Week of 5/20

Dear Yellow Parents,
 
REMINDERS:

• Monday, May 28th- No School (Memorial Day)
• • Friday, May 31st: Field Day (Kids MUST have an adult chaperone.)
  • Wednesday, May 29th: Pajama Party Day (Kids and teachers only.)
  • Friday, June 7th: Last Day of School Breakfast 8:30-9am (Kids MUST have an adult attend.)
  • Monday, June 10th: Graduation

We had another exciting week! Below is an update on what the Yellow Room children learned this week in school. 

Themes this week:

• 3..2..1...BLAST OFF! This week we continued our study of the Solar System.

 
Classroom Activities:

• As a whole group, we discussed our closest neighbor in space, the moon. We also learned all about the Apollo 11 mission that landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon.
• In our writing center, the children have written and illustrated our last class book of the year. 
• We named the eight planets and learned a mnemonic device that would help us remember their order from the sun: My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nachos. 
• In centers, the kids are working on a very special year book that we hope you all enjoy.
• In our art center, the children all got their groove on as they tie-dyed a T-shirt yellow for field day.

Books we read:

• Science Vocabulary Readers, The Moon, by Lydia Carlin
• One Giant Leap, The Story of Neil Armstrong, by Don Brown
• What the Moon Is Like, by Franklyn M. Branley
• To The Moon, by Jodie Shepherd
• Mousetronaut, by Mark Kelly

Places we visited:

• In music, we sang Lean On Me, What a Wonderful World, and Poison Ivy.
• In library, Lindsay read Because, by Mo Willems 

 
Enjoy the photos and the long holiday weekend.

Sincerely,

The Yellow Room Teachers