Feb 2-6
Please mark your calendar for Tuesday, February 3rd. Our P.E coaches along with our fantastic first graders have planned a great performance for all of us! Please be here at 6:15. If possible, girls wear red shirts and boys wear white shirts. All children must wear tennis shoes. I hope to see you there!
Please mark your calendar for Tuesday, February 3rd. Our P.E coaches along with our fantastic first graders have planned a great performance for all of us! Please be here at 6:15. If possible, girls wear red shirts and boys wear white shirts. All children must wear tennis shoes. I hope to see you there!
I have two things to share with you...
1. We've started a fun Friday Tradition! Friday Morning Dance Party! We move it, move it to get our body ready for our last day during the week! It's been fun so far! Here's a picture of our dance party!
2. This month is Black History Month. There are a lot of topics that might be discussed in our classroom. When learning about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. we discussed the need for equal treatment and being kind. As a first grade team we decided not to enlighten the children about the fact that our fellow Americans were treated differently because of their skin color. We encourage kind treatment of everyone not matter their differences. We will briefly discuss Americans such as Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth and many others. We will do our best to make these American's contributions first grade friendly!
VALENTINES PARTY
Our Valentines Party will be on Friday, February 13th (1:15-2:15). Please check your child's folder on Wednesday for a class list and have your child make a small valentine for each classmate. You may choose to buy these from stores or have your child make their own valentines. We have almost two weeks, so there should be plenty of time for the kiddos to write their classmates' names on their valentines. The students can start bringing their valentines to school starting the week of Feb 9th.
REMINDERS
Monday: RAZ-Kids and iXL for homework this week!
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning.
Wednesday: Early Release Day. Dismissal is at 12:45.
Thursday:
Friday: Library Day. All library books are due by 8:00 AM
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning.
Wednesday: Early Release Day. Dismissal is at 12:45.
Thursday:
Friday: Library Day. All library books are due by 8:00 AM
READING and WRITING
This week we will still continue our unit on research. As we ask questions about a topic and find out some information in books, magazines and internet, we realize that sometimes we come up with more questions. We record things that we learn and questions that we still wonder about. We are also learning about the importance of recording the information in our own words. In other word we are learning how to paraphrase. We will also learn what information are important. Sometimes authors add some interesting facts, but not all are important for us to remember.
This week we will still continue our unit on research. As we ask questions about a topic and find out some information in books, magazines and internet, we realize that sometimes we come up with more questions. We record things that we learn and questions that we still wonder about. We are also learning about the importance of recording the information in our own words. In other word we are learning how to paraphrase. We will also learn what information are important. Sometimes authors add some interesting facts, but not all are important for us to remember.
MATH
This week we will wrap up our unit on 2-D shapes. We have learned so much about different shapes such as squares, rectangles, triangles, trapezoids, circles, ovals diamonds and rhombuses. We have learned about their attributes such as the number of straight sides, corners, curves and so on. This week, we will learn about dividing our two-dimensional figures into two and four and decide whether or not the parts are equal or fair share. We will use vocabularies such as equal parts, fair, not fair, same size pieces, half, fourth, fourths, quarters or a quarter of.
SCIENCES
This week we will learn about the natural world including rocks, soil and water. We will learn about the physical properties of soil and sort different types of soil based on particle size, color and texture. We will explore and discover about some useful products that we can make using rocks, soil, and water.
This week we will wrap up our unit on 2-D shapes. We have learned so much about different shapes such as squares, rectangles, triangles, trapezoids, circles, ovals diamonds and rhombuses. We have learned about their attributes such as the number of straight sides, corners, curves and so on. This week, we will learn about dividing our two-dimensional figures into two and four and decide whether or not the parts are equal or fair share. We will use vocabularies such as equal parts, fair, not fair, same size pieces, half, fourth, fourths, quarters or a quarter of.
SCIENCES
This week we will learn about the natural world including rocks, soil and water. We will learn about the physical properties of soil and sort different types of soil based on particle size, color and texture. We will explore and discover about some useful products that we can make using rocks, soil, and water.
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