Green Eggs and Ham

Here it is! Green Eggs and Ham is our 3rd podcast! The students recorded the words and then took pictures showing if they like the green eggs and ham or not. We hope you enjoy it!

You need may need quicktime to view the podcast. Let me know if you have having any issues watching or hearing it.

Half

In math today the students were introduced to the term half. We talked about making 2 equal groups. We also discussed what equal means. Here are some pictures of the students showing blocks split into half.

Also, in art the students made masks. They were so proud of their work, some of the kids wore them at dismissal!

Paper

Unfortunately, the copy paper supply at UPA is running very low. Although we are trying to cut back and use less, our supply is still dwindling. The students need paper for homework and daily activities. We are asking families to donate any white copy paper they can to our classrooms. We appreciate anything you can give. Let me know if you have any questions!

Social Studies

For social studies, we are collecting the following items to use to plant seeds in. Please send in these items, cleaned out to school by Friday 4/30.

Empty Yogurt Container (Individual size)

Empty Soup Cans

Quick Reminders

Money for the Farm field trip is due on Monday, May 3rd. The cost is $6.00 per student. Chaperones are also $6.00

On May 29th from Noon-4 we will be hosting a 5k walk/run on Belle Isle. Picnics are welcome and there will be some fun give-a-ways. I will send home more information soon. Please let me know if you are interested in attending.

Joe Reilly

Today for Earth Day Joe Reilly, a local musician, came to our school to sing about nature and our Earth. The kids loved the music and the show. If you want to listen to some of his music, you can check out his website. http://www.joereilly.org/

Reminders

Tomorrow (April 20) is the last day we are collecting returnable cans and bottles.

April 21- Family Game Night 5:30-7

April 22- Earth Day: Wear green shirts with uniform pants and shoes.

May 7- Farm Field Trip

Math with M&M's

On Friday, the students practiced using and making graphs with M&M candy. We graphed how many of each color candies we had in our bags. The student really enjoyed this project, especially when we were done graphing and ate the candy!

Money

The past few days in school the students have learned a bit about money. So far we introduced the penny and the nickel. Talk to your student at home about money. Give them some pennies and nickels and count change with them. We know that a penny is 1 cent and nickels are 5 cents, we talked about what they look like and what presidents are on the coins. After learning about the coins, we did coin rubbings on paper to have an image to keep. Check out our pictures!

Our New Listening Center

Over break our class received a listening center from DonorsChoose.org. It came with 6 headphones, a CD/tape player, and a headphone hook up. We are so excited to use this because now with our new headphones, students can listen to a story quietly during centers with out hearing the rest of the class.

Donors Choose is a great website for teachers. I post up items our classroom needs and write a little about our classroom and school. Anyone who wishes to, can donate any amount of money to our posted projects.

Check the pictures of some of the students listening to stories in our new listening center!

Happy Easter!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter with their family and friends. I know the kids were excited for this special day. Today I added on our blog's website links to the AMPP and Music program blog. With these links you can keep up to date with what's going on in music, gym, and art.

If you are working on the Spring Break homework to earn a prize, it is due Monday at school and students need to earn a total of 30 points. Enjoy your week!