Fairy Tales

We had fun learning about Fairy Tales! 

These are some of our favorite characters!

We know ..... 

About Fairy Tales

About Characters

And how to work collaboratively

                                                             

                      Standard MA8A states:
Identifies characteristics commonly shared by folktales and fairy tales                       
We can do this......ask us!!

                                                                

                                                          Enjoy these Fairy Tales!

                                                            Goldilocks and the Three Bears

                                                             Rumpelstiltskin

                                                              Cinderella

I feel appreciated!

Dear Parents and Students,

Thank you so much for all of the thoughtfulness during Teacher Appreciation Week! What a wonderful week of cards, lunches, and goodies! I especially want to thank you for the plant and beautifully designed planter! What a labor of love! Thank you, thank you, thank you. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend celebrating all the mothers in your life (past and present).

It's May already?

Welcome to May! It is hard to believe that the nice weather will finally be here.
Please read our most recent newsletter for important information and dates. You can find it on the side of this blog under "most recent newsletter" and I sent home a hard copy as well.

I would like to welcome Miss Olivia Laughlin to our classroom. Miss Olivia was a student of mine many years ago and  has come back to our class as a Masco intern. She is wonderful and the children are really enjoying her. She is also a big help to me. Miss Olivia is planning on attending UMASS Amherst next fall and is thinking about earning a degree in teaching. Let's keep our fingers crossed!

Before vacation we learned about Earth Day and how we can help our earth. Below is a Berenstain Bears video about pollution that might be fun to watch.

Berenstain Bears Don't Pollute

Happy May to all of you!

A "Books in Bloom" thank you!

Thank you so much to all of the parents who helped create this wonderful project. It looks fantastic!
In case you don't get a chance to see it in person, I've included a picture! THANKS AGAIN!!

This is our finished project!

                                                       Enjoy the story again!
                                                           Hey, Little Ant

Standard  W.1.1  

Writing
Text Types and Purposes 1

1. Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.

Heat and Light

This past week we learned about the sun, light, shadows and heat. We had a great time going into a pinball machine with Ms. Frizzle to experience the properties of light and color. She also took us to the Artic to  help us learn about heat. In addition to that we did experiments that taught us about our shadows, refraction, light rays and more. Ask us about our learning and be sure to check out the folders we brought home on Friday!

shadow play

light travels in a straight line

kaleidoscope fun

prism discoveries

exploring light rays through a comb

research

mirror fun

Sun Song for children

Bear's shadow