Mrs. Bowles' Bees

Wow what a wet night we all had!  Hope you were able to enjoy Saturday and Sunday!!!

We have 3 1/2 days left of school!  Thursday is a half day.  Students will be dismissed at 11:35.

Please wear your orange class t-shirt on Wednesday!  We will be having a moving up ceremony!

We enjoyed eating plants last week at our plant eating party with Ms. Elliot’s class!  We enjoyed:  roots, stem, leaves, flowers, seeds and fruit.  We learned that the fruit (apple) was the most popular part of the plant!

This week we will:

Language:  Review phonics that we have learned, recap our year in writing, Father’s Day gift and card

Math:  Problem solving strategies, math facts addition and subtraction to 20

Science:  Summer and the changes in people, plants, animals and weather

Important Dates:

Thursday, June 16th  – Last Day of School !  Half Day of School for Students

Happy Monday!

 Student Led Conferences are on Tuesday. (This is a change from the rest of the school.) Each family has been assigned a time to come in with your child and view their writing and Lexia goals.  The children will be in charge of their own conferences with you.  Not Mrs. Bowles!  It is such an exciting time for the children to show off their work!  This week we will be practicing with our peers in our classroom and with peers in another class to get ready for the conferences.  If you have not returned your conference form, please do so as soon as possible.  The forms were in your child’s folder last Monday.  Please reach out to me if you cannot locate your form.  There will be up to 5 conferences going on in the room at one time so it is important that you are aware of your time slot.  Thank you!

I forgot to add our soggy class photo of Field Day to our album!  (Thanks Kimberly!)

What a great Book Fair we had last week!  The kids got so many great books.  I want to say a special thank you to Cameron and his family for the gift card.  Look at all the great books I was able to get for the class!  I can’t wait to read them all before the year ends!

If you were not able to get to the book fair or your child did not have the opportunity to shop this week, please see the link below from Mrs. LeClair.  Go to Shop the Store!

Virtual link to Book Fair

I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful holiday weekend.  I know the pools have opened and the weather is perfect!  Please take a moment to talk with your child to about the meaning of Memorial Day.  We take this day to honor and remember those who serve and those who have died protecting our county.

School will be closed on Monday in observance of Memorial Day.

Tuesday-Friday: CTE Book Fair

• Tuesday, May 31 – After school from 3:00-4:30 pm
• Wednesday, June 1 – During the school day & 3:00-6:30pm
• Thursday, June 2 – During the school day & 3:00-6:30pm
• LAST DAY!! Friday, June 3 – During the school day, closing at 2:35pm (wrap-up will begin after dismissal).
• Gift a classroom teacher/staff with an eGiftcard to use at the Scholastic Book Fair: https://shop.scholastic.com/giftcard/purchase?lang=en_US&eml=CORP/e/20220525/eGift///PAR////////&ET_CID=20220524_CORP_eGift_PAR_ACQ&ET_RID=-2129995685
• eWallet is an easy way for students to shop at the Book Fair, view a video & sign-up: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/articles/ewallet.html?esp=SBF/ib/20220401////fairs-lob/corpHP/ewallet/////

PLEASE WEAR RED ON TUESDAY!!!!  We will help celebrate special friends as they compete in their own Rockstar and Relay events!

Wednesday, June 1 Math Night and Family Picnic!  4 – 6 pm

It was a soggy Field Day but so much fun!!

Field Day Fun!

**** Attention!  Date change!  I will be holding Student Led Conferences on Tuesday, June 7***** 

Conference forms will come home in your child’s folder on Tuesday!  Conference times have been assigned to allow for 5 conferences at one time and spacing in the room.  If you are unable to attend at your assigned time, please let me know and I will do my best to assign a new time.

We are still learning!!!  This week we will learn:

Language:  sound /ur/ makes in words like curl and surf, we will also focus on the upcoming Student Led Conferences by finalizing our stories!

Math:  Problem solving and math facts! – If you have not purchased or made math flash cards, please get some now!  Students need to be fluent with addition and subtraction facts to 20.

Science:  Plants (needs, parts, classifying)

Social Studies:  Memorial Day, Independence Day and review other holidays

Happy Sunday!  It is another beautiful day.  I hope you are enjoying it with your family.  I know everyone is anxiously awaiting the “POOLS” to open!

Field Day is on Thursday.  Please have your child wear their orange class t-shirt or an orange shirt and tennis shoes!  Dress for the weather outside that day too!

