It was an exciting week for the children to visit the Book Fair
this week. This couldn't have happened in a better time since we are learning
about goods and services and spending our money wisely. I was so proud when I saw my students
adding their money, or knowing how much they need to get back in return. Real Life applications!! Thank you for
supporting our school library!
VOLUNTEER BREAKFAST
If you received an invitation to the Volunteer Breakfast on Thursday, May 21, I look forward to seeing you to say a big thank you for everything you did for our classroom!
VOLUNTEER BREAKFAST
If you received an invitation to the Volunteer Breakfast on Thursday, May 21, I look forward to seeing you to say a big thank you for everything you did for our classroom!
READING and WRITING
We will continue our family writing. I can't wait to share their writings with you. They are sweet and precious. After finishing our family writing, we will start working on our first grade memory books. We will remember all the great things that we did in first grade and write about those things. As always, we will emphasize on neat writing along with correct capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structure.
In reading we will continue to read some of our favorite fiction books and review some important comprehension strategies. We will use the picture clues as well as the text clues to make predictions and inferences, visualize a part of the story or make connections.
We will continue our family writing. I can't wait to share their writings with you. They are sweet and precious. After finishing our family writing, we will start working on our first grade memory books. We will remember all the great things that we did in first grade and write about those things. As always, we will emphasize on neat writing along with correct capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structure.
In reading we will continue to read some of our favorite fiction books and review some important comprehension strategies. We will use the picture clues as well as the text clues to make predictions and inferences, visualize a part of the story or make connections.
MATH
For the next few weeks, we will work hard on problem solving. We will review the steps of how to start the problem solving and work on different strategies that have been learning throughout the year. Reading a math problem is like reading a story. We need to visualize it first by drawing a relevant picture. We need to remember the important things by underlining them, and we need to show our steps and strategies such as using a number line, ten blocks and ones, tally marks, and addition and subtraction sentences. Whatever strategy we use, we also need to write our thinking in words. These steps will help the children in the long run to do more advanced problem solving in higher grades.
SOCIAL STUDIES
We will continue our unit on economics. The children have been learning about goods and services and how some jobs produce, or make goods and other jobs provide a service. We all need money to satisfy our needs and wants, and in order to gain money we need to have jobs. But we also need to make wise choices and be smart about spending our money. We will also learn about scarcity problem, when we have unlimited wants and needs and limited resources.
For the next few weeks, we will work hard on problem solving. We will review the steps of how to start the problem solving and work on different strategies that have been learning throughout the year. Reading a math problem is like reading a story. We need to visualize it first by drawing a relevant picture. We need to remember the important things by underlining them, and we need to show our steps and strategies such as using a number line, ten blocks and ones, tally marks, and addition and subtraction sentences. Whatever strategy we use, we also need to write our thinking in words. These steps will help the children in the long run to do more advanced problem solving in higher grades.
SOCIAL STUDIES
We will continue our unit on economics. The children have been learning about goods and services and how some jobs produce, or make goods and other jobs provide a service. We all need money to satisfy our needs and wants, and in order to gain money we need to have jobs. But we also need to make wise choices and be smart about spending our money. We will also learn about scarcity problem, when we have unlimited wants and needs and limited resources.
HABIT #5: Seek first
to Understand, then to be Understood: I listen to others
without interrupting. I try to see
things from their viewpoint. I am
confident in voicing my own ideas.
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:
*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:
May 18-22: Caraway Canned Food
Drive
May 20: Ms. Smith out (Mr. Sparks
will be my sub)
May 21: Volunteer Breakfast
May 22: Prezi Viewing Party
May 25: No School, Memorial Day
May 29: Career Day
June 1: 1st Grade
Awards Ceremony
June 4: End of the Year Party
June 5: Last Day of School,
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