This week in First grade...

May 8-12

Teacher Appreciation week is the most amazing week of my life! I feel so appriciated! The flowers were beautiful! The cards were heartwarming! The treats were delicious! I am stocked up on school supplies for the rest of this year and next year! The gift cards will be a lovely reminder of how much I am loved by your children! Thank you for your generous gifts! I will cherish these last few weeks with your children!

Reminders
Monday (5/8): STAAR testing begins for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade- closed campus to visitors
Tuesday (5/9): STAAR testing for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade- closed campus to visitors
                        Tuesday Folders will come home.  Please unload them and return then on Wednesday
Wednesday (5/10): STAAR testing for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade- closed campus to visitors
Thursday (5/11):
Friday (5/12):

KnOWLedge Night is coming up soon.  On the evening of May 18th we will be hosting a Reading Restaurant. We will have a reservation time for you and your child to come and participate.  The reservation times will be sent closer to May 18th.  We are excited to share our love or reading and our portfolios with our families!

Field Day will be Friday, May 19th!  We will be outside from 10:00am-12:00am.  Please apply sunscreen at home. Plan to send your child in clothes that they can get wet in.  They will need tennis shoes, socks, play clothes, water bottle labeled with their name, a towel and and extra set of clothes (including underwear) socks and shoes (they can be something other than tennis shoes).  We will have a picnic lunch at 12:30pm that day.

End of the Year Party: Awards and Talent Show 8am Thursday, June 1
This year we will have our End of the Year Awards ceremony in our classroom.  It will be followed by a breakfast reception and our Talent Show.  Your children have thought of ideas for their performance.  We will have time to practice at school.  Please talk with them about their choice and encourage them to practice at home!  We will Live Stream our Awards Ceremony and Talent Show for those parents who won't be able to make it.

This week in Reading Workshop...
We will continue reviewing our reading comprehension strategies.  We will focus on making connections.  We've been discussing our read aloud The Land of Stories The Enchantress Returns as we use our reading strategies. 

This week in Writing...
We will be working on various projects to prepare our portfolios for KnOWLedge Night.  We can wait to share our work with you!

This week in Spelling we will be studying the Long u sound.

The long u sound in a one syllable word can be spelled u_e as in cube.

Regular Word List: cute, music, unit, tube, use, cure, huge

The Long u sound at the end of a word can be spelled ue as in statue.

The Long u sound at the end of a one syllable word can be spelled ew as in stew. 

Challenge List:
duel, cue, costume, excuse, stew, knew, few

This week in Math...
We will continue our unit on inequality and comparison subtraction.  We worked really hard last week thinking about how to make amounts equal and create equations that are balanced.  Check out our work on Google Classroom from last week!

This week in Science...
We will continue our study of Plants.  We will learn about the parts of a plant and the functions of those parts.  We will also plant a seed and watch it sprout and grow!

Have a great week!