This week was an exciting one as we now have four amazing additions to our class! On Tuesday, we were greeted by duckling one - Lemonade. He/she was followed by Bubba and Oreo and then this morning Cookies and Cream was waiting for us in the incubator. All four ducklings are healthy and happy and get along very well. Mrs. Burch and I are sharing evening duck duties by taking the brood home to our families. :) We anticipate the arrival of another duckling this weekend. The students love having the ducklings and are excited to pet them and watch them play and feed in their water. We will be keeping them for one more week and will then return them to the farm.

Lemonade waiting to greet us on Tuesday

Lemonade 

The Brood

Your child's bean plant was sent home with them today. The plants were getting so tall that they were winding up with one another and were moving through our window blinds! You may want to transplant this plant into the ground or into another pot. It will produce runner beans.

This week, we listened to/watched a reading of the book Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens. It is a funny story that introduces students to both root vegetables and those that grow above the ground. We did some root vegetable art after listening to this book. On Monday, we will plant our classroom garden boxes.

Last week, we worked on some art with our buddies to represent onomatopoeia/sound words. Today, the students completed this work.

In Math, we continue to work with addition and subtraction in both equations and word problems. I introduced the students to an online addition game that you may want to use at home. The students really enjoyed it. This would be a great game to play with your child either online or at a table using actual dice. :) . Here is the link: https://www.abcya.com/games/sum_of_all_dice

We will not have any more book exchanges at the library this year as Mrs. McLean needs time to do a complete inventory of our library before the next school year. Please take a look at a home for any library books your child may still have and return them as soon as possible.

Thank you to everyone for sending in a baby photo of your child. I was waiting to receive a few at the end of the week so will be making up the guessing game this weekend.

The students will be doing an animal research project in the next two weeks. Please hold onto a shoebox for your child to use for this project. Each student will make a diorama to represent their animal's habitat. If you have more than one shoebox that you can donate, I would appreciate you sending them in. You can send them in starting Monday. Thanks in advance!

We are hoping to go on a community walk at some point next week depending on the weather. We will be observing changes in the vegetation as well as looking for creatures big and small! Please make sure your child wears good walking shoes to school each day next week. We are most likely to go for our walk on either Tuesday or Wednesday.

I hope you all enjoy some rest and relaxation over the next couple of days. See you Monday! :)