Dear Parents,

Well, today is our big day at the Ann Arbor Hands-on Museum! By the time you read this, your child has probably told you all about it!

Here's hoping you had a wonderful Mothers Day! It was so nice to see you all last Friday; it meant so much to the children to have you there. The children worked very hard on your portrait and put lots of effort into saying just the right thing about you. Before long you'll have beautiful flowers (Marigolds) growing in your hand-painted pot and don't forget to "cash in" on your coupon!

This week is our Scholastic Book Fair. We love this book fair because it's buy one, get one free! Here's the perfect opportunity to stock up on summer reading materials for your child. We will visit the Book Fair tomorrow at 8:45 a.m. Don't forget to send money in a labeled envelope, or better yet, a ziplock bag.

Speaking of books, Scholastic book orders for May are due this Friday. This will be our last book order of the year.

Because we missed our last two gym periods, Mr. Mazur is giving us an extra gym period this week! In addition to Friday, we'll have gym tomorrow, immediately after we visit the Book Fair. Please send your child to school in his/her gym clothes and shoes. We'll change into our uniforms afterward.

Last week you received information regarding a summer learning program. I urge you to take advantage of it to keep your child learning throughout the summer.

Attached is information regarding our First Grade Picnic.

Have a great week!

Ms. Kopilchack

This week's activities:

Reading/Writing
Our story this week is "Just A Little Bit." This story introduces us to the idea of a cumulative sequence of events. We'll also explore the use of adjectives in a story and how descriptive words can make our own writing more interesting.

We'll be doing lots of writing from here on out. In addition to our journal writing, we'll be writing about ourselves and what we learned in first grade.

Phonics/Word Wall Activities
We continue with digraphs this week and will wrap up the year with contractions.

Math
We are learning to tell time to the hour and half-hour. We are also learning about measurement.

Science
We continue to learn about the weather this week. We'll be doing lots of hands-on activities to support this theme.

We are also learning about butterflies. Our live caterpillars will soon begin their transformation into the chrysalis stage.

Religion
We continue to learn about the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Homework - Study spelling words, practice telling time to the hour and half hour, attached activities. Practice telling time online at: