Week 29 (Recap and NEW Info)!

     

What we did during our week:

Language Arts: We worked on -og  words and onset and rime. We have officially learned all the letters of the alphabet!  Spelling words to study for next week: List 16: from, went, him, cub, rub, sub, tub, club, stub  Please practice the extra cold -ub words, as there will be a cold word for number 10 on the test!  Extra words: shrub.  Our 16th test will be Friday, April 27th.

Writing:    In writing, we finished our star student book and are doing some informational writing about ocean animals!  We are finding facts about ocean animals to use in our writing. How fun!

Math:  We will continue to talk about subtraction and addition and greater than/less than. We have a little bit of everything during our math workshop: greater than/less than, count the room, smash it! subtraction, addition, missing numbers, etc.

Math Quizzes: We have a math quiz on Friday, April 27th on math facts -4!  Please make the flashcards at home for your child to help them prepare for their math quiz. For extra practice at home (instead of the flash cards), you could also use counters (or food) for a visual representation of the math equation for your child. You can also practice with your child by having them put the big number in their head and the small number on their hands and then count up. Try to make it fun! Thank you for supporting your child with their addition skills!

Science: For the months of April-June we will move into Ocean Animals!  We completed a RAN and completed a fun ocean activity to go along with our RAN activity.  The students also explored seashells and other shells from the Ocean!  Enjoy all of our Ocean pictures:)

Social Studies:  In April are learning about Civics and Government.  

 Scholastic Reading Club:        Class Code – RKYTJ

Order Due Date – 06/01/18

Dear Families,

This is a friendly reminder that your Book Clubs orders are due by 06/01/18. You can place your orders online at scholastic.com/bookclubs using my class activation code: RKYTJ.  The books are very low in price, which is a great way to build your child’s library at home and it’s FREE shipping!

Happy Reading,   Mrs. Fillmore

Other:

• On Tuesday, we are visiting the First Grade Market!  Please come and join the first graders as we celebrate the ending of our Economics unit with Market Day! Market Day is all about determining wants and needs, producing goods and services and trading. Family and friends are invited to help celebrate the world of producers and consumers by shopping at our market from 9am-11am on Tuesday, April 24th. All goods will range from .10 cents to $1.00. All Haigh students will have the opportunity to shop at our market, so if your child would like to purchase something, please send them to school with money. Hope to see you Tuesday!

Thanks for your support, The First Grade Teachers

• You might have heard about the Penny Challenge!!!  We will be using reused milk jugs to collect money for adopting a wolf from the Detroit Zoo!  Please bring in your spare change to help the Haigh students raise money for the adoption! Thank you to the families who have donated a generous amount of coins already!  We appreciate it!
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• Our field trip to Domino Farms will be Thursday, April 26th from 9am-2pm.  All students are expected to bring a DISPOSABLE lunch in a brown bag to the farm.  Your child will experience a tractor ride, receive a bag of food to feed the animals and enjoy lunch in the great outdoors! Since there is limited space at the farm, no parents will be allowed on the field trip unless they have been chosen to chaperone.  Thank you for your cooperation in this matter!
• Out of 22 students today, who took the spelling test, 14 received a 100% and 7 students only missed 1 to 2  words!! This is a TOTAL victory! Way to go to my students and parents who worked so hard to ensure their child was successful for the Friday spelling test!  I will send the booklet home on Monday for you all to see how your child did:). Remember, to look over your child’s spelling test booklet, sign on the line and return the booklet in the green folder the very next day (TUESDAY)!  It is imperative I receive them all back the next day!  Thank you!

• Out of 22 students today, we had 15 students receive a 100% on their math quiz -3!   If your child is not performing at 70% or above, I suggest making flash cards for your child to practice at home with!  Way to go to my 12 students.  I am so proud of you!!
• Please consider buying something from our Scholastic Book Club at: scholastic.com/bookclubs Activation code: RKYTJ.  Our LAST due date for book orders will be Friday, June 1st.  This will be our last order for the year!  There are a lot of great books for your child at a very reasonable price and FREE shipping.  Thank you to Violet’s family for buying something from our book club:)

Housekeeping items:

• • If your child’s green folder is falling apart, please use some packaging tape to put the folder back together, or please purchase another green folder for you child.  Some folders are torn in half and is difficult to place work and or important notes in your child’s folder. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter!
  • On Gym Days (Thursday and Friday), please make sure to send your child to school in Gym Shoes!  Mr. Peecher will have the kids sit on the stage if they are not wearing appropriate gym attire. Your child’s safety is our main priority.  Thank you!

• Parents, I need your help! When you send in money for your child, whether it be for lunch, lunchroom snacks, field trip, please enclose the money in an ENVELOPE with your child’s FIRST and LAST name on the front, indicate what the money is for and write my name as well: Mrs. Fillmore.  This will cause for less confusion for the lunch room and for the classroom. Thank you!
• Please make sure to log onto math seeds and reading eggs when there is downtime at home, especially on the weekends!  I have laminated and attached logins/passwords for EACH child on their communication log this week!  Please keep this in a safe place, so it doesn’t get lost. These programs are free for you to use, how awesome is that?  All you need to do is to show your child how to log in and they can begin learning!  Parents, in the classroom, I am trying to teach each child to login typing their own username and password…independence is the name of the game!   If you could be so kind, to help your child do the same at home, it would help so much! Thank you!
•  April 27th will be our next library check out date!  Enjoy the new book with your child this week:)

Upcoming Events:

April 23rd- Animal cracker sale begins until April 25th

April 26th- Domino Farms Field Trip Day!  Look under the heading “Other” for more information.

April 27th-  Homework, spelling test (-ub), math test (-4) and book check out!

April 27th- Double Good Gourmet Popcorn orders due today!

April 30th- PBIS-Art in the Park!

Reading Buddies:  Today we celebrated Earth Day with our reading buddies!  We read a Let’s Find Out Magazine to learn different ways we can help protect the earth and we made a earth day headband and wrote our Promise to the earth:)  We only have 1 earth…let’s take good care of her<3