First off, THANK YOU to all parents who chaperoned yesterday’s zoo trip.  I hope you enjoyed the time with your child.  They were so excited on the bus!!

For math today, we created zoo animals with the pattern blocks.  Check out these creatures…

Short week again 🙂

MATH-Frogs

SOCIAL STUDIES-American Symbols

Friday, June 3  Donuts With Dad

***8:45 am*** Please note time change from 9:00 to 8:45

I will send out Spelling Words list next week.  For now, begin with      read  get  on  no  

Enjoy the American flag (an American symbol) that your child made.  I told them they could display it in their front window.  Enjoy this lovely weather and weekend.  See you at the Dearborn Memorial Parade on Monday!

Mrs. Smith

This is how we start each day 🙂

FIELD TRIP this week and BOY are we excited!!

READING and WRITING-The Zoo  What do we want to see?  What do we e hope to see?  What will we see?

SPELLING WORDS-  as  him  went  of  cub  rub  grub  scrub  

SCIENCE-Life Cycle of the Butterfly

SOCIAL STUDIES- Memorial Day

-Constitution Rules        Why do we have rules?

Looking ahead…

Wed., 5/25 Field Trip

Fri., May 27 & Mon., May 30 NO SCHOOL     Memorial Day Observance

Field Trip Notes:

-wear comfortable shoes

-bring a lunch

-Even if the weather is threatening, we WILL go.  Bring appropriate weather gear.  Sunscreen too.

-Students report regular time.  Parents, if you would like to follow the bus, meet at school about 9:10.  You may want to car pool, since car parking cost is $6.00/car.

Remember that ALL STUDENTS RIDE BACK ON THE BUS.  No students leave with parents from the zoo.  After we arrive back at school, I will excuse any to go home with parents, if you wish.  Otherwise, regular dismissal time.

This is going to be a fun trip.  We’ll pray for good weather.  🙂

Enjoy your weekend.

Mrs. Smith

My students are SO excited about next week’s trip to the Zoo, that their excitement is spilling over into Wooden Blocks in Center Time. Complete with flags with The Detroit Zoo.  Check it out…

Head Engineers

Lana , Kareem, Zachary                 Nabil, Jordan, Mahdi, Hussein, Hassen, Jacob, Keelan

Each week as I write the date for the weekly blog, I can’t believe how fast this year is traveling!!  Here’s what’s planned for this week…

SPELLING-  come  make  so  hog   log  dog  jog  frog

MATH-Adding 10   Subtracting 10   (You can do this in the car, while waiting for brother’s soccer game, dental appointments, etc)   Give them a number between 0-100.  “Add 10, Add 10, Add 10″  Repeat with another number.  Eventually, say, ” Add 10, add 20 (that’s just 2 10’s).”

Later in the week, do subtracting.  Start with a high number, like 70.  “Subtract 10, subtract 10, subtract 20.  Where did you end up?”

Later still, switch it up.  “Add 10, Add 20, Add 10, Subtract 10.  At what number did you end?”

We will also work with some Geometry.

SOCIAL STUDIES-La w and Safety, Constitutional rules, and Citizenship

  Here is what my students looked like this morning, writing in their Journals about what they did over the weekend.  Amazing writers!

Looking ahead…

May 25-Field Trip to the Detroit Zoo

June 3-Donuts With Dad  9:00 am

Enjoy the days.

Mrs. Smith

“Let your smile change the world,

but don’t let the world change your smile.”

   Eman (front) Nabil (in his favorite, cozy                                                                                  spot) and Joelle in her spot

REMINDER-Tomorrow, Wednesday is LATE START

We love to read…anywhere.  🙂

I hope you each had a lovely Mother’s Day with your family.  I spent the day with our middle daughter and her family.  We had brunch at one of our favorite spots in Plymouth and them played in the town square lawn.  Such a happy time.  We ended the day with dinner with my mom.  I am so blessed!

READING-I KNOW A LOT!   We will have fun with riddles and rhyming words.  We will also work with colors.

READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY-Monitoring Comprehension with rereading

READING COMPREHENSION SKILL-Cause and Effect

WRITING-Riddles

SPELLING-  blue  red  one  two   grip  trip    snip  clip  

MATH-Catching up and reviewing missing addends, fluency with subtracton, adding 10 to any number, subtracting 10 from any number, adding one more/one less

SCIENCE-Mixing Colors

Please remember to return field trip money $5.50  AND Permission slip.

Enjoy your beautiful week.

Mrs. Smith

“Problems have only the size and the power that you give them.”  –S.H.

Look at what greeted me yesterday morning!  Thank you to my Homeroom Moms, Mrs. Eberwein and Mrs, Fracassa