Dear Parents,

Hope you all had a nice Easter break. It's hard to believe but the school year is almost over!

I am happy to announce that we exceeded our goal to read 7500 minutes during the month of March. So, as promised, we celebrated with an ice cream party today, Way to go kids!

We can hardly wait for our field trip to the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum. Attached is a note and permission slip regarding our trip. Please return the permission slip, along with the required fees, by Friday, April 23rd.

Moms, you'll be receiving a "formal" invitation to our Mother's Day Program later this week. In the meantime, please mark your calendars for Friday, May 7th at 1:00 p.m. Please make every effort to attend; it means so much to your child.

Plans are underway for our First Grade Picnic on Wednesday, June 2nd, at Hess-Hathaway Park. Expect more information coming your way any day now.

Have a great week!

Ms. Kopilchack

Homework - "S" blend activity, math worksheets, collect rocks (see Science).

This week's activities:

Reading/Writing
Our story this week is "Julieta and Her Paintbox." Through this story we'll explore point of view and imagination.

We will use our own imaginations in our writing this week.

Phonics/Word Wall Activities
This week we'll learn our S blends and final blends.

We continue to practice our Word Wall words (sight words) and use them in our writing.

Math
We are currently learning addition and subtraction facts to 20. Parents, please continue to practice math facts with your child. Your child should have math facts to 20 memorized by second grade.

Science
This week we begin our Earth Science studies. We will begin by observing and classifying rocks and by conducting experiments to understand the concept of weathering. Please have your child collect 4 to 5 rocks of different shapes, sizes, textures and color for our hands-on explorations.

Religion
We begin our unit on the Holy Spirit and will learn about the gifts of the Spirit.