Welcome Back!

We've had a great start back to school after vacation! It's hard to believe we only have 29 days left of school!  The last day for students will be on June 10th.  Please check your child's Friday Folder this week as there are many different flyers from the school, as well as, a list of upcoming events for the Esprit Team. Also, Walking Wednesdays begin on Wednesday, May 4th.  Your child can meet us at the Town Green at 7:30am to walk to school with his or her friends and teachers and staff from school.  This will happen every Wednesday in May.

This week in math, much of our focus was on quadrilaterals.  We had the chance to sort quadrilaterals and identify their attributes.  We also played a mystery game in which the children had to figure out which quadrilateral was in a mystery envelope based on certain clues/attributes.  We also discussed the concept of perimeter and measured the perimeter of certain quadrilaterals using cm rulers.  Next week, we will finish our geometry unit and move on to the last unit of the year.

In writer's workshop, we continue to work on writing our original fairy tales.  We noticed that in many of the fairy tales we have read, the characters often have an object that is important to them and is meaningful in the story.  For example, Cinderella's glass slipper or Little Red Riding Hood's basket.  The children were encouraged to try and add an important object in their original fairy tale.  Be sure to ask your child how his or her fairy tale is coming along!  We are excited to share all of our fairy tale work with you during an Author's Share on May 26th at 2:15 in the classroom.

In science, we continue to study ecology and habitats.  This week we discussed animals and clues they provide in habitats.  We learned a lot about animal tracks and tried to solve a mystery about animals based on the tracks we saw.  We also used a program called Mystery Science to learn about how habitats change. Scientists know that habitats have not always been the same based on fossils they find.  Be sure to ask your child about these habitats and fossils!  We also continued reading My Side of the Mountain and making connections to our ecology study.  The main character Sam is certainly very resourceful and knows a lot about what's living in his habitat.  Ask your child to tell you about the food he is eating!

Lastly, we need egg cartons (dozen size) for our next math unit in May. If you have any, please send them in with your child.  Thanks!