Upcoming Dates

Friday, May 19th- Track & Field Day, 2nd Grade Wear Blue, All Library Books Due

Monday, May 29th- Memorial Day, No School

Thursday, June 1st- Field Trip to Hemker Zoo

Friday, June 2nd- Last Day of School, Walking to City Park

Track & Field Day Reminders

• The weather looks on the chillier side for Friday so please have your child dress in layers and wear blue if possible.
• Please send a water bottle or two along with your child.
• Please put sunscreen on your child before he/she leaves the house in the morning.
• Students are not allowed to leave the school grounds for lunch. You may bring in lunch if you like but students need to stay at school.
• At the end of the day please check in with me if you are taking your child home with you. Then go to the checkout table as well to sign your child out for the day.

This is such a fun day for MLE students and I hope many of you are able to come and watch!

Phonics

This week in phonics your child spent time working with the "Bossy R" within words as in ar, er, ir, or, and ur. Using these letter patterns your child made words, sorted words, and played a game focusing around the above letter patterns.

Writing

In writing students have been working on finishing the following story starters:

• A Weird Wake-Up
• Even Robots Need Breakfast
• Monkey See, Monkey Do

Guided Reading

 This week the students practiced and performed the following plays:

• Room for More
• A Pinch of Pepper

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms and special individuals who make a difference in the lives of these special students daily. Enjoy your special day!

Phonics

Time this week was spent in phonics working with Greek Roots. Students spent time taking words apart and finding the meaning of words using the known Greek Root parts.