May 3, 2013
Happy Snowy May Day!
It is official. My toes retreated back into regular shoes. This weather is crazy!  

Reminder: No school on Monday, May 6. It is the last week of afterschool classes. If your child usually goes to after school classes, please let me know their afterschool plans after May 9th. 

Flip Flops: Yes, flip flops are allowed; however they become an issue on the playground. We must keep shoes on at recess (for safety reasons) and it is very hard to run and play in them (another safety reason). We are not going to take the time to change shoes for recess so it is best if they wear recess/gym shoes all day long. I’ll let you make the decision if you feel flip flops are safe for your child, but it they become an issue (coming off feet) I’ll let you and your child know that they will need to wait for weekends to wear them. (You all know how much I love flip-flops so this will be hard for me!)

****Supplies Needed: ********
White card stock/index paper-8 ½ x 11

Monday, June 3: 12:20 is the end of the year play.
Our week at a glance:
Reading: We are completing our fairy tale, folk tale and fable unit by discovering the author’s message and lesson in each story we study this week.

Math: We are completing our unit on addition and subtraction.  We will be assessing students in small group and one-on-one over the next 2 weeks. We will begin our final unit on growing and shrinking patterns the week of May 7.

Writing: We completed our Fairy tales, which you will see on June 3rd.  They will stay in their portfolios for their career at Marcy after that! We will work on our mother’s day book next week for writing.

Social Studies: We are learning about MN and US symbols. They LOVE this unit! 

Next week:  
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Gym
Wednesday: Art
Thursday: Gym
Friday: Art

Friday Folders- 
Math homework is the same as in the past. (last one!!!!)
Handwriting I enclosed the rest of their handwriting books. Please have your child do one page each week. 

Have a great weekend