What We Did During Our Week:
Language Arts and Writing: This week we talked about our ocean animals! We wrote “can, have, and are” charts for each animal and read some fun books about them. After our trip to the farm we wrote a narrative about what we did. We also introduced a new stair step model to our writing process. Now, the students move up the stair case as they write during writer’s workshop. They start with pre-writing, then to drafting, editing, and finally publishing. After they publish their final copy they get to be an author and share to the class! Their work is beautiful!
Next week’s spelling words are: they, come, his, good, jam, yam, ram, clam, and slam.
Math: We took our math test, and continued to work on subtraction this week. Switching from addition and subtraction can be difficult, so we are making sure that they know the distinct difference between the two.
Next week’s math test is -5.
Science: We have officially started our ocean unit! Your child chose an ocean animal and for the remainder of the year we will learn about these animals, and write reports on them! The options were: sea turtle, seahorse, octopus, fish, crab, dolphin, and shark.
Other: We had a green day assembly to talk more about recycling and helping our Earth! A few friends cashed in their Dojo points this week and were able to eat lunch with me! 🙂
Tuesday was also the First Grade Market – the 1st graders did an amazing job!
We of course had our field trip to the farm! The kids had a blast getting to feed the animals carrots, riding on the tractor and playing in the field before heading back to school.
For buddies on Friday we wrote a poem about the animals that we saw at the farm!
A Few Notes About the End of the Year:
May 18th is our last Library check out date. Some children have been missing books for weeks – please bring these in or else there is a fine from the school. May 24th is the last day for green book bags and homework. Please make sure that all of these books are returned to me on that day. However, in the meantime please make sure that you are still reading with your child on a daily basis. I know it can get hard towards the end of the year to keep up with your daily routines, but this is imperative to keeping them on track for future success. This last month of school we have testing on reading levels and the NWEA test, so we must keep working hard! Thank you for your support.
Upcoming Events:
Monday, April 30th – Art in the Park PBIS
Wednesday, May 16th – Late Start
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