This week in First grade...

April 9-13

Family Fit and Fun Night was a great success! It was so fun to see so many faces and families enjoying their time together! There are a few more events to take part in this year!

We need your help! We have a couple toilet paper rolls and a couple paper towel rolls.  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 Wednesday, April 11th. 

Reminders...
Monday (4/9):
Tuesday (4/10): CLOSED CAMPUS due to STAAR Testing- deliveries only to the office
                          Tuesday folders will come home.  Please unload and return Wednesday.
Wednesday (4/11): CLOSED CAMPUS due to STAAR Testing- deliveries only to the office
                                Library Check out.  Please remind your child to bring their books
                               Supplies needed for Project (see note above)
Thursday (4/12):
Friday (4/13):

This week in Reading and Writing Workshop...
We are continuing our hard work on Chicken Research.  We will continue to learn about what Chickens need to live and begin to create presentations for the facts that we've gathered. 

This week in Science...
We will focus in on our Project Based Learning Goals for this Project.  We will design and create a habitat for chickens to live. First we will plan our habitats by drawing then we will take our ideas and make a model using the recycled materials we can gather from home! Send it everything you have!

This week in Math...
We are working with numbers and place value.  We will practice composing and decomposing numbers up to 120! We will examine patterns and build numbers with concrete tools as we shape our understanding!

This week in Spelling...
We will focus on words that have beginning blends.  The blends we will focus on are dr-, bl-, st- and sl-.

drive, star, stick, slip, stud, blue, drum, blank, drink, slide

This week in Social Studies...
We will read A Chair for My Mother.  Using this piece of literature we will discuss how families in our community have to make decision about how to spend, save and donate their money.  We will talk about the needs of families and the community.

Have a good week!