April | 2015 | Primary 3

Hello P3 families!

The past few weeks have been filled with fun activities. We took our field trip to Springs Preserve. The children enjoyed exploring all of the science activities and seeing the different desert animals. We learned about flash floods, and how we need to recycle and reduce our use of water here in Nevada.

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We learned about some of the animals that live on the amazing continent of South America. These animals are some of the children’s favorite. They love learning about the rain forest and all of the many species of plants and animals that live there.

Our studies this month included learning about the parts of the bird.

We also learned about the parts of a chick.

We have started exploring the different layers of the rain forest: forest floor, understory, canopy and emergent layer.

Our Earth Day celebration was a lot of fun. Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers that helped to make this a special day for the students.

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Lane’s family came to make “Earth Day Cookies” with the friends. They looked like the world after they were baked and tasted delicious!

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Important Dates to Remember:

Friday, May 8th: Mother’s Day Tea from 9:30-10:15

Monday, May 25th: No School, Memorial Day

Friday, May 29th: Kindergarten Late Night from 5:00-8:00

Wednesday, June 3rd: Kindergarten Moving Up Ceremony (times to be announced)

Friday, June 5th: Last Day of School, Dismissal @ 11:15

Snack and Flowers Provided By:

April 27th-May 1st: Lemos Family

May 4th-8th: Wilson Family

May 11th-15th: Yamaguchi Family

May 18th-22nd: Bristol Family

May 26th-29th: Ghaneian Family

Practical Life Supplies Volunteers:

Lemons: Reid Family

Organic Sugar: Weddell Family

Plastic Spoons: Smith Family

Paper Cups: Joe Family

Welcome back P3 Families!

We hope that everyone had a wonderful Spring break. This week we began our studies of the rain forest. It has been interesting for the children to explore the different animals and the layers of the rain forest they live in. Our friend Bella did a presentation of the animals for our students as well.

We have also started our South America studies. We will begin to look at different places and animals of South America in the upcoming weeks.

Our friends have enjoyed working on creative map works this week.

This month’s Practical Life area has sparked the minds of our students. We have introduced a mopping work (which may come in handy in the future), a work to test gravity, and the children have even made their own quesadillas!