Students were asked to think of positive adjectives or phrases to describe their fellow classmates. There were so many things to say that we ran out of room. :)
Ask your child about... the parts of a plant (petals, stem, pistil, stamen, roots), some plants that never bloom, our current teacher read aloud Because of Winn Dixie , by Kate DiCamillo, cursive writing, more peanut baby adventures, subtracting money and making change for $2, $5, and $10, final blogging posts and comments
Tuesday Fun! We had planned to celebrate the end of MAP testing a few weeks ago and instead watched the weather event of the year, snow in May. We will attempt this again on Tuesday, May 21. Please encourage your child to wear their tennis shoes as we have some outdoor fun planned. We will also be watching the movie Because of Winn Dixie. Calendar of Events: Friday: All School Library Books Are Due Monday: All Classroom Library Books Are Due, LAST day to turn in "do over" or missing work Tuesday: MAP Fun Day (wear tennis shoes) Wednesday: Thursday: Tiger Pride Assembly at 2:30 Friday: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL dismiss at 12:40 SUMMER BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Peanut Babies "Susie" and "Henry" Week In Review...
*Peanut Babies are here! Ask your child about the adoption letter, weights and measurements, paper bag homes, and of course their peanut babies. We will use this as a spring board for writing for the next few weeks. More to come... *Field Day Success... despite the rain and the earlier than expected start, we had a GREAT TIME. Check out the video link below. Field Day Video Link *Goodbye Miss Gordon. We wish Miss Gordon the best in her future classroom. Thank you so much for sending in the goodies for her teacher basket. You were SO generous! Ms. Gordon Video Link *Best Teacher Appreciation Week Ever! Thank you so much for the snacks, drinks, gifts, flowers, cards, notes, gift cards, EVERYTHING! I love my job! I'm very lucky to have the opportunity to be with your child every day. They are amazing! Upcoming Week: Plant life cycles, parts of a plant, adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers, DRA testing, more with peanut babies, the books The Reason For A Flower and Plants That Never Bloom, ALL Library Books are Due Before Friday May 17! If you thought you missed out on a chance to get at 2012/2013 Willard East yearbook then you thought wrong. Check this out! 
We have 4 days of testing under our belts and only have 2 more to go. I have been so proud of your children from the "can do" attitudes to their great work ethic. I think they have been pleasantly surprised by the ease of the testing process too.
Upcoming events: Friday, May 3 we will walk to the high school to watch a theater performance. The weather is supposed to be much cooler so please encourage your child to bring a jacket and dress appropriately. Also, Friday afternoon is our annual LIVING MUSEUM to highlight all of the work put into our famous scientist and inventor projects. Your child will be "on display" in our classroom and the projects will be available to see in the hall. As noted in a past blog post, the children do not have to spend money to dress the part of their character. It can be as simple as a single prop they hold or you may go all out with a costume and accessories. We hope you can make it on Friday. I will also post pictures of the event on the blog. Field Day Will Be Wednesday, May 8. Your child may need/want sunscreen and a change of clothes (sometimes we get wet). Tennis shoes only PLEASE! We also will be eating a sack lunch. Your child may bring a sack lunch from home or purchase a school sack lunch as that will be their only lunch choice that day. We have had the privilege of having Ms. Christina Gordon in our classroom for her field experience work and her student teaching. Ms. Gordon is a senior at Southwest Baptist University and will be graduating in May. Her last day with us will be Wednesday, May 8. As a way of saying thank you for all she has done and to send her off to her own classroom well prepared, we are creating a "teacher basket" full of classroom necessities like pens, clips, note pads, Tylenol :), gift cards, etc. If you would like to contribute to the basket please send your contribution by Tuesday, May 7. I will have a secret box for the donations under my teacher desk. THANK YOU!!  Bring It On! That has been the motto in our class for the past month. We are so ready for the MAP test and want the opportunity to SHOW WHAT WE KNOW! I know that you already know all of these tips, but it wouldn't seem like the Friday before testing if I didn't share them with you again...A little bit of encouragement from you can go a loooong way in the following areas...plenty of rest, a healthy breakfast, and a "you can do it" attitude. We spent some time this week taking down all the anchor charts and content specific material from the walls while we did a quick review over each. We are also sitting in rows instead of groups for testing. I think the kids like this since it's not something they typically do. :)
Testing will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next week and the week of April 30. Testing will primarily be in the morning and a healthy snack will be provided during a mid morning break. You do not need to send any snacks from home. Lunch and recess will be at our regular times. Special classes and library will be at different times to accommodate testing. We are ready. So, again....BRING IT ON! Ask your child about... finishing our final copies of our famous scientist/inventor reports, using our google apps log in, starting our scientist/inventor name plates, researching the state or country that our person is from, letters to the WWII veterans, estimation, and our last spelling test of the year. This Friday is our next costumes for community service day. Students are encouraged to bring $1 and come dressed as their favorite teacher. What? Yep, dress like the teachers.
Students need to bring an adult sized plastic hanger to school for the scientist/inventor displays we are making. Thank you! Friday evening will be our whole school spring concert. The performance will begin at 7:00 in the Willard High School gymnasium. Students may arrive no earlier than 6:40 and are encouraged to wear their W.E. Friday t-shirts. Hope to see you there! MAP testing will be April 23, 24, 25 and April 30, May 1, and 2. Friday, May 3 the students will walk to the Willard H.S. to watch a play. May 3 will also be our annual "living museum" day to wrap up our famous scientist and inventor projects. Students may bring a costume or props as visual aides but this is not required and completely up to the family. Students will be given time to get ready after recess at 2:30. Family and friends are invited to arrive around 3:00 to see the displays and interact with the museum. This event will last approximately 30 minutes and students may leave with their parents after checking out with their teacher. Ask your child about making the above video and...faces, vertices, and edges, review over figurative language (idioms, similes, metaphors, alliteration and onomatopoeia), fact finding for our famous scientist/inventors, Kidblog with Patricia Polacco, and our review over comprehension strategies including inferring and main ideas with details.
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