Edward Wonders

Today, Edward said he would never find someone to love him again.
Do you think he will find someone to love? Yes or No? Tell us why you think that.

Please respond ...

Today we learned that Edward was sad because he lost all of the people he loved.
Have you ever lost something or someone you loved? Please tell us about it.

OUR COUNTRY

Our class has started our unit in social studies on our country's symbols.
Your child came home yesterday with their Virginia and United States book.
Please ask your child to share with you what they have learned.
Today we learned a patrotic song.

REMINDER!!!!

We are working on a project that requires a DVD-R. Please send in a DVD-R by Friday, June 1st. If you have extras we can use them. :)
Please make sure it is a DVD-R and not DVD+R.
Thank you!

Growing and growing

Our class pets are growing and growing.  The students are enjoying observing them grow and change.
They have been recording their observations in their science notebooks.

If you were...

Thank you Paige for being the first to respond to our blog post about Edward Tulane.
If you were Edward where would you fly to and why?

A Journey

If you haven't heard, we have been reading a fabulous book called The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. 
Some of my kindergarten come in first thing and ask, "Are we reading about Edward today?"  This is music to my ears.   Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost. . . . Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the bedside of an ailing child to the bustling streets of Memphis. Along the way, we are shown a miracle -- that even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose, and to love again.

I thought is would be fun for the kids to blog with the help of our Rainbow Valley parents about this wonderful book. So, beginning today I am going to post a question or a statement about the story, and I encourage all responses. Will you be the first?

(If you have questions about how to respond send me an E-mail.)

QUESTION #1

Who was Edward's first owner?   How did he lose his first owner?



Learning and Growing

This week the children enjoyed getting their new class pets. Caterpillars. We have six Painted Lady Caterpillars that we are watching grow. The children are journaling their observations as they learn about life cycles. 
We had a really exciting guest come to teach us about maps this week. Paige's Dad is a map maker. A cartographer. 
This was a great way to end our unit on maps and globes. He shared with us some really interesting information.

Mother's Day

Your children took great pride in creating a watercolor master piece for you for Mother's Day.
As they were busily creating we snapped some pictures that will make you smile.

Thank YOU!

Dear Rainbow Valley Families,
We want to thank all of you so much for the lovely gifts, heartfelt cards,letters, and
 E-mails for Teacher Appreciation Week.  We appreciate your kindness and generosity so much!
Our job is an amazing one to begin with and having supportive parents behind us makes our job that much more fun and amazing.
Your children are each unique and each one means so much to us. They have grown this year because you have allowed us to challenge them to be the BEST THEY CAN BE. They have shined this year and we know they will continue too!
Thank you again so much for making this week so special and for making each day a wonderful day in Rainbow Valley.
Love,
Mrs. Chiaverotti and Mrs. Stinard

Strawberry Field

Our Rainbow Valley friends have been taking great of our strawberry garden with the help of parent volunteers.

Today the children harvested and enjoyed eating their first crop.

WE LOVE OUR MOMS !!!

Dear Rainbow Valley Moms,
Your children took great pride in creating drawings and recording their heartfelt messages to celebrate you!
Happy Mother's Day!

Planting

We have started our unit in science on life cycles. We are planting seeds on Friday and are running low on soil.  If anyone has any extra potting soil at home that you are not using and would be willing to share with us we need some by Friday.
Thanks so much!

Blooming

Wow! We are really the luckiest teachers! Thank you to all of our Rainbow Valley Friends and their families for showering us with such beautiful flowers and cards today.
You really know how to make our day!
Thank you so much!!!

Teacher Appreciation

WOW! What a yummy way to start off a Monday!
Thank you Paige and Paige's Mommy for the yummy coffee, strawberries, and muffins.  Thank you Hollis for the homemade strawberry jam!
Thank you to all of the boys and girls who tried their best today and made our job so much fun!

You Are What You Eat!

Today we had a lesson all about attributes and taking parts to create a whole.
Mrs. Law began the lesson by reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
The children had to create a caterpillar of their own.
For example, one student started off on Monday he ate a matress, on Tuesday he ate a a sheet, on Wednesday he ate another sheet, on Thursday he ate a pillow, on Friday he ate a blanket, on Saturday he ate another blanket, do you know what he turned into on Sunday?
I infer a bed!

Learning About Careers

We enjoyed having Abby's Dad come and visit our classroom and teach us all about being a solider.
His visit concludes our unit about Our Community Helpers