I hope everyone enjoyed their three day weekend! We spent
time with family, in and out of town. It was great to have an extra day
to enjoy!
Last week we set up our incubators and received our chicken
eggs. It's official! We will have baby chicks around April 18th! Our eggs will take 21 days
to develop into chicks! It is such an exciting time in first grade!
Reminders:
Monday (4/2): March Reading Calendars are due!
Homework Bags go home
Tuesday (4/3): Tuesday folders
will come home. Please return them the next day.
Wednesday (4/4): No Library this week
Thursday (4/5):
Friday (4/6): Homework Bags due
Family
Fit and Fun night 6:30pm-7:30pm
Next Tuesday (4/10) and Wednesday (4/11) the 4th and 5th
graders will be taking STAAR tests. Our campus will be closed to all
visitors these two days. Please plan lunch dates accordingly!
This week in Reading and Writing Workshop...
We will be researching all we need to know about Chickens!
First we will learn all about the development of a chick in the egg by reading
books and sources on the internet. Then we will shift our focus and learn
all about chickens. As readers we will gather information from various
sources and as writers we will write the facts we find on sticky notes!
This week in Science...
We will begin to discuss our Project Based Learning
activity. We will pose the problem, "Where will our baby chicks live
once they have hatched?" We will move through the steps of this
project by learning all about what chickens need in a habitat. We will
spend two weeks on this project.
We need your help! Please send in empty
cereal boxes! We can also use other recycled items such as paper towel rolls,
toilet paper rolls and card board. We will need these items by Monday, April 9th.
This week in Math...
We will begin a new unit on deepening
our understanding of two digit place value. We will ask ourselves some
questions including: How do I use place value to read and write numbers? In
what different ways can we show a number? How can I use patterns to help me
count? We will use as many hands on manipulatives and tools to make these
concepts make sense to us!
This week in Spelling...
We will have our first spelling test. We've been
review things we know about spelling patterns. This week we will focus on
long versus short vowel sounds. Our words will be...
hope, cat, take, fun, cute, mate, need, step, pop, sit, hike
We will practice our words at school then have an assessment on Friday.
This week’s life skill is FLEXIBILITY- to be willing to alter
plans when necessary.
Have a great week! :)
Important Dates:
Apr. 4: Ms. Smith out
for 2nd Grade field trip w/ Maggie J
Apr. 6: Family Fit & Fun Night
Apr. 10: 4th
Grade STAAR- No visitors on campus
Apr. 11: 5th
Grade STAAR- No visitors on campus
Apr. 18: Chicks Hatch!
Apr. 26: Ms. Smith out
Apr. 27: Field Day
Skate
Night
Apr. 30-May 4: Book
Fair
May 3: KnOWLedge Night
May 4: Miss
Hendrickson’s last day
May 8: Spirit Night
May 14: 3rd
& 4th STAAR- No visitors on campus
May 15: 3rd
& 4th STAAR- No visitors on campus
May 16: 5th
STAAR- No visitors on campus
May 25: End of the
Year Party (time to be announced)
End of
the Year Awards (during End of the Year Party)
May 28: Memorial Day Holiday
May 29: Last Day of School (Bad Weather Make-up Day)
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