This week in First grade...

April 9th - 13th

Words Their Way:
Words 51-75
may, me, mom, my, no, not, now, of, off, on, one, other, our, out, over, put, said, saw, see, so, some, than, that, the, their

Language Arts:
This week during language arts, we will be revisiting the personal narrative. We will complete the full writing process from planning and writing our rough drafts through publishing. Personal narrative writing is an important skill that gets better and better with time. Each child will go through this process at different rates of speed. As your child completes his or her writing, it will be sent home in the Tuesday Folder.
Hatching Chicks and Silkworms:
My oh my! We have so many living creatures in our classroom during this time of year!! Thanks to Helena’s family in Mrs. Hadden's room, we have now added silkworms to our collection! The children are so excited and we have already started reading books and searching the Internet to learn all the facts about silkworms. We will continue to search for the answers to the questions that they have about silkworms, as well as adding new questions as we continue watching and reading about the exciting stages of metamorphosis. If you have access to a mulberry tree, would you please be so kind and share mulberry leaves with our silkworms, as that is their only source of nourishment?
We've been checking on our eggs and taking good care of them. Keep scrolling down to see a blog entry with a pictures!!!

MATH:
Problem solving is the focus during our math unit this week. Students will use mathematical language to help answer questions and solve problems during this mixed review of skills that have been taught throughout the year. We will be choosing strategies, solving problems, and explaining our thinking process with written words (focusing on mathematical language).


SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
Our research projects were a big hit! I was so impressed with the various research, presentations, and creativity that were shared in the classroom this week through our study of weather and objects in the sky unit! The children shared and learned so much from each other. This was a fantastic opportunity for each child to be the expert! We will be learning more about needs vs.wants while identifying examples of people wanting more than they can have, and learning how to make wise choices when buying goods and services. We will also be learning more about how technology changes the ways families live today.


IMPORTANT DATES AND REMINDERS:

Tuesday: Library day.

*April 12 6-8pm PTA hosts Science Night for Families
*April 19 6-8pm Family Skate Night, Playland Skate Center
*April 22 Earth Day

*April 27 6-7pm Family Fun Night

*May 2 Early Release Day 12:45pm

Thank you!
All my families for helping your child research their project, they were fantastic!
The Score Family for offering to do Tuesday folders in April and May!

Just a note: I will be out at a workshop to assist in revising and updating the district's 1st grade curriculum. I will be gone on Wednesday, April 11 and Monday, April 16th. Ms. Nunez will be here to educate your children! They will love having her here!!

Have a great week!!
Mrs. Caballero

We've got Worms....Silkworms!

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This week in First grade...

April 2nd - 6th

Word Work: We will begin our High Frequency Word assessment this week. Today I gave a pretest and focused on the Kindergarten word list. I will track your child's progress each week and send home a master list to show your child's progress. Please remember that the focus is to help your child learn to spell words they use in the WRITING frequently. I assess your child's use of the High Frequency Words during Writer's Workshop.

*This week everyone will have the same words for the spelling test on Friday.*
Words 26-50:
going, got, had, has, have, he, her, him, his, house, how, I, if, in, into, is, it its, just, like, little, look, make, man, many


Language Arts:
We will continue investigating media literacy this week. Our focus will be on digital and print media. We will explore the techniques used to grab the readers’ attention and influence them. We will examine how pictures, graphics, words, fonts, sounds, and movement are used in media literacy, and understand the purpose for each.

HATCHING CHICKS:
This week we will continue to read literature about chickens and study the development of the baby chicks. The development of the chicks are far enough along now that we are able to “candle” (put a strong light source behind the egg) and see the development inside the egg. This is always exciting to see in real life what is happening inside the egg. We are expecting our chicks to hatch around April 11th!

MATH:
We will compare weight/mass and capacity of objects as well as use mathematical language to help answer questions and solve problems. There will be two days of activities planned in the science lab for us to compare and order two or more objects according to capacity (greatest to least) and weight (heaviest to lightest).

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
For the first two days, the children will be presenting their research projects completed from home. Next, we will begin our unit in Social Studies on economics focusing on goods and services in the home, school, community, and reviewing wants and needs.


IMPORTANT DATES AND REMINDERS:

Tuesday: Library day. Please return the library books.
* April 2 Research Project Due
*April 2-3 Research Presentations
*April 6 No School (Holiday)
*April 12 6-8pm PTA hosts Science Night for Families
*April 19 6-8pm Family Skate Night, Playland Skate Center
*April 27 6-7pm Family Fun Night
*May 2 Early Release Day 12:45pm

If you would like to volunteer for Tuesday folders please let me know. I need someone for April and another volunteer for May!