May 2015
Monthly NewLetter
May, 2015
Room 150 and 158
Student of the Month
Samiya Murrill- I am in 7th grade at Kelly Middle School. I enjoy going to the movies with my friends. I also like to swim and sleep in. I have 1 little brother. One thing I want to do this summer is go to Cedar Point!!!
Denzell Chandler: I am in 8th Grade at Kelly Middle School. I love to play basketball with my friends. I have 5 brothers and 2 sisters. One thing I am excited for is summer vacation and going to the high school next year.
Life Skills: In life skills we continue to work on our Self Awareness Skills . We wrote in our writing journal about weather, cooking, what rules I would make if I were Principal. We are cooking a Mexican Fiesta on May 5. In April we learned about different types of weather and news around our World. We continued to work on our portfolio’s.
Social Studies: We started talking about the Japan and Australia and Mexico. We have been studying there location in the World and where they are in Comparison to Michigan. We also did a internet project on Japan.
Science: We have been discussing the different types of weather such as, blizzards, hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning storms. We also studied about the 3 different types of rocks and how they are formed
Math: In math we have been working on combining coins. We have been studying place value of numbers and we have been using cubes and rods and flats to create numbers. Everyday at the beginning of class we review our calendar time skills. We also do graphing and mapping skills.
Language Arts: We are studying May spelling words. In April we did a writing project on Spring and the changes that occur. We did research, fill out a graphic organizer, wrote a rough draft, edited the rough draft and then wrote a final copy. We also completed our file folder project on Women in history.
Up Coming Events:
5/4 Shopper's Market
5/5 Cinco De Mayo Celebration and Lunch
5/6 10:50 Dismissal
5/14 5th grader's come to visit and have lunch
5/18 Book Fair Set up
5/19- 5/21Book Fair
5/26 - 5/28 Go to Coney Island
6/4 End of the year ceremony
6/5 Baskin Robbins
612 Last day of school 1/2 Day
*** Field Trip Slips for Coney Island are due by 5/20. There is no cost to children.
*****Students cannot be suspended 2 weeks prior to a field trip.