K-3 Newsletter

                                      Mrs. MacIntyre

Dear Families,

Friday, April 29,2016

Welcome Back! It sounds as though everyone had a nice and much needed week off. The students had lots of stories to share and the beautiful weather last week lended to some great outdoor activities. The weather this week however….. Not quite as nice!

First off, the class was very excited to hear that Drew made it back safely from Australia and he had an amazing experience. They are such a caring class and have asked me several times how he is and what Australia was like. I am amazed how much they have learned and the high interest they have in learning more about it.

We have had a wonderful week celebrating Earth week.

The class created a beautiful mural about the most earth friendly way they can get to school. It is hanging up inside the Melrose school office. IF you happen to be in the school, pop into the office and take a look! The students were very good about bringing in a litter free lunch and recycling and reusing things in their lunchboxes.  They helped clean up the playground and I am happy to report there was not much trash at all to pick up.

We also planted morning glories and celery. When they begin to sprout we are going to give them to Mrs. Turenne, who is going to have them planted at the Godena Community Farm!

On Friday, we attended an assembly by master gardener Linda Hall. She taught us about worms, pollinating and composting. This ties right into our Science that we are learning about so the students were very excited to learn new information.

In Writer’s Workshop, we focused on opinion writing this week. The students wrote opinions about their favorite thing about the Earth, oviparous animals and opinions about fruits and vegetables. They did a very good job writing opinions and why they felt a certain way. Great job kindergarteners!

In math, we practice decomposing numbers into tens and ones and putting them back together again. Hopefully you had a chance to see the math papers that have been coming home. They are doing some very high level thinking in math and I am very proud of them.

Our kindergarten graduation is set for June 21st. PLEASE SAVE THE DATE!!

I hope you have a fabulous weekend.

As always, please contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.

Sincerely,

Mrs. MacIntyre