gardner         Yahna             Blue   

Gardner         Priscila           Blue   

Gardner         Nick                Blue   

Gardner         Landon          Blue   

Gardner         Bryson           Blue   

Gardner         Elizabeth       Blue   

Gardner         Mila                Blue   

Broccoli (Plant)       Anders           Green

Tomato (Plant)        Kiernan         Red    

Strawberry (Plant)  Addison         Red    

Corn (Plant) Bennet           Green

Flower           Brynn             White

Flower           Abigail           White

Flower           Sophia            White           

Flower           Kayleigh        White

Flower           Madison        White

Scarecrow      Eshan             Plaid  

Scarecrow      Evie                Plaid  

Scarecrow      Serenity         Plaid  

Scarecrow      Andrew          Plaid  

Scarecrow      Brendan        Plaid  

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had writing. We got to write about our weekends. (Brendan)

We had art. What we did in art is we made some fish. (Kayleigh)

We got our baby chick eggs. We have 12 eggs. They came during Fundations. (Maggie, Elizabeth, and Kiernan)

We did lunch and our poem. Our poem was about baby chicks. (Bennett)

We had Daily 5. Some kids did reading groups. (Eshan)

We did math. We played Dot Addition. The game boards had different numbers. The tiny cards have different numbers on there. You add those numbers to try and make the number on the game board. (Yahna)

We did read aloud. We listened to a book about chicks on the Smart Board. (Eshan)

We did calendar. (Addison)

We did Fundations. We made a list of words that ended in –ack. Mrs. Hotchkiss pulled name sticks. Some people got to write it on the smartboard and another person got to build it with the little cards. We also got to write it on the whiteboards. (Sophia)

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had music. We went to the stage. (Keirnan)

We had math. We got to sort jelly beans all by ourselves. We had 3 papers. One was to sort the number of jelly beans. The next one we colored how many we had. And the last one we wrote how many of each and how many in all. (Sophia)

We had read aloud. We read The Easter Egg by Jan Brett. We had jelly beans during math and if we weren’t done we could eat them during read aloud. (Elizabeth)

We had writing. We drew our picture for Cat Tales. (Eshan)

We had Daily 5 and we did 2 choices. (Brendan)

We did our poem. It was called In the Sky. We highlighted the word see. Mrs. Hotchkiss gave us an Easter coloring page if we got done. (Yahna)

We will have play time. (Evie)

Some people went to nurse Shannon’s office to get fluoride on their teeth. (Elizabeth)

No reading group books or behavior updates coming home this week. With book publishing and Auggie being sick I just didn’t have time to get to it! I will send these home next week! Thanks!! Happy Easter! Have a great weekend!