Ms. Kirkpatrick’s Newsletter
April 19-22, 2010
Classroom News
The class had a great week last week. On Thursday, each student got to cash in their stones for money and go shopping. They seemed to enjoy going “shopping.”
Field day is quickly approaching. It will be Texas themed this year on Tuesday, May 25th from 9:30-12:30. Our class station is “Lasso the Calf.” We need a sawhorse and a cardboard cut-out of a calf or something for the calf head to lasso. Our class is also in charge of bringing drinks and cups. We also need a hibachi grill, coals, and starter fluid. If you can help with this please let me know.
Our end of the year party will be held on Wednesday, May 26th. Please let me know if you have any ideas for a fun party!
Our Studies
The students practiced spelling words that follow the floss rule; a one syllable word ends with f, l, or s double the final f, l, or s. They did a great job remembering the rule from last week. Each student continues to learn individual phonic rules during their one-on-one time with me.
To celebrate the 100th day of school, each student got different manipulatives and counting out 100. They counted out ten groups of ten. We practiced counting to 100 by 1’s, 5’s, and 10’s.
In conjunction with the 100th day of school, the students took turns and spelled 100 words. It took them two days but they were able to do it. The word list will be hanging in the hall.
The class is studying the 50 states. The students write the year that the state was added to the United States, color the outline of the state, and then find it on the United States map. They have done half of the states. We will stop and begin our study on Texas history in preparation for the Texas themed field day.
We played the game of charades for grammar. They had to guess what verb the other students were acting out.
The class has almost memorized the first two verses of Psalm 100. I have written each word of the Psalm on an index card. The class has been working together to put the words for the first two verses in order.