Yay, spring is here!!!  Recess without jackets feels SO good!  Earlier this week we took a nature walk over to Molly's Garden to observe signs of spring.  We worked with our friendship buddy to write an acrostic poem about our findings.  This brainstorming helped us write detailed, descriptive sentences in our composition!

 

A Look Ahead:

*Next week's spelling words are:

bring, brave, brother, break, swing, sweet, state, stick, stand, great, ground, grade

*We will finish our composition about spring next week.

*Our spelling test will be on THURSDAY.  No school Friday (4/18) and Monday (4/21).

*We will have a dress down day on THURSDAY, April 17th.  No theme...just dress down :)

Mark Your Calendars:

*Play practice has begun!  Please continue to practice lines every night.  Costumes are due TUESDAY, April 22nd. We would like to have lines memorized by Wednesday April 16.

*Our field trip to the science center is on WEDNESDAY, April 23rd.  If you would like to chaperon, please send in $6.75 by MONDAY, April 14th.

As you may have heard, earlier this week I was away at a teacher conference presenting on our beautiful Monarch butterflies with Ms. D’Andrea.  We spoke with fellow teachers that are so excited to incorporate the Monarch into their curriculum.  We have been noticing Monarchs everywhere recently, even in Anthropologie's store window:  The Making of the Monarch Windowscape

When I stumbled across this video I also noticed that the Anthropologie store at Towson Town will be hosting a "Children's Butterfly Crafts" event on Saturday, April 26th, from 11-1pm.  Call the store to RSVP for this event- (410) 828-5521  I hope you can check it!

 http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/category/HOME-EARTH-DAY.jsp?cm_sp=FOOTER-_-FEATURE-_-ANTHRO_EVENTS#mary;

http://vimeo.com/90240481

Enjoy the beautiful weekend!

Patty