Happy April Fool's Day!! Wow... the first day of April already! I hope the weather starts to get warmer so we can enjoy the Spring! Here's what we've been doing and what we will be doing: Language Arts: We're still reading our novels. Please ask your child to tell you a summary about what he/she has read so far. Having them use the words first, next, then, and last will help them focus on important events. Next week we'll be working with summaries, comprehension questions, and story maps. Math: My class is continuing to work on patterns and growing patterns. Writing: We've just finished listening to some Just So Stories. We even watched two on a video. We'll begin writing our own next week! Word Study: Next week's words are suffixes again... plurals. s, es, and ies endings. Science: We'll be starting Populations. In fact, we just got our daphnia and algae today! Other critters will be coming soon! Thanks to Loretta Klein - Chase's mom for letting me borrow her flash drive so I can post pictures of our ESSL visit. I, of course, left it at home! I'll try to get them up sometime this weekend! That's it for now - have a wonderful weekend! Mrs. Humerick