Mrs. Taylor’s Classroom News

April 2008

The Dinosaur March

We had a fabulous turn out for our dinosaur day.  The children are still discussing concepts and using language learned during our unit on dinosaurs.  They discovered volumes of information about these creatures from millions of years ago!

Field Trips

We will be walking to Bauer Farm on Monday, April 28th to learn about pond life and the wide variety of life cycles occurring there.  We are also visiting the Garde Theater on May 7th.

Classroom Supplies

Thank you for all of your donations of tissues, spoons, cups, plates and multiple other supplies.  You kept us going all year!

Keep Reading!

With only 36 days remaining in first grade… please remember the sentiment from open house – we learn to read in first grade and read to learn for the remainder of our lives.  Please don’t take a summer vacation from reading!  Practice and explore all the strategies and skills developed this year!

April brings plants …

and many more various life cycles!   We are exploring all the parts of plants, frogs and various insects.  Spring is a perfect time to discover the cycle of life.  We will be learning about our vegetables and what part of the plant we eat every day! 

Curriculum Highlights

Math – Math stories, adding and subtracting, geometric attributes 2 digit numbers, money, telling time and measuring.
Science – Life cycles
Reading – Small group reading instruction, retelling including all parts of the story, vowel pairs and all long vowel rules
Writing – Stories that include a beginning, middle and end, longer, more interesting sentences, new descriptive words
Author of the Month – Marc Brown
Chapter Book –
Charlotte’s Web
By: E.B. White

Volunteer Opportunities

Thank you to everyone who volunteered to help out in the classroom!  Our room moms put together a wonderful schedule that allowed the opportunity for 1 volunteer each day. If you weren’t able to sign up to help out and would like to before the end of school, contact me via e-mail and I can set something up.