He is Risen! He is Risen, Indeed!

The Joyful Sounds did an excellent job yesterday! Now I have Polly Wolly Doodle stuck in my head!

The kids are doing a fantastic job when we are practicing for our musical. We know that the kids will be nervous, but we practice a lot to make it more natural for them to calm their nerves.  We are reminding them daily to talk LOUDLY and SLOWLY.  We are encouraging some action when they speak their lines, too.  Thanks for all of your help to make our play successful!

Please send in your child's costume any time before May 7th. Make sure that you include socks.  We will wear our costumes on the 7th and again for our school's dress rehearsal on the 9th in the afternoon. You will take the costume home with you when you take your child home on Friday evening.

Regarding the musical, please have your child arrive at 6:00 and send him/her off to our classroom. Your child will get into costume and wait in our rooms.  The musical will be in the little gym.  After the musical-which is about 40 minutes, there will be a slight intermission.  You should slip out to get your child from our room, they will still be in costume probably...so make sure you grab their street clothes.  Then you can head back into the little gym to enjoy the 2nd graders musical, which will last about 30 minutes.

We will go on a field trip to Muscatatuck on May 19.  We will be riding in cars.  More information will come home soon. If you are interested in driving to the field trip, you will need to fill out a volunteer form (if you have not already) and give a copy of your driver's license and insurance form to the office-BEFORE May 16.

Some dates to put on your calendar are:

• May 9-1st grade Musical 
• May 12-Wear Blue for Mrs. Sims
• May 13-Wear Orange for Dr. B
• May 14-Wear Pink for Mrs. Isaacs
• May 15-Wear Blue for Mrs. Tracey
• May 19-Field trip to Muscatatuck
• May 21-Last day activities

Owen will bring something to keep us guessing.

Hayes is our "Star of the Week." His pictures will be posted on our board and he will have an opportunity to share some things about himself.

We will collect offerings on Mondays. Our offering for May will go to Tirzah Krey, a missionary serving in the Latin American and the Caribbean Region.

Next week, we, also, will have a "penny wars" soon to assist Mr. Rice, who will be going on a mission trip to the Chez Republic.Thank you for being a blessing to others! 

Our school has lots of Fund raising opportunities! The office sells Scrip, 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-Continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. 2 Timothy 3:14

Friday-No matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. 2 Corinthians 1:20

brown, glad, know, phone, give, here, would

TRANSFER WORDS: thing/ring, sing, bring, string

We will learn about that the 40 days that Jesus walked on Earth after His resurrection.

We are reading stories about homes. 

We are writing stories about our homes.

We are working hard on singular and plural nouns, subject/verb agreement, and homonyms.

HOMEWORK (for the night of):

• Monday-Read "The Three Little Pigs"
  
• Tuesday- Read "Animal Homes" 
• Wednesday- Read ""
• Thursday-Read "Make a Home" 
  
• Friday-Read "A Summer Home"

We are begining to learn how to measure in centimeters and inches. On Fridays, we will work on 2-D and 3-D shapes.

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

HOMEWORK:  Math worksheets

We will learn about inventors, inventions, and how things have changed.

We are learning about natural resources, including water and soil!