Laura Sullivan, our fabulous intern from St. Michael's, just ended her solo week. She will remain with us until our Spring break, which starts the week of April 18th. She will then finish up her licensing requirements and hopefully find a job! We hope she will come back and visit us often.
Our Learning:
Science and Social Studies: We started another rotation of science workshops on Team Harmony last week. The students are currently learning about the tropical rainforest. In a series of workshops, rotating between the classrooms, they will deepen their understanding of the layers of the rainforest, endangered plants and animals, food we get from there as well as explore the geographic locations of the regions. The rainforest is our theme for Reading Restaurant, which will take place in mid-May. As soon as we have a specific date I will let you know.
Writing: The students are almost done with their rainforest animal research! They have done an outstanding job. Thank you to all the parents who have helped us in this process as well. Sometime next week, the students will also participate in our annual writing prompt. If you recall, we did this earlier in the year as a pre-assessment to help us guide and differentiate our writing instruction. Now all 1st graders and all 2nd graders at ABS will do this again, so we can see the progress they have made. The students get as much time as they want, as long as they are writing and working. They do not need to do anything in preparation for this at all, but it is always a good idea to get plenty of sleep and healthy foods every day!
Reading: Our upcoming focus for guided reading groups next week will be a mix of vocabulary strategies work and comprehension skills as we return to fictional stories. Your child will bring home the first weekly "Rainforest Reading Log" inside his/her homework folder on Monday. This log is a choice and your child does not have to participate if the writing is too much. I hope as many children as possible try, at least for a week! The traditional reading log will replace the Iditarod sheets from last month. Your child does not have to do both, of course. Pick one, and return it on Friday!
Upcoming Events and Reminders:
- We will see the play "Shrek" at WCS on Wednesday, April 6th. The bus will leave ABS around 12:30 and we will dismiss from WCS. If you need to pick up your child on Wednesday, April 6th, please meet him/her in the front office at WCS. Students attending the Imagine After School Program will take a bus back to ABS.
- Our related arts rotation will change again. On Tuesday, my class will start Guidance classes with our fabulous school counselor Ms. S.
- April break starts on 4/18 and lasts the whole week. Students return to school on Monday 4/25.
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