Dear River Families,

This week in River we continued studying money and time! The children have been working on addition and subtraction with numbers 1-20 and number families (ex. 6 + 4=10, 4 + 6 =10, 10 – 4 =6, 10- 6 =4). We did a special review lesson on making and counting tally marks! The children continued working with Ms. Kathleen on the metallophones in preparation for graduation.  We begin learning about money and  focused on how much each coin is worth and counting by 5’s and 10’s to reach 100 cents= 1 dollar. In math we also played games of snakes and ladders! Centers this week also included working on Mother’s day cards and part of a flower. The children have been enjoying listening, moving and writing poetry! We completed our last Jr. Great Book activity of the year and they will come home in backpacks today. Next week the children will being writing peaceful poetry and explore what they have learned about what peace means to them this year. 

On 5/18 we will have a Poetry Tea to celebrate the end of Peace Lessons! This will be in the morning 9:00-10:00 and we would love a volunteer or two to help us by getting flowers, table clothes and help to set up! This also happens to land on the day before Ms. Charlotte’s birthday and as a surprise, we will be presenting Ms. Charlotte with a book about what we have learned in Peace Lessons. This is a very special event and we would love to make it a morning to remember for the children.

Our new share starts next week! The theme is, “Guess My Object” and the kids will prepare three clues and play this as a game with the class. We are looking forward to enjoying Muffins with Mom in the morning on 5/10! Our field trip to the Wow! Museum on 5/24 requires a sack lunch, walking shoes, water bottle and backpack!

Have a great weekend,

Ms. Stephanie and Ms. Lauren