Newsletter: May 29

Next Week's Specials:

Monday - Memorial Day

Tuesday - Music

Wednesday - Art

Thursday - PE

Friday - STEAM

Coming Up...

• Kindergarten Field Trip to Hemlock Crossings Nature Center and Hager Park: Friday, June 1 from 9:15am-2pm  
• Field Day: Tuesday, June 5, 1:00-2:15pm for PK and Kindergarten classes; have your child wear tennis shoes and sunscreen.  Be sure to send a water bottle! 
• Last Day of School: Friday, June 8, 12:15 dismissal
• Report Cards Mailed Home: Friday, June 15

Field Trip:

Our class field trip is scheduled for Friday, June 1.  We will leave school around 9:15am and go to Hemlock Crossings Nature Center in West Olive.  Then, we will head to Hager Park in Jenison for lunch and to enjoy some time outside.  Please pack a sack lunch for your child unless you have already ordered one through food service.  We will return to school at 2pm.  Please make sure that your child is dressed for the weather and outdoor activities.  Sandals and flip flops are not recommended.  We are asking all Kindergarten students to wear their Bauer BE Awesome T-shirts on Friday so that our students can be easily identified.  

Reading: 

We have been reading fairy tales and focusing on story elements such as the characters, problem, and solution.  This week we are beginning to read folktales.  The difference between fairy tales and folktales is that fairy tales have magic and folktales do not.  We will continue reading folktales and focusing on retelling this week.  

Writing:

In writing we have been working on personal narratives.  Thank you for helping your child with the list of story ideas!  It has helped them SO much!  They have been able to get started writing right away rather than sitting there spending lots of time thinking about what to write.  We are working on including feelings and dialogue in our stories.  We will continue working on our "small moment" personal narrative stories this week.  

Word Study:

We have been working on learning how to spell high frequency words such as where, were, when, and why.  We have also been learning how to spell the homophones there, their, and they're.  

Math:

In math this past week we reviewed concepts from Unit 5 and took the Unit 5 test.   This week we are spending more time reviewing and we will take our end of the year cumulative math assessment.  

Newsletter: May 18

Next Week's Specials:

Monday - STEAM

Tuesday - Music

Wednesday - Art, Library

Thursday - PE

Friday - STEAM

Coming Up...

• Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast: Thursday, May 24, 9:00am-10:30am
• Memorial Day/No School: Monday, May 28
• Kindergarten Field Trip to Hemlock Crossings Nature Center and Hager Park: Friday, June 1 from 9:15am-2pm.  
• Field Day: Tuesday, June 5
• Last Day of School: Friday, June 8, 12:15 dismissal

Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast:

To all those who have generously given their time and effort by volunteering at Bauer Elementary this year, the BES Staff would like to invite you to a Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast. Thursday, May 24th 9:00am-10:30am in the Teacher's Lounge. Whether you have made copies, read with students, organized events or countless other things, we want to thank YOU! Please join us for this open house style breakfast.

Field Trip:

Our class field trip is scheduled for Friday, June 1.  We will leave school around 9:15am and go to Hemlock Crossings Nature Center in West Olive.  Then, we will head to Hager Park in Jenison for lunch and to enjoy some time outside.  Please pack a sack lunch for your child.  We will return to school at 2pm.  If you would like to be a chaperone for our trip, please let me know.  Also, you must complete a Volunteer Background Check Form through Hudsonville Public Schools' website if you have not already done so during this school year.    

Sack lunches are available for field trips!  The cost is $2.50, with free or reduced pricing applied if students are eligible.  The cost is taken out of your child's lunch account.  Sack lunches contain a sandwich, baby carrots, fresh fruit, milk, and a treat.  To order a sack lunch, please email me no later than next week Friday, May 25 and let me know whether your child would like white or chocolate milk.  

Reading: 

This week we have been reading fairy tales.  We learned that fairy tales have good and evil characters and that they have magic.  Some fairy tales that we have read include Cinderella, The Frog Prince, Rumpelstiltskin, and Jack and the Beanstalk.  Next week we will use fairy tales to focus on story elements and retelling.  

Writing:

In writing this week, we began a new unit on personal narratives.  We wrote a shared story about our assembly last week Friday.  Next week, each child will begin writing his/her own personal narrative.  I sent home a "Small Moment Topics" sheet in your child's Friday Folder today.  Please help your child think of some topics that he/she can write about next week.  Thank you for your help! 

Word Study:

This week we learned that "ch" can make 3 different sounds.  

Math:

This week in math we have been focusing on measurement.  We have been comparing the height, length, weight, and capacity of two objects.  We used words such as longer, shorter, taller, more, and less to describe our comparisons.  To study capacity, we went out to the sandboxes on the playground.  The kids filled one container with sand and poured the sand into another container to determine which container had more/less capacity. 

  

Newsletter: May 11

Next Week's Specials:

Monday - PE

Tuesday - STEAM

Wednesday - Music, Library

Thursday - Art

Friday - PE

Coming Up...

• Sports Attire Spirit Day/Popcorn Day: Friday, May 18
• Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast: Thursday, May 24, 9:00am-10:30am
• Memorial Day/No School: Monday, May 28
• Kindergarten Field Trip to Hemlock Crossings Nature Center and Hager Park: Friday, June 1 from 9:15am-2pm.  
• Field Day: Tuesday, June 5
• Last Day of School: Friday, June 8, 12:15 dismissal

Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast:

To all those who have generously given their time and effort by volunteering at Bauer Elementary this year, the BES Staff would like to invite you to a Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast. Thursday, May 24th 9:00am-10:30am in the Teacher's Lounge. Whether you have made copies, read with students, organized events or countless other things, we want to thank YOU! Please join us for this open house style breakfast.

Thank You:

I want to extend a huge thank you to our Bauer Parent Club.  They funded an awesome assembly on Friday.  All of Bauer was entertained by the music and storytelling of Gemini.  Another huge thank you goes to our parent club for planning a wonderful teacher appreciation week.  We were spoiled with treats every day, a yummy luncheon, and somehow we all won a prize on Friday.  I know many of you contributed to the luncheon, so thank you.  

Field Trip:

Our class field trip is scheduled for Friday, June 1.  We will leave school around 9:15am and go to Hemlock Crossings Nature Center in West Olive.  Then, we will head to Hager Park in Jenison for lunch and to enjoy some time outside.  Please pack a sack lunch for your child.  We will return to school at 2pm.  If you would like to be a chaperone for our trip, please let me know.  Also, you must complete a Volunteer Background Check Form through Hudsonville Public Schools' website if you have not already done so during this school year.    

Reading: 

This week we continued to practice our Reader's Theater script based on the book, The Little Red Hen.  We have been practicing sounding and acting like our characters.  Next week we will begin a new unit on Fairy Tales.  We will use fairy tales to focus on story elements and retelling.  

Writing:

In writing, we wrapped up our opinion writing unit by writing about our favorite holiday.  Next week we will spiral back to personal narrative writing.  

Word Study:

This week we learned that "s" can make 3 different sounds.  We also learned 3 spellings for the sound /sh/.

Math:

This week in math, we made teen numbers using base ten blocks. We also compared two numbers and labeled them as greater than and less than.  Then, we crossed some out to make equal groups.  We continue to practice solving subtraction story problems too.