April 9th Newsletter

Important Dates
April

10 – No School – Good Friday
17 – Science Assembly
23 – Open House at Ide
24 – Early Dismissal – 12:00

Chick Embryology Unit
We began our “Chick Unit” this week. We will have eggs incubating in our room from April 14th until they hatch approximately 21 days later on May 5th. This is an exciting unit for the children. You will be amazed at how much they learn about chickens. Please remember to ask your child what he/she learned each day. Many of our projects will be available for you to see at our Open House on April 23th.

Egg Shells
One of the projects we will be doing requires egg shells. Please save any you use at home and send them to school. We need the ones that are left after cracking an egg open for baking or breakfast not pieces from a hard boiled egg. They need to be cleaned well and wrapped carefully so they won't break into little pieces. You can send them as soon as you have any. Thanks!

Reading Anthologies
We just finished reading our latest anthology. Your child is bringing it home today along with a set of vocabulary words from Theme 8. You may keep the book until April 24th. Please read over the stories with your child. We will be starting a new book in class on Monday.

Reading
We will be reading When I Am Old With You from our anthology. There is also a technology link about inventions called Inventions Then and Now.

Comprehension Strategies
The strategies we will work on next week include the following: monitoring clarifying, noting details, and using headings.

Vocabulary Words
The vocabulary words are: canoe, cards, cedar, field, fields, Grandaddy, imagine, mind, remember, and tired.

Phonics Skills

We will be learning about the long “i” sound spelled “y”. We will review base words and endings –ed and

–ing.

Grammar Skills
We will be working on using “is” and “are” correctly.

Spelling Words
The spelling words for next week are: by, my, cry, try, fly, why, pry, multiply, buy, & guy.

Have a Happy Easter!