Ms. Kirkpatrick’s Newsletter
May 10-13, 2010
Classroom News
I need your help planning our activity for the upcoming Texas themed field day on May 25th. I will be sending a more detailed note about field day latter in the week. I also need help planning the end of year party. Please let me know if you are available to help by emailing me at nicolekirk@yahoo.com.
Unfortunately, we were unable to schedule a tour at the Botanical Gardens in Fort Worth. However, we can just pick a day and walk around the gardens on our own. In order to do this, we would need lots of parental help. Please contact me if you would like to help make this field trip possible.
Our Studies
For grammar, the students wrote an action verb and noun on sticky notes. Then we mixed them up to make silly sentences. The students copied them off the board and illustrated one of the sentences. The class participated in a picture narration of the picture titled “The Leaf Pile.” We discussed the picture, identified the proper and common nouns and then made a list of the action verb that you can do in a leaf pile. We also read and acted out the action verbs in the poem “Dancing” by Eleanor Farjeon.
The students practiced their spelling words the previous week by writing them in shaving cream. That was very fun for everyone.
Last week, the student began a study on homophones. We are focusing on meet/meat and eight/ate.
We finished the tall tale about Johnny Appleseed. The student drew a picture of Johnny Appleseed and got to glue read apple seeds onto their picture. The illustrations came out great. They will be hanging the hallway this week.
We began our study on our state, Texas. The students learned about the six flags that flew over Texas. They colored the six flags, taped them on ‘poles’ and glued them over Texas. They are hanging on the history bulletin board in the hallway.