Happy Mothers' Day!

Hello! I hope all you mothers out there had a WONDERFUL Mothers' Day! What great weather we had too!
Last week was so fantastic, on so many levels! Thank you all so much for the lovely gifts and cards, it brought tears to my eyes! Thank you very much :)
We're on our way to completing the Photo Stories! The students put in extraordinary efforts last week and they look SO impressive. I hope, with the help of our technology resource teacher, that I will be able to either put these up on the BLOG or to send them to you so you can see their masterpieces!
Last Wednesday morning we went to Mr. Esko's (fifth grade Magnet instructor) to learn about compound microscopes! We learned the different parts of the microscope, and were able to view some samples of algae and water from the Wetlands! Thank you Mr. Esko for donating your time to us!
Friday we were fortunate to experience a Percussion Assembly!! Almost everybody - teachers included - had a chance to participate! They had drums and other percussion instruments from all over the world, including Africa, China, Japan, the Caribbean, Cuba, Brazil, Switzerland, The United States and Mexico! Thank you to the PTA for organizing this for us :)
Finally, we are starting to wrap up the end of the year! I am going to stop sending homework packets home for the remainder of the year. There will still be an occasional Reading Response question, or math practice page sent home - but no more packets!
I am going to skip a spelling list this week as Friday is both a two hour delayed start, and the Teddy Bear Picnic. Informational sheets will be going home today about the Teddy Bear Picnic - I hope you can make it!
The last spelling list will be created by the students, made of words that they want to learn before the school year is out. We will create these lists next week, and have our last spelling quiz on Friday, May 29th.
Thank you so much for your continued support! Have a great day!