Friday, March 8, 2023
Dear Parents,
This week was filled with so many activities!
The artist of the month is Vincent Van Gogh. Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30th, 1853. He had two brothers and three sisters. Which brother did Vincent write the most too? (Theo) We looked at Vincent’s Self Portrait and the Self Portrait with the Straw Hat. We talked about what do you see? What are some of the colors that you see in the painting, tell me three things that you see in the painting. We also looked at the Portrait of Theodore Van Gogh of his father. The class decided that he painted his father very seriously and he looked angry. The last painting we looked at was the Noon: taking a nap. We talked about how this was a copy of the artist Millet’s painting but Vincent made it in his own style. We will continue to learn more about Vincent Van Gogh throughout the month. The one thing that the class was astonished by was that he only sold one painting when he was alive. They wanted me to find out which one….so we looked it up and it was The Red Vineyard.
We continue to read our Chapter book The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale When Princess Magnolia’s ring goes off like an alarm. What happens each time to Princess Magnolia? Where does she go? How many times does she need to leave her own birthday party? Is she happy? Ask your child all about this story we are reading. Along with the story we have been watching different YouTube videos about castles, shields, and what was it like to live in a castle back in the day. This upcoming week we will be making our life-size shields and showing different designs of the Heraldic shields.
We enjoyed celebrating Ada’s 7th birthday on Friday!! Ada’s mom came to school and read Kicia Kocia in Polish. It is Ada’s favorite book from when she was a baby! What a special treat to hear another language and Ada did a great job translating with her mom. Thank you for sharing this story and taking time out of your schedule to join us.
Thank you to all who participated in St. Baldricks! Our class was so excited to attend the festivities and our class kept asking when will it be our turn. Our class cheered and chanted on for our shavees George, Leo, and cutting hair was Emma and Jennifer!
Ms. Ela’s class came in to do their Community Service Project on 1focus.org. The students presented with posters and told us about this important cause. 1Focus is an eye charity whose mission is to mentor, train, equip, and provide eye care in underprivileged locations worldwide. They aim to raise $300 for a sight-saving surgery for a premature baby. Let’s go!!
This week Ms. Anna’s class and our class played sight word bingo. The two classes played the whole board, four corners, horizontal one line, and vertical. The classes enjoy spending time with each week and gives them a chance to talk with one another and work together on the different events each Tuesday.
Our class is working on reading together 1,000 books before the end of the year. We need your help to accomplish our goal. Please read with your child every night for 10 to 15 minutes. When you’re done just write down the book on the reading log and send it back to school every Monday. Thank you for your help!!
Sincerely,
Ms. Demetra
The books we read this Week:
The Selfish Crocodile by Faustin Charles and Michael Terry
BOBO The Sailor Man! by Eileen Rosenthal
The Hiccupotamus by Aaron Zenz
Me I Am! Jack Prelutsky