NEWS FROM Broadus Wood

Elementary

ROOM 10 April 30th – May 4th

echidester@k12albemarle.org

Mrs. Chidester’s Classroom Newsletter

What We Did, What’s Coming Up:
Language Arts:
In writer’s workshop, we have been reading and studying different poems. We have looked at if they
use rhyme or not and if they include action words or not. We have enjoyed being able to act out
many of the poems!

PALS assessments have begun and will continue into the next two weeks.

**Please be on the lookout for the little readers that have been sent home over the past couple of
months. There are several books missing which then makes sets incomplete.

Math:
We have been introduced to 3 of the 4 coins. We compared the sizes and colors. We traded pennies for a nickel and a dime. Next week,
we will work on identifying the quarter and trading it for pennies. We will continue to work equations with sums up to 10. We will also work
on ten frames but making teen numbers with them.

SNAP assessments have begun and will continue into the next couple of weeks.

Science:
During our content block, we have been discussing maps and globes. We compared the two together. We made a list of parts of a map
(symbols, map key/legend, and compass rose). We labeled our room with the cardinal directions: north, south, east, and west. We
enjoyed the mnemonic device Never Eat Soggy Waffles! We compared things from the side view and bird’s eye view. We compared how
those views look different. We mapped out our classroom. Next week we will continue to work with maps.

Our Schedule Next Week: Important Information:

May
Monday 5/7 5/8 – PTO Meeting 7:00PM-8:30PM
P.E. & Mystery Reader: Shannon Tevendale 5/11 – Mornings with Mrs. Morris
5/14 – 3rd Paramount Theater Field Trip 11:15AM-
Tuesday 5/8 2:00PM
P.E. & Art 5/18 – Graves Mountain Field Trip **please send in fees
and forms by 5/11
5/28 – Memorial Day – No School
Wednesday 5/9
P.E. & Genius Hour June
6/5 – Field Day **info sent via email
Thursday 5/10 6/6 – Inquiry Fair
Music & P.E. 6/7 – Half Day for Students, Dismissal at 11:30AM
6/7 – Kindergarten End of Year Celebration

Friday 5/11
Guidance, P.E. & Library