Field Day cannot be a success without the help of parent volunteers.  Thank you so much to all the friends who have volunteered to help that day.  If you are still interested in volunteering and helping to make it a huge success please see the link below to sign up for a station.  Thanks in advance! (We are still searching for a parent volunteer to cover a lunch break in our room from 12:00 – 12:45!)

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4FA4AB23A75-super

Also there are a couple other important dates coming up:

Friday, May 27   is a Student Holiday.  School will be closed.

Monday, May 30  is also a holiday in honor of Memorial Day.  School will be closed on Monday as well.

Please remember that we still have 17 more days of school left.  New instruction is still taking place each day.  Please remind your child to stay focused and do their best every day.

As we concluded our unit on Natural Resources we had a wonderful lesson about pollution!

Pollution Lesson

We also took time to reuse materials in the classroom to create new items!

Reusing Materials

This week we will:

Language:  Review the long i sound spelled-igh as in high and night, we will learn about the sound ir makes in words and begin to compare it with the ar sound, we will begin focusing on our final draft writing for our Student Lead Conferences in June(more information to follow soon)

Math:  equality, problem solving (words problems), math facts (addition and subtraction facts to 20) If you have not already purchased or made flashcards for addition and subtraction facts to 20 please get them.  Students have been taught several strategies and we will now begin to focus on speed and accuracy!

Science:  Plants (needs/plant parts and their function, classifying plants)

Social Studies:  Memorial Day, Independence Day

I want to take a minute to thank all the wonderful parents and students who helped make Teacher Appreciation Week so very special last week.  I received many beautiful cards, flowers and gifts.  Thank you once again for your encouragement and generosity.

This week is Mental Health Awareness Month.  Please see the link below for more information.

Parent flyer Mental Health Awareness Month

This week we will study:

Language: Using text features in a non-fiction text to gather information, /ou/ and /ow/ sounds as in the words house and cow, vivid verbs, synonyms and antonyms

Math: Problem solving, using doubles and near doubles to add and subtract

Science:  Natural Resources, Pollution and Conservation

Dates to remember:

May 11 – Kindergarten Registration

May 26 – Field Day

June 1 – Math Night/Family Picnic 4-6 pm

***Reminder:  No School on Tuesday, May 3****

I want to start by thanking the wonderful parent volunteers who went to the zoo with us on Friday!  We couldn’t have done it without you!!!!  Thanks to these special moms (Harvey’s, Ellis’, Charlotte’s, Sophia’s)

Zoo Field Trip Pictures

We also had a exciting week of economics.  On Tuesday students were producers and made products to sell.  The students were given a Cub Buck to pay them for producing the products.  On Wednesday we had a market to sell the goods.  Students were able to go around and shop for an item they would like to purchase with the Cub Buck they earned.  Great way to learn about producer/consumer, buyers/sellers!

Economics Pictures

This week we will learn about:

Language:  Focus will be on writing, answering questions in writing, giving opinions in writing, review /or/ sound in words like horse, port and short, gathering information from non-fiction text

Math:  Problem solving, word problems, number combinations of 7,8,9

Science: Natural Resources

We have many exciting things going on this week.  Please be sure to check your child’s folder daily for updates and reminders!

New Homework Sheet

Monday: Work on Dreambox for 20 minutes – goal is to complete 5 lessons a week

Tuesday:  Choose a topic from the writing choice board (it will be in your child’s folder and will change monthly) and write 5 or more sentences!

Wednesday:  Work on Lexa for 20 minutes

Thursday:  Read a book and write about favorite part and explain why it is your favorite or if you choose a non-fiction book, write 3 new words you learned and what they mean

April 25th – 29th: Career Week

• Monday – Your future’s SO BRIGHT you’re gonna need shades!! Wear your sunglasses!
• Tuesday – Dress for success.  Dress up to show the world how successful you will be.
• Wednesday – Show your spirit by wearing your favorite college gear.
• Thursday – Wear camo to show support and respect for the military.
• Friday – Complete these Career Activities at home to be entered in the prize drawing which will be announced on Morning Announcements!! Record your Activities HERE.  Who will be the LUCKY WINNERS?

Field Trip on Friday to the Zoo!  Please remember:

1.  Wear your class t-shirt
2.   Bring a snack and a bag lunch with a drink
3.   Dress for the weather and wear tennis shoes for walking

Congratulations to our Spark Joy winners for the third nine weeks.  The winners were Charlotte and Harvey.  Keep it up friends!

