On Friday we were fortunate enough to get a visit from the Bee Man. Boy, was that exciting! He, not only was dressed like a bee, but had so many cool anf fun facts about bees. We even got the chance to take a look inside of a bee hive. I was a little hesitant, but the kids were all over it! Thay had the best time and truly learned a lot. Ask your student about the three different types of bees- it was interesting to find out about the way bees interact with each other as well as the hierarchy within and among the tribe! Check out some pictures from the Bee Man...
Reading: This week we continue to study the skill main topic and ket details. We will be focusing our reading on Bees! We will be reading a variety of literature on the topic and learning lots and lots of cool facts.
Our phonics concepts this week are short/o/ words and plural eanding "s" and "es". Please look at the spelling words that have been placed in your students O.W.Ls tonight. Remember if they received a 100% today on the pretest they do NOT have to take the test on Friday!
We have a new shared reading this week: Do You Like to Buzz?
Do you like to buzz,
Are you covered all in fuzz?
Do you call a hive a home
In the Garden where you roam?
Do you know how to make honey,
Are your stripes a little funny?
Do you like to buzz?
Are you covered all in fuzz?
Do you call a hive a home
In the Garden where you roam?
Do you know how to make honey,
Are your stripes a little funny?
Do you like to buzz?
Are you a worker bee?
Do you live over a tree?
Do you work all day and night?
Once you find some food in sight
Will you find food for a larva?
So the baby doesn’t starve-a
Are you a worker bee?
Are you a drone honeybee?
Allowed to be very lazy
Do they let you rest all day?
While the workers have to pay
Can you hurt anything?
No, because you can not sting
Are you a drone honeybee?
Math: Today we took the post test for addition facts to 10. Please take a look at this test and review the concepts that your student missed. Of, course I will be reteaching as well, but it helps out so much to reinforcement at home! This week in whole group we will begin subtraction facts to 10. Remember to be studying your math facts for at least 10 minutes a night with your student. This needs to be documented in the Murphy Math Log. I will be taking the log up this Friday!
Science: What a fun day in science. We are currently learning about the different jobs of the honeybee. After we read about the jobs in a Science Weekly Reader, students were assigned one of four roles: queen bee, worker bee, drone bee, intruder (yellow jacket, hornet). Each student played a different role in the hive and boy was it a HOOT to watch. This was an awesome role play activity. Hopefully I can get some pictures tomorrow!
Reminders and Dates:
- Apple Day tomorrow- students will be rotating from classroom to classroom learning lots of different things about apples.
- FIELD TRIP THURSDAY- Please turn in field trip forms ASAP. 9 dollars for students, 6 dollars for adults! Students will need to bring their lunches!
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