Friday, May 16, 2014

This week in First grade...

Math:  This week, we are using the subtraction strategies we have been practicing in problem solving.  Remember, the students should circle the important numbers and underline the question.  We always draw a picture, write an equation, and write about how we solved the problem.

Reading Workshop:  We will be reading some fun Fiction stories and working on different comprehension strategies.  We will work on inferring, making connections, making predictions, and retelling the stories.   

Writing Workshop:  We will be using all of the knowledge we have gained as authors this year to write many different kinds of pieces.  We have learned to write personal narratives, creative stories, expository texts, procedural texts, poetry, and letters.  The students will get to choose what they want to write until the end of the year. 

Word Study:  I will be doing the end of the year Words Their Way assessments throughout the rest of the year. 

Science:   This week we will begin learning about seeds.  We will dissect a seed to learn about the parts of a seed.  We will learn what a seed needs in order to grow into a plant, and we will think about what kind of soil plants will grow the best in.

Habit #5 Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood:  I listen to others without interrupting.  I try to see things from their viewpoint.  I am confident in voicing my own ideas.

Reminders:
*Please remember to send a healthy snack every day.  Snack time is @ 9:30am.
*Make sure your child wears tennis shoes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
*Library day is Friday.
*Please remember to send back your child’s orange folder and every day.
*It helps me tremendously if you leave the reading response notebook and books in the homework bag every day.  We use them at school!

Dates to remember:
May 12-16:  Book Fair
May 26:  No School-Memorial Day
May 29:  Game/Movie Day!

May 30:  End of the Year Party and Last day of school!

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