Please view our Third Quarter Pep Rally Pictures/Spark Joy Winners.

We all also want to congratulate Aarush for being our Cub Coin winner this week!

This week we will learn:

Language:  /or/ sound as in sport and forest, reading comprehension using text to self connections

Math:  Non-standard measurement, weight, volume and capacity

Social Studies:  Economics – wants/needs, goods/services, consumer/producer, savings and making choices with our money

We are so lucky to have a new friend join our class last week.  We would like to welcome Lillianna!  She is making new friends and adjusting well.

We have a busy week ahead!  Heritage Night is on Thursday.  We are all so very excited for our performance!  First grade students are to arrive beginning at 5:00.  Mrs. N (our music teacher) will meet them and get them to our class where I will help get them  ready for our performance.  Please be sure to check your child’s folder daily and read all emails for updates!

See pictures from our Easter Egg Hunt/Math Review album.

Also check out our Measuring Mrs. Bowles album.

This week we will learn:

Language:  identify story elements, use text features, r control vowel patterns (er, ar)

Math:  Measurement (non-standard), weight and volume and compacity

Social Studies:  Economics (wants/needs, goods/services, consumer/producer, savings and choices)

I hope everyone enjoyed their Spring Break.  I can’t wait to see my friends tomorrow and hear about all the fun things they did and places they went on Spring Break.

Your child will bring home a field trip permission slip tomorrow.  We are going to go to the Mero Richmond Zoo on Friday, April 29.  Please complete the permission slip and follow the directions below to pay:

This information will be on the cover letter for the permission slip too.

To pay online:

1. Go to the OSP (Online School Payments) site http://osp.osmsinc.com/HenricoVA

2.  Select Elementary and “Colonial Trail Elementary School.”

3.  Then find 1^st grade and your child’s teacher.

4. Select the item and click “Add to Cart” at the bottom to checkout.

If you are creating an account for the first time, you will be asked to set up your student(s) in the Student Profile.

A 4% site processing fee will be automatically added to your purchase price.

If you would like to be considered as a chaperone, please note it on the permission slip.  I will choose volunteers and notify them.  They will also need to pay the fee.  Please do not pay as a chaperone until you are notified.  All volunteers must complete a volunteer application form:   https://henricoschools.us/volunteers/

This week we will begin to focus on all students completing at least 5 lessons each week on Dreambox and completing their goals for reading weekly on Lexia.  Please have your child show you on their computer where to find their completed lessons and goals.  This will be included as part of their weekly homework.

This week we will learn:

Language: r controlled vowel (er) in words such as: germ, perch and term, review story elements, making predictions and sequencing

Math:  Measurement

Science: Spring and the changes that happen from winter to spring

Social Studies:  Economics (wants/needs, goods/services, consumers/producers, savings and choices)

Quick reminder that next week is Spring Break.  Students will be off on Friday, April 1.  They will return to school on Monday, April 11th!

This week we will celebrate Music and Art Spirit Week!

 Music & Art Spirit Week

The Virtual Auction is still on!

Have you been outbid on some of the items you had your eye on? Well here’s a pro tip for you. On the auction site at the top next to the yellow star is a drop-down menu. If you click that and select “items with no bids” you can see items that currently do not have any bids, and therefore not as much competition. Go check them out, there are some really great things with no bids yet!

Remember bidding closes on Tuesday at 9 pm! So don’t miss out!

Link to the auction site: https://www.32auctions.com/CTESAuction2022

Student-Led Math Night/Family Picnic (Thursday, March 31st from 4:00 pm-6:00 pm):

• This event is a must for the entire family!
  • Bring a blanket & dinner to the playground. We will also have a food truck on-site if you want to save a little time.  There will be music booming and lots of fun equipment in the field for kids to play with.
  • The student-led math activities will be in the gym.  Our 4th and 5th graders are being trained by Mathnasium to facilitate the learning experiences.  Our students are truly leaders of their own learning!

Math Night 21-22.pdf

This week we will learn:

Language:  Vowel teams ee/ea, main idea, descriptive writing, friendly letter writing

Math: Fact Families (2+3=5, 3+2=5, 5-3=2, 5-2=3)

Science: continue our unit on the sun, Spring

Dates to remember:

3/18-3/29 – I Love the CTES Auction

 3/29 – Spring Picture Day

3/31 – Spirit Night at Panda Express

3/31 – Math Night 4pm to 6pm

4/1 – No School