•4/30~ Poem in Your Pocket Day
•5/3 - Cardinal 5k
•5/16~ Field Day t-shirt and yearbook orders due
Thank you! Thank you to those of you who were able to serve as chaperones for our field trip to the Greenville Zoo! Everyone was willing to help out throughout the day, making it much easier for me! It was one of the best field trips, ever! The children were all very well behaved and enjoyed seeing the animals that we have been studying.
PTO News: Don’t forget to register for our Cardinal 5K or the 1 mile fun run! Every participant will receive a FREE 6 inch sub from Subway. Come out and walk then have a free healthy lunch!
Dress Code Reminders:
•Sleeveless shirts should have straps that are 3 fingers wide. Spaghetti straps are prohibited.
•Shorts should be longer than your fingertips when your arms are extended down. THIS INCLUDES ATHLETIC SHORTS.
•No flip flops are to be worn due to the safety of children while running outside. All shoes must have a strap on the back of the heel. NO HIGH HEELS are to be worn. We have seen several students twist ankles while wearing shoes with a raised heel and slick bottom.
•Leggings are not permitted unless they are covered by a skirt or shorts that are appropriate in length.
•Refrain from wearing extremely tight fitting clothing.
Consequences for Dress Code Violations:
First Offense: The teacher will verbally remind the child of the dress code as well as the parent.
Second Offense: The teacher will send the child to the front office to call home for a spare change of clothes/shoes that are more appropriate.
Thanks!
WES Administration
100 Book Challenge: Congratulations to Cheyenne, Jayce, Aiden and Braxton for earning 200 steps!
Language Arts: We are working on the final presentations for our zoo animal research projects. We will be working with Mrs. Farmer to create slideshows using a class set of iPads! Our class is also studying poetry by a variety of poets, including Douglas Florian and Jack Prelutsky. We will write acrostic poems and cinquains. We are working on building our stamina to 30 minutes of focused, purposeful reading.
SPELLING: **TOMORROW,please see your child’s agenda for an individualized list of words to be reviewed. For consistency this week, spelling homework is the same for everyone.
Tuesday: Write each word 3 times and circle all of the vowels.
Wednesday: Choose 5 words to write in sentences.
Thursday: Write sentences for the remaining words.
Friday: Spelling Triangles/ sailboats
Math: We will work on addition and subtraction in fact families. We’ll also work on adding with tens and ones. We’ll review the Hundred Chart and ways to use it to help us with addition and subtraction. We will have math homework on Tuesday and Thursday of this week, as usual.
The Sloth
By Douglas Florian
Up in a tree
The shaggy sloth
Is hanging by its claws.
It doesn’t like to move at all.
It only likes to
p a u s e.
