Mrs. VanderVere’s Class’s Topics To Share
*Reading
- Spring Books, April Books, Seasonal Books, Insect Books, Plant Books, Environmental Awareness Books, Telling Time Books, and Poetry
- Guided Reading/Small Group Instructional Level Reading
*Poetry Author Study
- Jack Prelutsky www.jackprelutsky.com
*Writing
- Environmental Awareness and Reading Response Writing
- Word Sorts Writing and Handwriting Practice
- Daily News Writing
*Math: Telling Time
- Analog and Digital Clocks, Measuring Time, Telling Time to the Hour, Recording Time to the Hour, Story Problems, Elapsed Time, Problem Solving, and Review
- Math Fixer: 8,5,13 (7,4,11 8,8,16 9,5,14 3,3,6 5,2,7 8,4,12 6,3,9 5,5,10 9,2,11 4,3,7 8,6,14 9,9,18 3,2,5 7,6,13 8,2,10 9,3,12 7,7,14 5,4,9 8,3,11 9,8,17 2,2,4 8,7,15 6,4,10 5,3,8 9,7,16 4,2,6)
*Science/Social Studies
- Insect Life Cycles: Our Ladybug larvae/grubs and Painted Lady caterpillars have been very busy crawling around, eating, and growing bigger each day. All five of our Painted Lady caterpillars are now inside their chrysalises in the pupa stage. We are very excited about observing the different stages of these two insects' life cycles!
- Plant Life Cycles: We planted Cosmos flower seeds and Sweet Italian Basil herb seeds on Wednesday afternoon. We will be observing their plant life cycles. We are very excited about watching them change and grow!
- Portabella Mushrooms: We prepared our portabella mushroom kit on Thursday afternoon. It will be interesting to compare our growing plants with this fungus.
- Earth Day/Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Environmental Awareness
*Special Event
- Mike Thaler Children's Author Visit: Thanks to the NSSD 112 Education Foundation, Mike Thaler, the talented author of the Black Lagoon fiction series, gave us a fascinating presentation on Tuesday afternoon. He explained how he uses his wild imagination to write his awesome children's books! Please visit his neat website at www.mikethaler.com for more information.
*Reminders and Upcoming Events
- Plant Parts Tasting Activity: Next week students will have the opportunity to taste different plant parts, including a root, stem, leaf, flower, and seed. These vegetables will include carrots, celery, spinach, broccoli, and peas. *Please let me know if anyone would be willing to donate any of these kinds of vegetables by emailing me at [email protected]g Thank you!
- Indian Trail 2015-2016 Yearbooks: Indian Trail 2015-2016 School Yearbook orders are due by Sunday, April 24th. Please use the following website and school code #19642 to place your order. https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/index.cfm/general/homepage
- Library Books: School library books are due by next Friday April 29th.
- Early Release: Students will be dismissed at 1:00 p.m. next Friday, April 29th.
*Students will still be eating their healthy morning fruit or vegetable snacks and lunches at school.
- Hand Wipes and Tissues Needed: Our class continues to run low on hand wipes and tissues. If possible, please send some antibacterial hand wipes and tissues to school with your child. “Wet Ones” hand wipes and “Kleenex Anti-Viral” tissues are two of the recommended brands to help limit the spread of germs.
- Art Request: Please continue to donate large paper bags with handles, so students can bring their completed art projects home safely.
- PTO Bingo Night: Our fabulous PTO invites Indian Trail families for an evening of fun to play Bingo at school on Friday, May 6th from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.!
- Math Centers: We are looking forward to doing some fun math activities during our scheduled Math Centers on Friday, May 13th from 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. in the morning with help from Mrs. Bronstein and Mrs. Leite.
- Ice Cream Day: Students will have the opportunity to purchase an ice cream/frozen treat on Wednesday, May 18th during lunch for $2.00.
- Early Dismissal: Students will be dismissed at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 27th.
*Students will still be eating their healthy morning fruit or vegetable snacks and lunches at school.
- No School/Memorial Day: We do not have school on Monday, May 30th in honor of Memorial Day. JUNE:
- Early Dismissal: Students will be dismissed at 1:40 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8th.
*Students will still be eating their healthy morning fruit or vegetable snacks and lunches at school.
- Last Day/Early Dismissal: Students will be dismissed at 1:40 p.m. on Thursday, June 9th, our last day of first grade together.
*Students will still be eating their healthy morning fruit or vegetable snacks and lunches at school.
