Classroom News: Week of March 18th, 2013

Dear Barn Swallow Families,

Last week level 1 made soup for the Empty Bowls feast, which was held on Thursday night.  The soup was made with a lot of love, as students sang songs together and cut vegetables.  It was a sight to see!  This is a very cohesive and caring group of kids.

In math first graders were able to demonstrate their understanding of the transitive property by comparing, estimating, and measuring the lengths of different objects.  They did activities like estimating the length of the teacher's belt with ribbon then categorizing their ribbons on the board as either "longer than," "shorter than," or "the same as."  The second graders reviewed counting money and continued to work on subtraction with regrouping.  They are learning how to use the ones units and tens sticks to regroup with subtraction.


Helen Thias, a level 4 student, lent us her handmade wool animals to see for our mammal project.  Unfortunately, some of them are missing.  If you happen to see a brown, wool rabbit (about 4 inches tall), a little white mouse, and a flat clownfish, please let me know!  Sometimes things accidentally get mixed up.  :)


FGCS is participating in a fundraiser to help raise money for children who are sick with Leukemia.  Students brought home small cardboard boxes with handles to collect coins and bills in.  So far, our class has raised $101.48!  Students can continue to collect donations until Thursday, April 4th.  On the 5th we will turn in all of the money.  The students are very eager to make a difference and their hearts are in the right place!

Shannon Perry's level 4 students have been eager to get to know more of the FGCS community and have asked level 1 students if they would like to 'buddy-up' at recess once in a while.  The Barn Swallows worked hard this week filling out 'applications' to submit to level 4 in order to get matched with a compatible buddy.  They were asked a range of questions, from favorite vegetable to favorite super hero.  We turned in the applications on Friday and students hope to meet their new buddies this week!


Thank you families!

Sincerely,

Sherry