Monday, April 6, 2015

April 6-10, 2015

READING and WRITING
Our first graders did a fantastic job researching facts and information about chicks.  I can tell you that they are all becoming research experts! This week we will move on to independent research about animals.  On Tuesday, each student chose an animal book from the three animal groups of birds, fish and mammals.  We have kept the library books in our classroom and this week students are going to do independent research about their animal's body parts, habitat, food, movement, life cycle and any other interesting facts.  The students are going to conduct a book research as well as an on-line research on Pebble-Go.
MATH
This week we will apply our problem solving strategies to solve a variety of math word problem involving time, money, addition and subtraction.  In first grade we emphasize on showing the steps in solving the problem.  These steps involve reading the problem carefully, underlining important data and information, drawing picture and show any strategy that they have learned such as number line, addition and subtraction strategies to solve the problem.  Showing the steps in an organized form allow the students to understand the problem better and be able to think more thoroughly. 

SCIENCE
This week in science we are taking our knowledge of animals, their habitats and interdependency of living things and using it to take a closer look at our
 neighborhood and animals that live in our community.  We will start a project that focuses on how deer impact our community.

HABIT #4: Think Win-Win: I balance the courage of getting what I want with consideration of others.
REMINDERS:
*Specials- A Group:  PE on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
                   B Group:  PE on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
**Wear tennis shoes for sure on these days!!!!
*Library- Tuesday 11-11:30
*Send orange folders and homework bags back every day.
*Send a healthy snack with your child every day.
 We will eat snack at 10:30

DATES to REMEMBER:
April 10:  Family Fun Night
April 15:  Chicks start to hatch!!!!!!!
May 1:  Field Day
May 4-8:  Teacher Appreciation Week
May 7:  Field Trip to Austin Nature Center
May 11-15:  Book Fair
May 14:  Caraway Fine Arts Night
May 21:  Volunteer Breakfast
May 25:  No School, Memorial Day

June 5:  Last Day of School, End of the Year Party

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