This week in First grade...

January 3-6

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable winter break! We had lovely weather for being outside.  I am excited to see all of those smiling faces tomorrow!  We will be reviewing expectations this week as we remember the responsibilities we have as first graders.

Reminders:

Monday (1/2): No school

Tuesday (1/3): Welcome back! We will have Library check-out!

                         Tuesday folder comes home.  Please return on Wednesday.

Wednesday (1/4): 

Thursday (1/5): 

Friday (1/6): Fairy Tale Parade at 8:30am

First grade Fairy Tale Parade

First Grade will be having a Fairy Tale Parade on Friday, January 6th  at 8:30am to celebrate the end of our Fairy Tale Unit.  Please have your child come to school dressed as their favorite fairy tale character.  Your child may wear their costume over their clothes.  Please do not go out and buy a costume for your child.  You and your child can make a homemade mask and/or costume with items you have at home.  This should be fun….not stressful!

Also, if you can, please have your child’s snack reflect what he/she dressed up as.  For example, if your child is dressed as Snow White, send apple slices for her.  If he is dressed as the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood, maybe send cookies with him. 

The parade will start at 8:30am and we will walk all around the school.  We would love for you to come and cheer us on!  

Looking ahead:

January 18th: Science Fair

February 7th: First grade program

This week in Reading Workshop...

We will review the expectations for Reading Workshop such as how to pick a quiet spot for reading and how to stay focused on your book.  We will review the elements of a Fairy Tale and Folktales before our big parade this Friday.

This week in Writer's Workshop...

We will learn to write a friendly letter.  We will learn the parts of a letter and the purpose of each part.  Then we will write a friendly letter to someone we know. 

This week in Math...

We will be working on graphing.  We will be reading graphs, answering questions about graphs and comparing things with graphs.  We will review how to collect data and display it in an organized way.

This week in Science...

We will be studying the seasons.  We will discuss characteristics of each season before we move on to why we have seasons.  Then we will move on to learning about objects in our sky.  We will study and sun and the moon.

Have a great week!