The News from Mrs. Hughes
Happy Mother's Day! 


Religion  We completed chapter 18, The Great Commandment. We won't have a test on it. The children are learning the Hail, Holy Queen prayer for a quiz on Tuesday.

Language Arts We are reading books by E. B. White.Most of the kids are reading  Charlotte's Web.
Two are reading
Trumpet of the Swans.

Math We will finish fractions and begin decimals this week. This website would be a good review.

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.htm

Science This week we hold our Invention Convention We will begin studying about plants. We planted a few lima beans to in plastic bags to watch tthe seeds.  Next Thursday is Science Bamboozleers' Day.  Your child  should bring an experiment to demonstrate for the class. There are some links under "Homework Helps" or your child can pick any  experiment in our textbook.

Social Studies
 We have finished our social studies book
.

Reminders

The A-Z Countdown to the End of the Year

Dear Parents,

The end of the school year is drawing near.  We will be counting down the days of school from A-Z during the months of May and June.  Below you will find an explanation of each letter day.  If you can donate any items to help make our countdown successful, please let me know.  Your help will be greatly appreciated. 

      Sincerely,

      Mrs. Hughes

 

A—Animal Day~Bring in your favorite stuffed animal in a bag and write 3 clues about it, so we can guess what it is!

B—Blue Jeans Day- Wear your favorite blue jeans to school!

C—Card Day—play Math Card Games

D—Dance Day~We’ll be dancingpart of day away!

E—Exercise Day~Exercises in the morning and afternoon!

F—Favorite Book Day-Bring your favorite book to school to share and read!

G—Game Day~Play games with your classmates.  Bring in your favorite game!

H—Hat Day~Wear your favorite hat to school. 

I—Inside Out Day-Wear something inside out!

J—Joke Day~Bring in a joke to tell the class!

K—Kite Day~We’ll be making a paper kite and writing a story about a kite’s journey through the sky.

L—Lollipop Day~How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll

      pop?

M—Music Day~we’ll be listening to a variety of music while we work and play!

N—Nickel Day-Bring a nickel to school.  We’ll sort and graph them by year.

O—Orange Day~Wear orange, eat orange food and write with an orange crayon!

P—Puzzle Day~we’ll do puzzles…crosswords, search and finds and more!

Q—Quilt Day~We’ll make a class quilt, read quilt stories and make pattern block

       Quilt squares!

R—Read-a-lot Day~We’ll be taking time to read-a-lot today!  Bring a pillow, a

snack and 3 of your favorite books to read.

S-Super  Field  Day Trip  Day
T-T-shirt Day
U-Unforgttable-we'll make memory/ autograph books.
\V-Visor Day We'll be making our own in class.
W-Watch a Movie Day

X and O Day- Review spelling Math and Science with tic-tac-toe.
Y-Year End Cleaning Day-bring shaving cream and a large sack. Z-Zip and Zoom to your summer vacation!


Link to the last days in May.



I pledge to do what's right,
 to do my best,
and to treat others the way that
I want to be treated.



Link to More Information about we're doing.

Moms please visit the month of May where there is a tribute to you!

 



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