Welcome back!

Students were excited to see that the tree outside our classroom was blooming for spring.

New Project Lead the Way Unit
This week we are beginning a new Project Lead The Way unit on the structure and function of the human body.  Students will learn about the shape and structure of our major organs along with the function and purpose of each.  To culminate this unit we will be taking a field trip to visit the St. Joseph Mercy Health Exploration Station (http://www.healthexplorationstation.com/tour.html) the morning of Friday, April 28th.  A field trip permission slip will go home in students' red folders tomorrow.  Please sign it and return it as soon as possible.  Students are riding the bus, if you are interested in joining us at the location as a chaperone there is a section on the permission slip where you can indicate your interest.

Save the Date
Ms. Huckabone is planning a kindergarten performance on Thursday, April 27th, at 6PM.  More information to follow next Monday.

STEAM Expo
Thank you so much for coming to our STEAM Expo.  I really appreciate the effort you made to get here on time in spite of the traffic, parking, and inclement weather.  The students were really excited to host you and show you their learning.  If you took any good photos, please email them to me, I was not able to take any.

School Climate Survey
The 2017 School Climate Survey Is Here! Make Your Voice Count! All parents/guardians with a current email address on file received a personal invitation and survey link but parents may also take the survey at http://tiny.cc/AAPS2017ParentSurvey. We are pleased to offer the survey in English, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish.

Curriculum Overview
Science - We are beginning a Project Lead The Way unit on the structure and function of the human body!  Students will begin assembling a miniature (and simplified) human body on paper this week.

Math - In class this week we will study place value.  Later in the week we will be learning about the value of U.S. coins.

Literacy - We are reading books about the human body to support the learning of our Project Lead The Way unit on the human body.  We will also read a few fiction books to carefully track the feeling of characters and how they change across a text.

Writing - Students are going to be doing some writing around the new Project Lead The Way unit on the Human Body.  Before that begins I will be teaching the students to stretch out their stories into multiple sections and pages.

Word Study - This week students are working on different word sorts aligned with their academic next steps.  Students are working on letter sounds, blends, and complex spelling patterns.