Monday, March 21, 2011

This week in First Grade...

March 21st- 25th

Reminders:

Tuesday Folders: Yan Zuo

Tuesday Parent: Elizabeth Pooler

Important dates:

Report Cards go home- Tuesday, March 29th
March 31st- Family Science Night
April 13th- Family Night at Catfish Parlour
April 22nd - No School
April 25th-28th TAKS- No Parents in the Building

In Reading workshop we will be learning how to use books to learn information and how to research. We will be sending home an Animal Research Project in the Tuesday folder. This will be in leiu of Take Home Readers. We will practice researching and taking notes in class and the students will check out a book to bring home.

In Writer's Workshop we are finishing our class newspaper. The students have done a magnificent job of writing about the things that have happened in our classroom. Our newspaper will be posted on the wall outside of our classroom later this week! Come by and see it!

In Word Work we are focusing on the (kw) sound spelled qu.
Regular Words: quit, queen, quilt, quiet, squid, equal
Enrichment words: conquest, liquid, quarter, banquet, equality, qualify
Challenge words: leprechaun, shamrock

In Math this week we are learning about Fact Families. For example 2, 3 and 5 make the fact family 2+3=5, 3+2=5, 5-2=3 and 5-3=2. This will help the students learn math facts that are related to each other. We will work on solving problems with fact families later this week.

In Science we are wrapping up our unit on Animals. Next we will learn and research Animal Habitats. The students will split up into groups and be responsible for making a habitat which will include animals native to a region, their adaptations and surroundings!

Have a great week!
Mrs. Caballero

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