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