May News

The kids are counting down the days until summer, but there's still so much more learning to do!  May brings us a very busy month.  We are finishing up our Rain Forest unit with presentations of our nonfiction animal books created through our research. The students worked hard writing and illustrating their books, and are quite proud to display their work on the bulletin board in the hall.  Some students were even inspired to work together to create a large Rain Forest mural!   

Our next area of focus is Maine Native Americans.  We will learn about different parts of Native American life from story telling, to crafts, to other traditions of the tribes in Maine.  Through a read aloud chapter book, "Crossing the Starlight Bridge", we will learn just how similar Maine Native American families are to our families.  This unit of study will send us on a field trip to the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor on May 23, where we will extend our learning of Maine Native Americans.  We have so many parents who have volunteered to chaperone that day!  Thank you to all those who can join us!


In math, we are revisiting addition and subtraction, but this time we are using 3 digit numbers.  All the same rules apply for regrouping (see earlier blogs).  Check out your child's homework and corrected work sent home to get ideas for examples you can use to help your child practice at home.  


Dates to Remember:


Friday, May 11:  Last session of NWEA testing (morning);  Mr. Mike Mason will visit us for more fascinating science experiments (afternoon)


Wednesday, May 23:  Field Trip to Abbe Museum


Friday, May 25:  No School, Inservice Day


Monday, May 28:  No School, Memorial Day