Thank you for the yummy food!
On behalf of all teachers and staff at Caraway, we thank our
wonderful first grade parents and families for throwing such a fantastic
Festive Friday for us! Thank you all for your thoughtfulness and generosity. The food was wonderful and delicious, the picnic tables were
so beautifully arranged, and the weather couldn't have cooperated better. Thank you for all that you do for us!
End of the Year Reading Assessments
I will be starting the End of the Year Reading Assessment next
week. This is a time that I will be reading with each child individually
to assess their reading level and readiness for next year. Please continue to
visit the library (public or school library) and encourage your child to use
RAZ-kids to read at home. Your child knows that they need to complete the quiz for
each book before moving on to the next book or next level.
The RAZ-kids log-in is asmith196.
Spring PBL Project
This spring, our first graders will research and investigate ways to grow non-traditional gardens. They will discuss and brainstorm ideas to educate and help our community and families to grow non-traditional, yet sustainable gardens.
Whether we live in a house or an apartment, we can find small spaces that don't require as much space and resources and plant a vegetable garden to meet our needs or at least part of our needs. In the spirit of Earth Day, being "Green", reducing and re-using, we will come up with some small, efficient, and transportable gardens.
This spring, our first graders will research and investigate ways to grow non-traditional gardens. They will discuss and brainstorm ideas to educate and help our community and families to grow non-traditional, yet sustainable gardens.
Whether we live in a house or an apartment, we can find small spaces that don't require as much space and resources and plant a vegetable garden to meet our needs or at least part of our needs. In the spirit of Earth Day, being "Green", reducing and re-using, we will come up with some small, efficient, and transportable gardens.
READING
We have been learning about different genres and this week we will learn about some of the beloved children's stories and their authors. Authors have different purposes in their writing. Some try to inform and teach us and some try to entertain or humor us. Authors have different styles in their writing and illustrations. Leo Leonni uses paper collage for his illustration, and his stories have animal characters. Tomie Depaola's stories are mostly about his childhood. Jack Ezra Keats' stories also take place in his childhood neighborhood. The children will understand and appreciate that real authors are ordinary people that take ordinary events in their lives and turn them into extraordinary stories.
WRITING
We will continue our family writing. This will be similar to writing expository texts since we are all expert about our families and we know each and every member of our family very well. We know what they like, what they don't like, what they like to do in their free time and so on. Each day we will write about one member of our family including us. We will make our writings into a book about us and our families. We will emphasize on complete sentences, capitalization and punctuation, using the word wall list to spell the sight words correctly and revising and editing our work.
We have been learning about different genres and this week we will learn about some of the beloved children's stories and their authors. Authors have different purposes in their writing. Some try to inform and teach us and some try to entertain or humor us. Authors have different styles in their writing and illustrations. Leo Leonni uses paper collage for his illustration, and his stories have animal characters. Tomie Depaola's stories are mostly about his childhood. Jack Ezra Keats' stories also take place in his childhood neighborhood. The children will understand and appreciate that real authors are ordinary people that take ordinary events in their lives and turn them into extraordinary stories.
WRITING
We will continue our family writing. This will be similar to writing expository texts since we are all expert about our families and we know each and every member of our family very well. We know what they like, what they don't like, what they like to do in their free time and so on. Each day we will write about one member of our family including us. We will make our writings into a book about us and our families. We will emphasize on complete sentences, capitalization and punctuation, using the word wall list to spell the sight words correctly and revising and editing our work.
MATH
This week we will use base ten blocks, pictures, and expanded and standard forms to represent numbers up to 120. We will use concrete and pictorial models to compose and decompose numbers to 120. For example 117 is made of one 100 block, one ten block and 7 ones. We will generate a number that is greater than or less than any given number up to 120.
This week we will use base ten blocks, pictures, and expanded and standard forms to represent numbers up to 120. We will use concrete and pictorial models to compose and decompose numbers to 120. For example 117 is made of one 100 block, one ten block and 7 ones. We will generate a number that is greater than or less than any given number up to 120.
SCIENCE
As part of our PBL project, we will learn about plants, their parts and the function of each part. We will learn that roots carry the water and nutrients from the soil, stems hold up the plant and transport the nutrients and water from the roots to other parts of plant and leaves make food. We will also learn about the plant life cycle and discuss things that plants need to grow such as good soil, water and sun.
THANK YOU!
Thank you for supporting your child's learning at home. Your child's success and education is a result of, us working together! So thank you for being a partner in your child's learning!
Thank you for supporting your child's learning at home. Your child's success and education is a result of, us working together! So thank you for being a partner in your child's learning!
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
*Tuesday folders come home. Please sign and return the folders the next day.
*Tuesday folders come home. Please sign and return the folders the next day.
*Agendas: Please initial the behavior calendar and send
it back every day.
*Snack: Please send a healthy snack with your child
every day.
*PE: Group A will have PE on Monday, Wednesday, &
Friday.
Group B will have PE on Tuesday,
Thursday, & Friday.
*Please make sure your child wears
Tennis shoes on those days*
*You can see what group your child is in
on the right side of this blog*
*Next library day is
Tuesday, April 26.
*Homework bags come
back to school every day. Please leave
the books and response notebook in the bag.
We will use them during the day at school!
DATES TO REMEMBER:
May 2-6: Teacher Appreciation Week
May 4: Early Release @ 12:45
May 6: Field Day
May 9-11: STAAR testing (no visitors on campus these
days!)
May 16-20: Book Fair
May 19: Spring Open House
May 20: Field Day
May 27: Career Fair
May 30: No School- Memorial Day
June 2: End of the Year Party, Last day of School
