Monday, April 24, 2017

April 24-28, 2017

A note from Ms. Smith
Gracie’s surgery went very well!  They were able to remove the dislodged cartilage, and ended up not having to repair the ligament.  Great news!  She is on the road to recovery already, and was even able to go to school today.  Thank you again for your patience with me being out so much the past few weeks!

We have made it to the last week of April! It's hard to believe we will be starting our last month of First grade. 

KnOWLedge Night is coming up soon.  On the evening of May 18th we will be hosting a Reading Restaurant. You and your child can come and participate any time from 5:30-7:00.  This will be a come and go as you please event.   We are excited to share our love or reading and our portfolios with our families!  Please keep in mind that this is not a time to conference with me about your child. 

Reminders:
Monday (4/24): Round Rock Express honors our Bluebonnet Team
                       Self-selected reading for 15 min.
Tuesday (4/25): Tuesday folders will come home
                        Homework bags come home                           
Wednesday (4/26): Library Lesson- no checkout
                             Skate Night
Thursday (4/27):
Friday (4/28): Homework bags due


This week in Reading Workshop...
We will present our Independent Research Projects during Reading Workshop on Monday and Tuesday.  Then we will move on to Perfecting our Craft as readers.  We will think about all of the things we've learned this year.  We will make a list of all of the things we do as good readers.  Then we will enjoy reading some fun fiction!

This week in Writing Workshop...
We will begin review the steps of the writing process.  We will plan a story by creating a beginning, middle and end picture plan or draft.  Then we will think about adding interesting characters, describing our setting and including a problem and solution.  We will do things that real authors do as we write this week.  We will also spend time thinking about how to revise and edit our work as writers. 

This week in Math...
We will continue learning about fractions. This time we will follow and area model (think pizza) and relate equal parts to that model. We will discuss halves and fourths as equal parts or a whole.

This week in Social Studies...
We are going to relate Folktales and Fairy Tales to our study of culture in our community. We will read some folktales from other countries and cultures and discuss what they mean.
We will celebrate and learn about Earth Day on Monday. We will think about things we can do at home, at school and in our community to help the Earth every day.

Have a great week!

DATES TO REMEMBER:
April 26:  Playland Skate Center @ 5:30 pm
May 1-5:  Teacher Appreciation Week
May 8-10: STAAR Testing- No Visitors on Campus
May 15-19:  Book Fair
May 18:  KnOWLedge Night @ 5:30-7:00
May 19:   Field Day
May 26:  Career Fair
May 29:  Memorial Day- No School
May 31:  Class Awards Ceremony/End of the Year Party- 8:30-10:15

June 1:  Last Day of School

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