This week in First grade...

February 6-10

   We just can't believe it is already February.  We started discussing expectations as we are growing into second graders a little every day.  We think about being responsible so we are prepared for next year. 
   Next Tuesday will be a very exciting day! It is our 101st day of school! In First grade we celebrate on the 101st day of school with activities during our day.  We also have our PE Program in the evening.  Please refer to the schedule below for your child's time.  This is such a fun event to watch! They have worked so hard to prepare! Wear comfortable clothes so you can move too!

Please note there are two different attached letters for the program next Tuesday.  Below is a list of students in each group.

Groups 1,2,3: Arrive at 5:45pm, Tuesday, Feb 7th.

Naomi, Andrew, Audrey, Caleb, Everleigh, Jamison, Norah, Jace, Cara, Jack, Brooklyn

Groups 4,5,6: Arrive at 6:20pm, Tuesday, Feb 7th

Kevin, Jasmeen, Selene, Aiden, Hersh, Myra, Henry, Beck, Tarun, Esha

Reminders:
Monday (2/6): Reading Homework will come home- Time for Kids
Tuesday (2/7): No Library this week. 
                        Tuesday folders will come home.  Please unload and return on Wednesday.
                         PE Program in the evening

Wednesday (2/8): Skate Night
Thursday (2/9): 
Friday (2/10): Reading Homework Due

Looking Forward: 

2/14 Valentine’s Day Party 1:40-2:40

2/20 President’s Day- No School for Students

2/24 Engineering Day

This week in Reading and Writing Workshop we will be working on our Class Research Project.  We chose Animal Habitats as our topic then we all voted on animals we wanted to learn about in each habitat.  After that we generated some questions we had about those animals.  We found sources such as books, search engines like Explora and websites like Epic and PebbleGo to help us find the answers to our questions.  We will continue this as we wrap up our research and begin our presentation product this week.

This week in Math we will revisit the idea of equality and begin learning a new strategy, Making 10. Students have worked with the Count On Addition Strategy and the Use Doubles Addition Strategy. Another addition strategy, Make Ten, includes sums of addends that are close to 10 already - facts where 7, 8, or 9 are one of the addends. For example, 8 + 6 is the same as 8 + (2 + 4) is the same as (8 + 2) + 4 is the same as 10 + 4 which is 14. We will continue solving word problems and applying our learning to everyday situations.

This week in Social Studies we will begin our unit on Interdependence in our Community. We will begin by discussing what people in our community need to live. Then we will discuss our wants. These discussions will lead into how people in our community provide services for each other.

Have a great week!