Dietzel Diary - Week of April 30, 2018

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Week of April 30, 2018

  We had a very busy, fun week!  We had so much fun on our field trip to the main public library.  The bus ride was very interesting, as we weaved in and out of construction through downtown Akron.  We really enjoyed the songs, dancing, stories and making musical instruments.  We learned about different types of animals and what makes them unique.  We learned that mammals are warm blooded and have live births.  Birds have feathers, but not all can fly.  Fish have fins and gills.  Amphibians are cold blooded, lay eggs and have very porous skin that needs moisture.  Reptiles are cold blooded, lay eggs, and hard scales.

Religion:  This week we recognized that when we help and care for others we are living God’s love.  Living love shows love for God.

Language Arts: This week we continued working on increasing our comprehension skills by re-reading the skit, The Glum Princess.  We used our prior knowledge, recognized text structure, identified characters, and confirmed predictions.  We looked at multiple meaning words such as present.  We worked with vocabulary words huff, puff, costumes, props, scenery.  We have been working with blending sounds to decode words, as well as segmenting words and focusing on the medial vowel sounds.

Math:  This week we worked on understanding measurements.  We learned that we measure different things in different ways.  We measure time using a clock and calendar.  We measure heights and widths with rulers and yardsticks, and measure distances in miles. 

Science:  We learned about magnets.  We learned that magnets are a material or object that produces a magnetic field. The magnetic field is invisible but attracts or repels other magnets.

COMING UP:

Beginning May 1^st students may wear UNIFORM shorts.  No cargo, running, or gym shorts are allowed.  We also CAN NOT wear shorts on Friday’s to Mass.

Language Arts—Our focus will be on the J/j/ sound. 

Math—We will continue learning about measurements.  We will then start with 3D shapes.

May 9            Field Trip—Cleveland Zoo

May 11          7:15 – 7:45 AM Muffins with Mom in the PAC (Kindergarten only)

May 24          7:15 – 7:45 AM Donuts with Dad in the PAC (Kindergarten only)

6:00 - 7:00 PM Art Show

May 25          PTO Sponsored Fun Day

May 29          Field Day; Faculty vs 8^th grade volleyball game

May 30          6:30 8^th Grade Graduation

Dietzel Diary - Week of April 23, 2018

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Week of April 23, 2018
 

What a great week to play outside!  We have been able to enjoy the good weather by working extra hard in the mornings and taking extra time at recess.  This week we learned about Earth Day and the importance of taking care of our Earth.  We discussed ways we can each help to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.  One of our favorite stories was The Curious Garden by Peter Brown.  We learned how one little boy was able to change and improve and entire community.  We also learned about Miss Rumphius and all the beautiful wildflowers she grew, making her community beautiful.  Our caterpillars arrived this week.  We are keeping a journal of their activities and are very excited to watch them change and become butterflies.

Religion:  This week we discovered that Jesus celebrated God’s love and invites us to do so also.  We understand that Jesus is with us when we gather at Mass.  We also learned that when we help and care for others we are living God’s love.

Language Arts:  This week we blended sounds to decode words.  We identified apostrophes and recognize singular possessives.  Our memory words were:  put, for.  Our vocabulary words were:  gull, pet, hospital.  We worked with synonyms while reading our stories.  We used comprehension skills, focusing on recalling details and visualizing.

Math:  This week we completed our unit focused on 2-dimensional shapes.  We identified and named circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, and hexagons.  I was very impressed with how well everyone did on our test!

Science:  We reviewed that animals need food, water and shelter to survive.  We then learned about dinosaurs and discussed that they would have needed the same thing to survive. 

COMING UP:

Beginning May 1^st students may wear UNIFORM shorts.  No cargo, running, or gym shorts are allowed.

Language Arts—Our focus will be on K/k/ and Qu/qu/ sounds.  We will learn that Miss Q NEVER goes anywhere without “u”. 

Math—We will be learning about measurements.

 

May 1            Field Trip—Main Akron Library

May 3        NO SCHOOL FOR PreK & Kindergarten ONLY

May 9            Field Trip—Cleveland Zoo

 

Please remember that we attend Mass every Friday at 8:30.  You are always welcome to join us!

Learning about magnetism

Outback Ray's Amazing Animal Show

 

Field Trip to the Akron Art Museum

 

Excited to be on our way!

 

 

Learning about the Jun Kaneko: Blurred Lines Exhibit

Touching Alchemy: Transformations in Gold



Learning about the Ed Emberley: Better You Than Me Exhibit





Science experiments

We learned about absorption and blending colors to make new colors.

Dietzel Diary - Week of April 9, 2018

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Week of April 9, 2018

Welcome back from our Easter Break!  We jumped right back into learning new things in math, reading and writing this week.  Our class also worked on the bulletin board by the office by making spring flowers as part of a science experiment about absorption.  We watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Gene Wilder with our 1^st and 2^nd grade friends.  Watching the movie helped us appreciate and enjoy the school musical, Wonka, Jr.  Our 4^th – 8^th grade Drama Club did an awesome job!  We are excited to come back over the weekend to see it again AND take a chance at winning a Golden Homework Ticket!

Religion:  We learned that Mass is a prayer of thanks for God’s love.

Language Arts:  This week we worked on identifying words with beginning, middle and ending /m/ sounds.  We also practiced recognizing when the end of a sentence needs a period or an exclamation mark.  As we are writing our sentences we are also working hard at remembering to put space between each word.
Math:  This week we started our new unit focused on 2-dimensional shapes.  We identified and named circles as having a curve, with no straight lines or vertices.  We worked with squares recognizing they have four equal sizes and four vertices.  Triangles we identified as having three sizes and three vertices.
Science:  We finished our ocean unit by learning about the ocean environment.  We explored shells (love listening to the ocean in the conch shells), read about different types of ocean life, and plants.  We loved seeing so many of the things we learned about in Finding Dory!

 

COMING UP:

Language Arts—Our focus will be on P/p sounds at the beginning and end of words.  We will be learning about synonyms and antonyms for “big”.  Our memory word will be:  put.

Math—We will continue learning bout 2 dimensional shapes and how to describe them.  Our focus will be on triangles and rectangles.
Science—We will be learning about dinosaurs and making dioramas.

April 18          Field Trip—Rescheduled Akron Art Museum

April 19          K/1 Book Club
April 20          Walk-a-thon Rewards Day – details to follow!
April 22          Earth Day; FREE activities Kent State University, Stark Campus, N.Canton
April 26          K/1 Book Club

May 1            Field Trip—Main Akron Library – details to follow (cost will be $1.00)

May 3           NO SCHOOL FOR PreK & Kindergarten ONLY
May 9            Field Trip—Cleveland Zoo – details to follow! (cost TBD)