Tuesday

From Mrs. Burton:
*Hi! I need Conference Forms back by FRIDAY so that I can schedule your choices and let you know!! If you can turn them in before that would be great! Thank you to those of you who have already returned them!!
*Also, I know that May is a very busy time of year, but I'd like to see what interest you would have to have a class end of the year picnic on one of the nights of the last week of school.  We can plan to have it at a park, my home, or your home! Please email me or write me a note in the planner to let me know if this would be possible or if the end of the year is just too busy! :) Thanks!
*The KPrep booklet is coming home today. This will give you information about testing. PLEASE try and not schedule doctor appt's during this time! Also, I will NOT be blogging during KPrep testing. There are MANY rules and communication with testing and I surely don't want to accidentally mess up!! :) I will remind you closer to the time!
*If you received your calendar of April and May, you would have noticed the "Just Because You're You Day" schedule for May 20th. This is an AWESOME and annual event that happens in my room each year. I will be getting you information in about a week or so about this event. Get excited! It's a great day to showcase your great child!

Now On To Miss Kirk...

We had a little bit of a different day because of our field trip, so we only did reading and math today. The kids were fabulous on the field trip!! Ask them to tell you about the story "War Horse" that was performed for us, and about the awesome horse tricks that we saw after the performance! :)

Reading
LO: I can compare two texts with the same theme.
Activity: We finished up skits from yesterday, then we read a play and a fantasy short story. We worked together to find the theme and then we answered an extended response together comparing and contrasting the two pieces.
No HW

Math
LO: I can work word problems involving time.
Activity: To go along with our horse-themed field trip, we measured things around the room in "hands" (the measurement system that is used to measure horses), then we converted those measurements into inches. After that, we went back to working on time. We did some more time conversion problems and began adding amounts of time together.
Homework: Students have one homework problem in their planner to practice adding amounts of time together.