Week of 4/14

Hope you all have a wonderful spring break week!  I'm looking forward to visiting my family and friends in CT this weekend :)
Many kids are excited to go shopping to get some donations for our Mothers Day gift bags.

Here's a bit of what we did this week... 

Putting stories in order with Mrs. Cummings

Beginning a new type of opinion writing- reviews

The kids have some great (and funny) reasons why you should/shouldn't do/buy something.  For example, the ice cream at one place is too expensive or the ice cream at another has too many cherries.  We'll spend the next few weeks writing reviews and giving a star rating.

Here's our class review on the best park at Thompson.  Check out all of the editing we did together too!

 

The first graders were so lucky to have Greg Tang led a presentation on math thinking.  He taught us to always try to make a ten.  He shared his website with us- Check out Greg Tang Math http://gregtangmath.com/

This week during math, the kids have been exploring his online games. 

Our read-aloud on Monday was Math Fables Too.

Some examples of what we did during Math Centers this week:

Vine: Math Centers- Telling Time- 4/15 Keep practicing time to the hour! 

Vine: Math Centers 4/16

Vine: Community Service- Bag decorating

I became aware of a Mother's Day project through the Lowell Wish Project that I thought our kids could participate in.   Gift bags are given out to Moms that are struggling with homelessness, poverty or abuse.  The kids are so excited to put a smile on some Moms faces! 

Today the kids each decorated the outside of a bag.  Over the next few weeks, we'll be collecting donations for contents of the bag. Below are the required as well as optional contents.  We would greatly appreciate any donations you could make.  A printed list is in your child's folder.   The kids are hoping to fill all 23 bags!

video of today's community service project

Thank you for your support, 

Nicole 

Mother’s Day Gift Bags- Donations due May 2^nd

To benefit moms struggling with homelessness, poverty or abuse

Bag contents:

Flip Flops

Full Sized Shampoo and Conditioner

Toothpaste (any size)

Toothbrush

Lotion, body wash or soap

Deodorant-any size

White socks (1 pr) or slipper socks

Hairbrush (dollar store)

Feminine products

Candy- small box or candy bar

Day planner (dollar store)

Pen

OPTIONAL:

Bath salts

Ladies shaving cream

Brag book-plastic photo holders

Small picture frames

Costume jewelry

Novels-new or used

Makeup (samples are fine)

Lib balm

Blank note cards or note pads

Disposable cameras

Gift cards $5 for Dunkin or CVS

Nail polish