Friday, May 17

Hi Everyone!

I want to begin by saying “thank you” for making me feel so appreciated this week!  Hawthorn is an amazing place to work and supportive parents like you really make a difference in a school’s atmosphere. 

Field Day is coming soon!  Tuesday, May 28^th!!!!!!!!!!!

I will need many volunteers to help make the day successful for the students.  If you would be willing to assist with any of the preparations or be a volunteer at Field Days please let me know.  You are also more than welcome to just come enjoy the day.  Field day will begin at 9:30 and events will finish by 2:45.  The lunch menu for the day will be hamburger or hot dog.  If you plan on purchasing a lunch please fill out the form below or let your child’s teacher know by May 23^rd so there is plenty of food for everyone.

                                                                                Thanks, Mrs. Bearce

                                                                        Physical Education Teacher

If you are interested in volunteering with Field Day activities, please email me and I will send home an information sheet for you to fill out and return for Mrs. Bearce. 

 

This year is drawing to a close and there are several events to be aware of and mark on your calendars. 

Next week:

Monday:  Mr. Renner, the father of a current kindergarten student, and several assistants, will talk to the kids about some of the basics of ballooning. Then they will demonstrate how the balloon is inflated. They have done this demonstration for groups of students before and he reports it was a hit! Hopefully the weather will co-operate so they will be able to show off the balloon! If we have to move it inside they will still be able to “cold inflate” the balloon partially and have the kids do a bit of participation.

Thursday: Students will be visited by the librarians of MCPL to learn about their summer reading program.  Also, author Coach Sloth will return to sign books.  Your child met Coach Sloth on Thursday and heard him speak about his experience writing a children’s series.  There is still time for your child to purchase a book.

The Last Week:

Monday:  Memorial Day—No School!

Tuesday: Field Day! 

Wednesday:  Last day to take AR quizzes

Thursday:  Awards Assembly (11:30-12:15) in our pod.  I will be sending home a letter early next week regarding what award your child will be receiving.

                AR Goal Party (3:30-5:00) in our pod.  Your child will receive an invitation when they meet their AR goal.

Friday:  Last Day!  Dismissal @ 11:45

Researching Inventors

For the rest of this year in our classroom we are researching inventors.
Evreyone has a partner and at least 5 notecards with questions about the inventor and invention they are researching.

        Here are some example questions:

                * What was the invention?

               * When was the inventor's birth and death?

               * Did the inventor have any other careers?

               * How did the inventor get his/her ideas?

         Here are some of the partners and inventors:

              * Sarah and Ryan: The Wright Brothers

              * Ryann Raquel: Alexander Graham Bell

              * Rylee and Leah: Walter Diemer

             Now you know what your child is doing in writing.

inventeres

At miss.coen's class we were working on biographies. I love doing biographies because
we get to go with a partneer and read about peaple in the past that made invention's
that helped us like the light bulb, the puson  who helped us to see.

Poetry By:Luke

    The last couple weeks we have been working on poetry. We drafted five poems that we liked and edited them revised them.  This week we have been publishing them. Today was our last day to publish. We are making a book of our poems we are glueing them to black paper. Then we are making a class book we are all going to pick our favorite poem. We all get a book!!

Moon By: Luke

This week we've been learning  facts about the moon. We wrote facts on sticky notes and we are going to make a Venn Diagram but this is a special Venn Diagram it has 3 circles one box is the Earth one box is the Moon and the last box is the sun. We also did something where we went into a closet and stood in different positions and saw a shadow that's how we learned the phases of the moon it starts as a new moon then half moon after that is a full moon then half moon the new moon again.

                                                      Here are some of the facts we learned.

1. The moon is 1/4 the size of earth.

2.We only see 1 side of the moon

3.The orbit of the moon is tilted

Good-Bye Ms. Askin

 On Thursday our student teacher Ms. Askin left. We were so sad. We made a scrapbook for her we each made a page the page had to have our name in big letters, our picture a teaching tip that said like play games with our class  and a way that we like ms. Askin. Then with all the teaching supplies bought we made a nice little basket she loved it. She even made something for us she made an owl that said owl miss you. It had candy too! Then every one swarmed her and asked for autograph she said she felt so famous.  Then when we left she gave us all hugs

Good bye Miss.Askin :(

On 5-2-13 Miss.Askin the asistant teacher lefet to get a job.She is now working at
a  daycare.My class mates were crying and I was very sad.Evereybodey was sad.
We got CANDEY from here!She is my faveret teacher ever.

Square Dancing By: Leah and Isadora

               This week in PE and Music we did square dancing.

              First ,you bow or curtsy to your partner { Girls can bow or curtsy}.Next,bow to your corner { the person behind you}.
 Then, grand right and left {put your hand out to the next person and use your left hand then right until you get to your partner}.
Next the boy takes the girl's hand and walks her around the circle until they get to their correct spot.
Then, link elbows and elbow swing around once.
The next thing is: the first group goes to the second group, walks around left then right, you right elbow swing the opposite of your partner then left elbow swing your partner.
Next the first group  does the same with the third group then fourth.
Then the second group does the same thing all around the circle.
Next you repeat evreything all over again just at the end with the third group then fourth.

                        THE END