- Spring Books, April Books, Seasonal Books, Insect Books, Plant Books, Environmental Awareness Books, Telling Time Books, and Poetry
- Guided Reading/Small Group Instructional Level Reading
*Poetry Author Study
- Jack Prelutsky www.jackprelutsky.com
*Writing
- Environmental Awareness and Reading Response Writing
- Word Sorts Writing and Handwriting Practice
- Daily News Writing
*Math: Telling Time
- Analog and Digital Clocks, Measuring Time, Telling Time to the Hour, Recording Time to the Hour, Story Problems, Elapsed Time, Problem Solving, and Review
- Math Fixer: 8,5,13 (7,4,11 8,8,16 9,5,14 3,3,6 5,2,7 8,4,12 6,3,9 5,5,10 9,2,11 4,3,7 8,6,14 9,9,18 3,2,5 7,6,13 8,2,10 9,3,12 7,7,14 5,4,9 8,3,11 9,8,17 2,2,4 8,7,15 6,4,10 5,3,8 9,7,16 4,2,6)
*Science/Social Studies
- Insect Life Cycles: Our Ladybug larvae/grubs and Painted Lady caterpillars have been very busy crawling around, eating, and growing bigger each day. All five of our Painted Lady caterpillars are now inside their chrysalises in the pupa stage. We are very excited about observing the different stages of these two insects' life cycles!
- Plant Life Cycles: We planted Cosmos flower seeds and Sweet Italian Basil herb seeds on Wednesday afternoon. We will be observing their plant life cycles. We are very excited about watching them change and grow!
- Portabella Mushrooms: We prepared our portabella mushroom kit on Thursday afternoon. It will be interesting to compare our growing plants with this fungus.
- Earth Day/Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Environmental Awareness
*Special Event
- Mike Thaler Children's Author Visit: Thanks to the NSSD 112 Education Foundation, Mike Thaler, the talented author of the Black Lagoon fiction series, gave us a fascinating presentation on Tuesday afternoon. He explained how he uses his wild imagination to write his awesome children's books! Please visit his neat website at www.mikethaler.com for more information.
*Reminders and Upcoming Events
- Plant Parts Tasting Activity: Next week students will have the opportunity to taste different plant parts, including a root, stem, leaf, flower, and seed. These vegetables will include carrots, celery, spinach, broccoli, and peas. *Please let me know if anyone would be willing to donate any of these kinds of vegetables by emailing me at [email protected]g Thank you!
- Indian Trail 2015-2016 Yearbooks: Indian Trail 2015-2016 School Yearbook orders are due by Sunday, April 24th. Please use the following website and school code #19642 to place your order. https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/index.cfm/general/homepage
- Library Books: School library books are due by next Friday April 29th.
- Early Release: Students will be dismissed at 1:00 p.m. next Friday, April 29th.
*Students will still be eating their healthy morning fruit or vegetable snacks and lunches at school.
- Hand Wipes and Tissues Needed: Our class continues to run low on hand wipes and tissues. If possible, please send some antibacterial hand wipes and tissues to school with your child. “Wet Ones” hand wipes and “Kleenex Anti-Viral” tissues are two of the recommended brands to help limit the spread of germs.
- Art Request: Please continue to donate large paper bags with handles, so students can bring their completed art projects home safely.
- PTO Bingo Night: Our fabulous PTO invites Indian Trail families for an evening of fun to play Bingo at school on Friday, May 6th from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.!
- Math Centers: We are looking forward to doing some fun math activities during our scheduled Math Centers on Friday, May 13th from 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. in the morning with help from Mrs. Bronstein and Mrs. Leite.
- Ice Cream Day: Students will have the opportunity to purchase an ice cream/frozen treat on Wednesday, May 18th during lunch for $2.00.
- Early Dismissal: Students will be dismissed at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 27th.
*Students will still be eating their healthy morning fruit or vegetable snacks and lunches at school.
- No School/Memorial Day: We do not have school on Monday, May 30th in honor of Memorial Day. JUNE:
- Early Dismissal: Students will be dismissed at 1:40 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8th.
*Students will still be eating their healthy morning fruit or vegetable snacks and lunches at school.
- Last Day/Early Dismissal: Students will be dismissed at 1:40 p.m. on Thursday, June 9th, our last day of first grade together.
*Students will still be eating their healthy morning fruit or vegetable snacks and lunches at school.