Weekly Update, May 14 - 18

Hello Smart Pre-Second Graders and Super Pre-Second Grade Parents!

Happy Mother's Day!  I hope all the moms had a wonderful day.  I hope you enjoyed your flowers.  The kids had so much fun making them for you.

Wow! It's hard to believe this is the last full week of first grade! I am so proud of all the kids have accomplished this year! There's just one more week until Camp Learned A Lot! Kids - keep working hard and following our rules so we can have Camp Learned A Lot! It's so much fun!

Parents - there are still many opportunities to help with Camp Learned - A - Lot! The children will mail letters to you from “camp.” Please send in a self addressed (addressed to the parent), stamped envelope in by this Friday so those can be ready to mail on Monday.

Homework Information
* This is the last chance for the PRE-SECOND GRADE SPELLING CHALLENGE!!! There's just one test left to get an A+ or an A++! You are all great spellers and I know you can do it!

BLASTING OFF TO 2nd GRADE!!!
We will finish off our planet study this week by learning about the outer planets. The kids studied Jupiter, the first of the outer planets, today. We will study the Saturn, Uranus and Neptune until Thursday. On Friday, we will review the planets and the kids will complete their planet book.

In writing we are finishing our planet-a-day space book. These are coming out great and I can't wait to see the finished product! We are also working on class books. The goal is to have enough for each child to take three home at the end of the year; we are almost to our goal! These class books are just wonderful and it is so neat to see the progress that the kids have made throughout the year. We will also complete our final writing assessment for the year for the report card.

The last Rainbow Words of the year are due tomorrow! This week in making words we are reviewing a variety of different word families, contractions and abbreviations. Kids - study hard for Friday's test! I know you can do it!

The kids enjoyed their space centers! The centers for the week include:
1. Listening - The kids listened to Planets and they made their own representation of the Sun, Earth and the moon. These are really neat and show how the Earth orbits the sub.
2. Science - The kids made their very own space shuttles! They used oranges for the base of the shuttle and then they used a variety of different treats for their space shuttles. These look great!
3. Writing - The kids wrote a letter to their future second grade teacher to introduce themselves. I will save these for the teachers and, once classes are assigned for next year, give the letters to the teachers.
4. Math - The kids made a diagram to show the different phases of the moon. After they finished, they used pattern blocks to create a map of our Solar System.
5. Reading - The kids had free choice reading day.  They love this!

In math we are working on finishing the assessments for the report card. We will also continue to practice regrouping and borrowing so the kids are familiar with it when they get to second grade.

Have an A+ week!
Mrs. Johnston