Monday, February 22, 2010

This week in First Grade...

Please remember to send WARM jackets and other outdoor apparel this week because it will be COOOOLD!!

Tuesday is International Family Fair night!! Come out and join us at 6:30.
March 9th -Field Trip to the Elgin Christmas Tree Farm. Permission forms went home Monday. Please sign and return those by March 1st so that your child may join us!

In reader's workshop...
Take home readers will go home each night. Please read with your child and return each day. We are going to work on Making Connections with each story we read. As we read, we will analyze and connect what we are reading with what we already know or what has happened in our life.

In writer's workshop...
We are learning how to tell our stories with partners using our fingers. We will concentrate on the most important part of our stories towards the end of the week.
In word work this week we are learning about words that end in a long "y" that make the ee sound.
Spelling words: baby, very, windy, story, family, money
Challenge words: research, animal
Vocabulary: know, find, why, every, been

In math...
We are beginning our unit on length and measurement. We are learning about area, weight, capacity, and temperature of different things around our room. We will compare different objects with each of these learning categories.

In social studies...
We are wrapping up our unit on historical figures within the nation, state, and community. We are learning about people like Alexander G. Bell, George Washington, Thomas Edison, Rick Perry, Lady Bird Johnson, and many more.

In science...
On Wednesday, we will start our unit on animals. We will being by talking about living versus non-living things. We will then start talking about mammals and birds.

Have a great week!

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