I am so grateful for the opportunity that God has given me to be your child's teacher.  We have learned and loved a LOT!  Thank you for sharing your child with me!

I hope that you have an enjoyable, safe summer with your family.  I will be sending home some items that your child can complete in the "off" hours to keep his/her skills sharp over the summer. Of course, nothing is required, but just encouraged.

Hopefully, you will get a chance to sign your child up for a summer reading program, either through the library or through Pizza Hut's Book It program.  The students will be able to take tests on those books for AR in 2nd grade.  (AR is Accelerated Reader program.)

On Friday, we will leave by cars at 9:00.  Please make sure that your child has a sack lunch and wears comfortable shoes for lots of walking. If you are not driving and your child needs a carseat or booster seat, please send it in with your child. If you are driving, you will need to arrive and wait by the office by 8:50. 

I will begin to send items home so that your child is not overwhelmed with too many things to carry on the last week. Be sure to check and clean out your child's backpack each evening. Thank you.

Happy belated birthday to Wayland (11). Happy birthday to Emma (18). Happy summer birthdays to  Pela (26), Bowen (6/13), Reese and Mrs. Bell (6/20), Cooper (6/26), and Rylie (7/2).

DATES to REMEMBER:

*May 15-Muscatatuck Field Trip

*May 21-Field day @ school, Last Day Chapel

We will collect offerings on Wednesday this week. Our offering for April and May goes to Concordia Counseling.  Thank you for your generosity. 

Our school has lots of Fund raising opportunities! The office sells RaiseRight, which are gift cards to retailers to use like cash.  You get the amount that you pay for, but the school gets a percentage back on the sale. BoxTops (you can enter your receipt online and earn money for the school) and Amazon Smile are also ways for ILS to earn money. Thanks for all the support!

I collect poptabs, which are taken to Riley Children's Hospital. They are converted to help families who stay at the Ronald McDonald House.

In His service,

Mrs. Bell

Wednesday-

Friday-Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Acts 2:38

TRANSFER WORDS: 

We will learn about the Disciples sharing the Good News and the first churches!

We have learned to read this year and it has been so fun for me to witness the transformation in reading, comprehending, and fluency!

We have learned figurative language, nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, synonyms, antonyms, irregular verbs, possessive nouns and pronouns, homophones, homonyms, articles, conjunctions, contractions, prepositions, past tense, present tense, quotation marks, colons, commas, comparatives, similes, time/order words, "watch-out" vowels, prefixes, suffixes, subject/predicate, paragraphs, capitals, endmarks and SO much more!

HOMEWORK (for the night of):

• Monday-Read "The Plant Expert"
• Tuesday-Read ""
• Wednesday- Read "" 
• Thursday-Read ""
  
• Friday-Read "" 

We have learned so much: Addition to 20, subtraction from 20, double digit addition and subtraction, counting to 1,000 by 1's, 10's, 5's and 2's, some mulitiplication and division, measuring, money, liquid measures, 2-D and 3-D shapes, guessing/estimating, time to the minute, and so much more.

Practicing math flashcards (addition/subtraction) proves to be very helpful to your child! You can make your own or purchase some.

HOMEWORK:  Daily Worksheet

We have learned about life around the world, inventors, goods, needs, wants, services, our country-its beginnings and its changes, our community, our leaders, laws, and so much more!

We have learned SO much about the world around us, including plants, animals, rocks, minerals, matter, natural resources, and SO much more.