What a beautiful week we are having together inside and out of the classroom! I really appreciate all the support you have given your child regarding homework and through your donations and volunteer work this year! Please mark your calendar for our annual Lewis Volunteer Breakfast on June 8th, 8-9 a.m. Childcare will be available. Come share in some yummy, teacher made food and relax for a bit with others who have volunteered this year. Field trip forms for our Oregon Zoo trip in June have been sent out for all first graders and if you are able to Chaperone, let me know as soon as possible. In the classroom. our renewed focus on friendship and kindness has been a success! I am noticing more problem solving, caring hearts being put in the kindness basket and positive friendship groups out on the playground. Empathy training remains a daily focus for my lessons with the students and throughout the curriculum. In Math this week learning and practicing telling time to the hour, half hour, and quarter hour will be our focus as well as fractions. Towards the end of the week we will begin our new study on The Farm. There is a lot to learn that entails mathematical understanding when purchasing a farm and it’s contents! It should be a great hands on experience for all:) Our Science lab is very busy! Snails , darkling beetles living their last.(beginning?), stage of being, silk worms going through their 2nd stage of "in star",(molting) and our wee caterpillars striving to grow into butterflies! I hope to have some pond insects coming to visit next week. This week we have finished our last story in our literacy adoption for the year and homework will look different next week. Please continue reading daily with your child and tell them you love them every chance you get!  Keep in touch. abuckley@pps.k12.or.us