Growing Chicks, Growing Minds

Hello Families! I hope your child is teaching you all about chicks and sharing some of the experiments and activities we are doing in class. We have been very busy! Students have seen just how strong egg shells are, so maybe rethink the expression, "walking on eggshells"? Students also soaked eggs in vinegar, allowing us to take a peak at the membrane of an egg. Did you know an egg can bounce without its shell?! We also had an opportunity this week to candle the eggs to see the growing embryo inside our eggs. Ask your child to tell you more about their embryology unit!

Reading & Writing

In reading we have taken a look at homonyms and your verses you're. Students have practiced the memory words: first, many, too, down, work. We have also worked on distinguishing words with ay and ai, both which make the long /a/ sound. Students learned that ai goes in the middle of a word and ay goes at the end. In writing students have started looking at non-fiction texts and labeling text features. This is all in preparation for mini-research paragraghs they will write about a research question related to embryology. Students will work in pairs or independently and get to choose their question.


Math

In math students looked at subtraction story problems with missing subtrahends and then solved story problems, both addtion and subtraction, across all settings and different missing parts or sums/differences. Next week we will learn more about coins.

Reminders/Other "stuff"

• Remember to return permission slips for the Look Park celebration
• Would love donations for Will's end of the year thank you gift and party
• Please send recycled materials by May 16th for our egg drop project.
• Wish list: snack, thin/black dry erase markers