Week of April 25-29

**Zoo field trip forms went out last Thursday, April 21. Our field trip is on May 16. The cost is $7.00 for students. This includes zoo admission and transportation on the bus. Kids leave for the zoo at 9:15 and will return to school at 2:00. After they get off the bus, they may go home. Get the permission slip and money in ASAP!**

We finished up our testing this week. Test results went home with kids on pink pieces of paper. I noticed that many kids need to work on pointing at the words and having their voice match what they are pointing. When they read at home and you see your kid saying a word that doesn't match what they are pointing at, please have them stop and look at the word, use decoding strats, then reread the sentence.

In math, we have started to explore fractions by looking at 1/2. Whenever you notice this fraction at home, be sure to point it out to your kid so that they get more familiar with what 1/2 means.

Next month we have a lot of fun events to wrap up the year! As mentioned above, our field trip is on May 16. This is a full day for the kids and they get picked up from school at 2:00. On May 24, we have our field day. All parents are encouraged to come and help/celebrate with us. We do a half day of Field Day and kids go home at the normal time (11:50). Money for Field Day T-Shirts are due by May 9th! May 31 is our class picnic as well as the last day of school. Report cards go home on this day.