Ms. Kirkpatrick’s Newsletter
March 29 – April 1, 2010
Classroom News
We had a wonderful field trip to the aquarium. I would like to thank all the mothers and grandmothers that attended the field trip. Everyone had a lot of fun!
Our Easter party is this Thursday. I will need help around 2:00 hiding the eggs for the egg hunt. The party will begin around 2:30. I emailed out a list of items to bring for the party. If you did not get this email or have any questions please let me know.
Progress reports were sent home last week. If you would like to schedule a conference, please email me so that we can schedule it.
Our Studies
We spend last week discussing fish in preparation for the trip to the aquarium. We talked about where they live, what they look like, how they are different from humans. We also read a Magic School Bus book about sharks.
Unfortunately one of the tadpoles did not survive. We still have one tadpole to watch. The students learned that the tadpoles need lots of oxygen to go change into a frog. I explained to them that I learned that the tadpole needs fresh every other day (not once a week like the directions stated). They are very diligent to ask me daily if I have changed the water.
We began copying the painting Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge by Monet. Everyone is working very carefully with their tiny paintbrush. Hopefully, we should finish this painting this week.
We are nearing the end of The Adventures of Buster Bear. Each student illustrated a different chapter last week. We will continue to do this for each chapter.
In phonics, we did a spelling worksheet on the the –ck rule; spell /k/ with ck after a short vowel.
In grammar, the students practiced identifying pronouns in sentences. We will review pronouns this week before beginning verbs.