This week in First grade...

April 2-6

I hope everyone enjoyed their three day weekend! We spent time with family, in and out of town.  It was great to have an extra day to enjoy!  Last week we set up our incubators and received our chicken eggs.  It's official! We will have baby chicks around April 18th! Our chickie eggs will take 21 days to develop into chicks! Hopefully we can live stream a chick hatching so everyone can experience it! Such an exciting time in first grade!

Reminders:
Monday (4/2): Reading Calendars are due!
Tuesday (4/3): Tuesday folders will come home.  Please return them the next day.
Wednesday (4/4): Library Lesson this week.  Keep books at home!
Thursday (4/5):
Friday (4/6): Family Fit and Fun night 6:30pm-7:30pm Come see me and Lucy! We will be at the i9 Sports table!

Next Tuesday (4/10) and Wednesday (4/11) the 4th and 5th graders will be taking STAAR tests.  Our campus will be closed to all visitors these two days.  Please plan lunch dates accordingly!

This week in Reading and Writing Workshop...
We will be researching all we need to know about Chickens! First we will learn all about the development of a chick in the egg by reading books and sources on the internet.  Then we will shift our focus and learn all about chickens.  As readers we will gather information from various sources and as writers we will begin to plan a way to present our information!


This week in Science...
We will begin to discuss our Project Based Learning activity.  We will pose the problem, "Where will our baby chicks live once they have hatched?"  We will move through the steps of this project by learning all about what chickens need in a habitat.  We will spend two weeks on this project.

We need your help! Please send in empty cereal boxes! We can also use other recycled items such as paper towel rolls, toilet paper rolls and card board.  We will need these items by Monday, April 9th.

This week in Math...
We will begin a new unit on deepening our understanding of two digit place value. We will ask ourselves some questions including: How do I use place value to read and write numbers? In what different ways can we show a number? How can I use patterns to help me count? We will use as many hands on manipulatives and tools to make these concepts make sense to us!


This week in Spelling...
We will have our first spelling test.  We've been review things we know about spelling patterns.  This week we will focus on long versus short vowel sounds.  Our words will be...

owl, cat, take, map, mate, space, step, pop, cake, hike

We will practice our words at school then have an assessment on Friday.

Have a great week!