Lindbergh’s Science Fair Bootcamp will be Thursday, April 26th, 5:30-7:00

The Young Five Classes are growing gummy worms!!!

We did this in class this week so students should be able to walk you through the procedures.

Directions for the experiment and presentation boards are being sent home today.

There really is no secret – the worms will grow in any liquid…… the purpose of the project is to introduce and walk the students through the Scientific Process.

The presentation boards are dues on Monday, April 23rd.  They will be displayed in the hallway the night of Science Fair Bootcamp.

Have fun!

Please let me know if you have any questions!

News and Information

Science Fair Bootcamp – April 26th, 5:30-7:00

What We Did This Week

We review our Alpha Friends daily.

We introduced the sight word: at

We are “stretching sounds” and recording what we hear in our journals.

We have introduced Opinion writing, writing our opinions about our favorite book.

We began reading stories by Eric Carle.

In handwriting we are beginning practice with letters that have straight lines and slanted lines! – this week we practiced A.

In math we continue to have “number talks” using our ten frames and we continue to practice writing numerals 1-20.  We will also be introducing measuring.

We visited our special classes, Gym, Art, Music and Media.

In Second Steps we talked about anger and steps to calm ourself down.

We rotated through our Daily 5 Literacy Centers.

Students who earned the weekly reward enjoyed enrichment time with our guest reader.

In Science we are discussing plants and animals and their needs.  We also grew gummy worms!

If your student signed up for the Mini Martian they will recieve their shirt and running bib (with emergency contact info.) from Mr. Marua on Thursday during the school day.

If you have a Lindbergh shirt please wear that to the race.  If not you may wear red or this year’s marathon shirt.  Bibs can be safety pinned to the shirt.

Typically students line up by school near a land mark (like a tree or picnic bench) once at Ford Field.  Look for Mr. Marua once down in the park.  He usually holds up a Lindbergh sign.

Good luck runners!

No School Friday

Pajama Day Thursday (“read in your PJ’s) to celebrate the end of March is Reading Month.

Return March is Reading Month calendar Thursday for a prize.

There is a letter coming home in the red folders today with a link to a school survey.  Please take the survey so we know as a school where we need to make improvements.

Have a great week!

Spring pictures are being sent home today.

If you are interested in purchasing them there is pricing and payment envelopes inside.

If you are not interested in purchasing them please return the entire packet back to school.

News and Information

No School:  Friday, March 30^th – April 8^th (Spring Break)

What We Did This Week

We review our Alpha Friends daily.

We introduced the sight word: am

We are “stretching sounds” and recording what we hear in our journals.  We wrote about Spring!

We welcomed some guest readers to help celebrate March is Reading month.

In handwriting we are beginning practice with letters that have straight lines and slanted lines! – this week we practiced K.

In math we continue to have “number talks” using our ten frames and we continue to practice writing numerals 1-20.

We visited our special classes, Gym, Art, Music and Media.

In Second Steps we talked about how hard it is to “wait” and be patient and what we can do to help control our body while waiting.

We rotated through our Daily 5 Literacy Centers.  I collected reading bags and will send them home again next week.  I am cleaning out old books and preparing new ones for the last card marking period.

Students who earned the weekly reward party picked from the prize box.

In Science we began to discuss plants and animals and their needs.

Remember students can perform the tasks on the March is Reading Month Calendar at home and with a parent initials can turn it in at the end of the month (Thursday, March 29^th) for a prize.

Reading Logs can also be turned in at the end of the month for a personal pizza.  March is the last month that Pizza Hut participates in this program.

There is still time to be a guest reader.  We would love to hear you share your favorite story with us!  Email me if you are interested!

ruselij@dearbornschools.org

Just a reminder that tomorrow is popcorn Friday!  Bring your quarter!

What We Did This Week

We review our Alpha Friends daily.

We introduced the sight word: can

We are “stretching sounds” and recording what we hear in our journals.  We wrote about what we “can” do.

We welcomed many guest readers.  We heard stories read by students in Dearborn High’s Anti-Bullying club and from the Dearborn High football team.

In handwriting we are beginning practice with letters that have straight lines and curves and slanted lines! – this week we practiced R.

In math we continue to practice counting by 5’s and we played a new math game called “Race to Fill the Cup.”

We visited our special classes, Gym, Art, Music and Media.

In Second Steps we talked about stoping “pausing” our frustration and naming what we are feeling.  We added “belly breathing” to calm down before talking to our friends.

We rotated through our Daily 5 Literacy Centers.

We watched the Kindergarten and 1st grade’s spring music concert.

Students who earned the weekly reward party visited with “Papa Doug” who continued to discuss the making of a rainbow and coloring mixing.

In Science we discussed how a rainbow is made and in anticipation of St. Patrick’s day we designed and built traps to catch a leprechaun.  We didn’t catch any but he left us something special…….

Remember students can perform the tasks on the March is Reading Month Calendar at home and with a parent initials can turn it in at the end of the month for a prize.

There is still time to be a guest reader.  We would love to hear you share your favorite story with us!  Email me if you are interested!

ruselij@dearbornschools.org

If you would like to visit our classroom and share your favorite story with us we would love to have you.

Any day of the week (except Tuesdays) 3:00 p.m.

Please let me know a date that may work for you!

Email me at ruselij@dearbornschools.org