We’ve had a busy week in Room 115! We’ve started learning about Boston in preparation for our field trip to the Swan Boats in a couple of weeks on Tuesday, June 4th! We read “Make Way for Ducklings” by Robert McCloskey, which is what our field trip will be based on. We will be following the route of Mr. and Mrs. Mallard as we walk past the State House, through Louisburg Square, down Mt. Vernon Street, across Charles Street to enter the Public Garden where we will see the statues of Mrs. Mallard and her eight ducklings and ride on the Swan Boats! We will end our trip with a picnic lunch on the Boston Common. Chaperones will be riding on the bus with us. Please send in the $3 for students and $3.50 for chaperones if you haven’t already. More information about what students will need will go home the day before the trip.
The students started painting our map of Boston and have started making some of the buildings that are in Boston. We don’t need any more boxes from home. Thank you, though, for sending some in! I will be sure to post pictures once our map is done in a couple of more weeks.
The students are still writing narrative stories and have been conferencing with teachers to work on specific skills. They have all also chosen one of their stories to “publish!” I will be tying up their stories so they can illustrate them and read them to the class before bringing them home to share with all of you!
The Very Hungry Kindergartner books are being finished up and will go home as soon as they are done. The students enjoyed writing about their favorite foods and showing how they have grown all year!
We finished another topic in math this week and will be starting a topic on measurement next week. This is always a fun one for students. The students enjoyed more hands on math activities this week as we explored 2D and 3D shapes and got to make shapes out of elastics, blocks, clay, paper, etc.
We finished our Changes in Nature walks and pictures. We observed many changes that have taken place around our school. We also went for a Listening Walk this afternoon. We made a list of all the things we could hear. I told students that their homework for this weekend was to do a listening walk around their home or neighborhood so they could report back something they heard!
Our Distance Learning Assignment was posted on Seesaw yesterday. Students have two weeks to complete the assignment and can turn it in whenever they finish it. Nothing needs to be submitted online. Student work can be returned to school in their blue folders. If you have any questions or need any classroom materials for your child to complete the assignment, please let me know.
The last Francis Wyman Used Bookstore will be Wednesday, June 5th. Students are welcome to bring either a quarter or a book from home to trade. Parents are also welcome to attend this Used Bookstore if you would like to stock up on some books for summer reading for your child. It usually starts around 8:25am and only lasts for about a half an hour.
I hope you all have a wonderful long weekend! No school on Monday. Happy Memorial Day weekend!
Melanie
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