Discovering in the Rain

Happy Mothers Day!

I hope you all enjoy this special day with your family! You deserve it for all the hard work and love you commit to your child everyday! I know they appreciate every little bit of it.
Teacher Appreciation Week! Thank you so much to all our families for making us feel so special during this week’s Teacher Appreciation week! We feel so lucky to have such amazing families at our school. We couldn’t do it without your support! Thank you again, we appreciate it!

Readers Workshop and Writers Workshop

This week in readers and writers workshop we started our poetry unit. We looked at some different color poems and discussed some things that we noticed while reading them. We noticed that poems can rhyme. We also noticed that you can use your 5 senses to describe them. Students noticed that poems usually address one subject and can articulate particular feelings. They also brought up the fact that poems can be in different languages and can be about topics that you are interested in. We also started writing our color poems! Ask your student about this!

Geography/Community Helpers

Thank you to Dan, Ruby’s dad in 206, for coming in and sharing information about Australia! Students saw many different We also tried something called Vegemite which is a paste-like substance (no meat), that students were able to try. It was a fun experience for all of us. Thank you Dan for sharing your time with us!
Also a big thank you to Camilla Eckersley (Reni’s in 2nd’grades mom) and Julia Curren (Solene’s mom) for sharing with us their job as community helpers of being a fashion designer and a midwife. Students designed their own clothes and learned about babies.

Timeline Project Thank you to those who brought in your timeline projects this week! This helped students understand responsibility and ownership of their homework. Students had fun making their own timelines and writing about their lives thus far! Students also presented their timelines to their peers and received compliments. They are outside in our hallway to share with everyone! Please take some time to look at the amazing work they accomplished.

Ms. Ooton's Corner As we get nearer to summer, it has been so exciting to see students move closer and closer to meeting their reading goals for the year. During reading tests this week, many students approached the task with more confidence than I have seen before. Even when students struggled with tricky words, I saw each and every student trying multiple strategies to figure them out. Help your student meet their goal by asking them what they find tricky about reading and encourage them to think about all the different ways they can figure out words they don't know! I'm really looking forward to seeing students make the final push in reading in our last couple months of school.

Star Student!

Lena works hard to finish her work plan every week. She is always focused and even when schedules change. She does her job in school by following directions, participating in class discussions and being incredibly kind to others. Lena continues to work on her reading, math, and writing with full determination! Keep up the hard work Lena!!!!