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Kindernews From Blueberry II

May 21, 2012		#40  		Ms. Nobusada
Thank you:
Melissa Cooper, for providing headbands for our class play
Tanja and Melissa for providing satin ribbon to tie on our masks.
Special Events:
 
Open House/Music Night will be May 30th and begins at 6:30.  Our classroom 
will be open for your child to show you some of his/her work.  You will have 
several things to take from the classroom and put away into your car before 
the music part of the evening begins. The children will then sit with 
classmates and me in the auditorium for the performance part of the evening.
May 24    Wear Blue and Gold, school colors or something that says Thornhill
          school, like a Walkathon Tshirt.  
May 29    Wacky hair
May 30    PJ Day
May 31    Dress up like someone else day (twin/matching day)
June 1    Freaky Friday!!

We kick it all off Thursday, May 24 with THORNHILL THUNDERBIRDS 
SCHOOL PRIDE DAY!!??

Classroom News

Language Arts
We read our first story in the Open Court big book, By the Sea.  It was fun 
to notice visual clues of what sea animal we would see next.  Our language 
arts centers followed our ocean theme, and we began ocean animal stories and 
pictures.  One of the biographies we read last week was about Jacques 
Cousteau.

Science
On Tuesday we learned lots of fun water facts.  Ask your child to tell you 
one of them.  Science Fair night was lots of fun, and using our senses was 
not as easy as we thought.  Thanks for your help, particularly at the smell 
center!  Curious fingers felt a sponge, starfish, sand, a rubber ray, shell, 
and an abalone shell at the touch center.  A variety of responses came from 
the taste center to describe the seaweed, ranging from sweet, bitter, salty, 
oceany, bad to crunchy.  Great adjective work!  The sound center had 
imaginations going, but most often heard were waves, dogs, gulls, and 
voices.  To the smell detectives, bravo!  Rosemary, cinnamon, basil, garlic, 
vanilla, and lemon were the scents.

We are weaving science into language arts, and learning about ocean animals, 
and parts of the sea as we share ocean experiences.

Math
Finally, we used scales to weigh some pattern blocks.  For some of us, 
getting the scales to balance was a challenge.  On Wednesday we took our 
chapter test, and Thursday we began a new chapter on time…speaking of time, 
we are now counting down the days until summer break.  Can you believe there 
are only 18 days left for us together?

SF Opera
On Thursday we completed our third, short aria.  We also thought of tunes for 
our lines, but we will have to make a decision whether we want to say or sing 
them.  With Music Night coming in two weeks, we have lines to memorize for 
those songs, too!

Art
We painted our masks and made pictures of starfish, sponges and other sea 
animals with stamps, to be displayed at Open House.

Social Studies
We continued to listen to biographies and enjoyed reading the biographies 
written for homework last week!

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