Teacher: Mrs. Kimball
1st
and 2nd News
Week 32 April 19, 2010
Reading for Bikes
A Service Club in the local area donated bikes to Green
Mountain School to help promote reading.
The program officially
began April 19. All
Green Mountain students participating will be able to enter a drawing
for one of the bikes. Each
class has set their own standards regarding how much time is spent in
reading towards winning the bike.
Our class is very diverse in the kinds and amount of reading each
student does. Most students
read at home and all students are given time spent reading here at
school. Some students read
several books in a week while others take a week to read one or two
stories. To be fair to
everyone in our class, a Reading
for Bike coupon is filled out daily when your child reads independently
after lunch for about 10 to 12 minutes.
Your child simply circles the days of the week on the coupon that
they read after lunch and puts
their name on the coupon. At
the end of the week, all the coupons are collected to be entered into
the drawing. The drawing will be held on May 26.
The winner of the bikes will be announced at the Spring Program
on May 27.
Science Kit
We planted grass seeds along with alfalfa seeds inside of a
plastic cup. The seeds have
begun to sprout. When the
grass is long enough, students will cut their miniature lawn with
scissors and continue to let it grow again.
The alfalfa seeds were planted to represent weeds that often are
found in grass. We also
started new plants by making cuttings.
When the cuttings grow new roots we will plant the new plant in a
special container. We are
also making observations about which seed will sprout first…corn or lima
bean.
Please support your child and the PTSA for the
walkathon held Friday, May 14th.
This year all students
will be walking as part of their PE curriculum.
The PTSA will use the money raised for playground improvements,
and other functions such as Field Day, Field Trips and Assemblies.
Your Walkathon envelope may be turned in at any time.
Thank you!
A change in schedule was necessary to fit all programs and
projects in the short time left in this school year.
So the Invention
Convention has now been changed to the Invention Convention/Science
Fair.
The new show date will be May
27 at 6:00 PM in the cafeteria, just before the Spring Program at 7:00
PM. If you need
more information please contact Mrs. Tolmie.
She can help with ideas or information on how to display
projects. I will be glad to
get the information to you also.
Louise
Kimball
First and Second Graders have Bear Pride!