Hello,
Welcome back! I hope everyone had an enjoyable and restful break. It’s hard to believe we are halfway through April already!
We had a lot of fun last week with the Egg Crack off. Myles was our class winner! We also sent Jasmine off to her new school with a surprise party!
Thank you for all the Birthday Box donations. We will be assembling boxes this Saturday, April 22. Please click the link below if you are interested in signing up to help!
Please contact Kristin McEneany at kristin.mceneany@gmail.com with any questions.
Note from the office: Teacher Appreciation Week - May 1-5Help thank our teachers for their hard work. Provide an item for lunch or snacks during Teacher Appreciation Week. Click on this link to sign up. Thank you for your support!
If you have any empty cereal boxes at home please send them in. We will be using them at the end of our writing unit in about a month but I figured it’s never to early to start asking.
Upcoming Events:
4/20: Family Night 5:30-7:00 Subs, Science and Social Studies
4/21-Wear Green and Blue (earth day) Permission slip coming home soon for neighborhood clean up
4/28-Funky Friday (dress as silly as you want)
Reading: We are continuing to build our nonficiton knowledge in our clubs! This week we will be noticing the different structures our books contain (diagrams, heading and details, question and answer, cause and effect) to help us make a plan for our reading. We’ll be learning how to break the text into sections and asking, “What is this part mostly about?” and stopping often to think about what we are learning. Then, we’ll use this learning to have conversations with our clubs.
Writing: We are continuing with our series books. This week we are focusing on showing not telling by adding in tiny realistic details. We’ll also be showing not telling how the character is feeling and realistic settings. We’ll be adding chapters to our books and using our partners to help us add even more.
Word Work: The new words this week are find, ask, every, know, who: Please have your child practice these words on a regular basis. As they become fluent with them, it’s helps them with their reading and writing.
Math: We are continuing our 2-digit addition unit and will be completing our assessment on Friday. See our chart below to see the strategies that we are using to help us solve these equations.
Content: This week we will be learning about Earth Day and importance of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. We will also be starting Junior Achievement this week. A volunteer from a local business comes into our classroom once a week for 5 weeks and conducts a lesson that lasts about 30 minutes. JA programs focus on the skills necessary for students to develop work readiness, financial literacy and entrepreneurism all at the first grade level. The program is designed to be interactive using practical hands on activities that reinforce key concepts to prepare and inspire students to succeed in a global economy. The title of the first grade program is: Our Families.
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