This week in First grade...

April 25th- 29th


Tuesday Folders:

No Tuesday parent this week because of TAKS. **We are a closed campus Tuesday- Thursday as the 3rd, 4th and 5th graders take the TAKS test.

Reminders:
April 25th-29th- 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade TAKS - Closed campus, no parent volunteers
May 4th- Early Release
May 4th- PTA Family Night at The Catfish Parlour
May 27th Last day of school

This week in Reading Workshop we are learning about things that strong readers do. We will make an anchor chart to help us remember characteristics of strong readers.

In Writing Workshop this week we will continue the writing process and write creative, imagination stories to share with the class on Friday.

In Word Work we are reviewing High Frequency Words. I will assess the students on their ability to spell the words, use them in their writing and read them correctly. No enrichment this week.

Words: a, about, after, all, an, and, are, as, going, got, had, has, have, her, him, may, me, mom, no, not, now, of, my, them, then, there, they, this, to, two

In Math this week we will be problem solvers and work to solve two step word problems. We will begin working a problem in a sequential order. The students will be expected to show a strategy used to solve the problem, a number sentence and write an explanation of how they solved the problem.

In Science this week we will begin our study of plants. We discussed seeds today and started soaking our seeds so that we can plant them in soil tomorrow. We will watch our seeds and see what they grow into!

Have a great week! Do a rain dance!!

Mrs. Caballero

This week in First Grade...

April 18th- 21st Reminders: Tuesday folders: Tuesday Parent: Elizabeth Pooler April 22nd- Student Holiday- no school April 25th-29th- 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade TAKS - Closed campus, no parent volunteers May 4th- Early Release May 4th- PTA Family Night at The Catfish Parlour This week in Reading workshop we will be discussing and learning about adjectives. We will find them in our reading and use them in our writing during Writer's Workshop. This week in Writer's workshop we will focus on creative writing. We will use our imaginations to think of a story to write. We will share our ideas and stories during the week. In Word Work we are working on ending sounds. Regular Words: half, dust, raft, mask, melt, silk Enrichment words: against, honest, mustang, difficult, predict, conflict Sight Word Vocabulary: these, then, their, first and last name Challenge words: technology, subtraction In Math this week we will be working on Subtraction strategies to use during problem solving. We will share our strategies and learn new strategies to help us become expert problem solvers. In Social Studies this week we will be comparing and contrasting the contributions of famous People. We have learned about many people who have made a difference in history. We will also discuss how technology has changed the way we live today. We will think of different types of technology we use today and we will make predictions based on our learning about what will change in our future! Have a great week! Mrs. Caballero

This week in First grade...

April 11th- 15th Reminders... **If your child is sick (symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat or vomiting) the Caraway policy states the students must be symptom free, without medication, for 24 hours before returning to school. This will prevent the spread of germs and sickness to other children and the adults in our classroom. Tuesday parent: Elizabeth Pooler Tuesday folders: April 13th- Family night at California Pizza Kitchen April 22nd - No School April 25th-28th TAKS- No Parents in the Building May 4th - Family Night at Catfish Parlour This week in Reading Workshop we are focusing on Nouns and Verbs. We will learn about each one then we will look for them while we read. This week in Writer's Workshop we will be learning to write creative (imagination) stories. We will talk about elements of creative writing and how we can make our stories interesting to the reader. In Word Work this week we are learning to spell words with R-blends. pr- tr- dr- Regular words: prize, prom, trap, drip, drive, truck Enrichment words: pretzel, pretend, dragon, drizzle, tractor, triangle Challenge words: biography, probability Sight word vocabulary: many, mom, other, put, than In Math this week we are continuing our unit on Probability. We will discuss the chances of having one things over another (What are the chances of getting a red skittle if there are only 2 red ones out of 20?) We will learn how to make a tally chart and graph our results in a bar graph. In Social Studies this week we will be learning about famous people and how they contributed to our state and nation. Have a great week! Mrs. Caballero