April 20-24
This week, Monday through Thursday, the 3rd, 4th and 5th graders are taking the STAAR test. Our campus will be closed to visitors until Friday.
This week, Monday through Thursday, the 3rd, 4th and 5th graders are taking the STAAR test. Our campus will be closed to visitors until Friday.
Last Wednesday our first round of chicks began to hatch. We have two out of three possible eggs hatch. Sadly, one of our babies was not strong enough! Our little "Brownie" passed away last night. We are counting down to our second round of chicks that are due to hatch on April 29th.
Here's a picture of Lyla and Lily watching the chicks play in the yard this weekend.
Monday: Homework Folders come home.
Tuesday: Spring Photo Orders are due. Tuesday folders come home. Please sign and return it the next day. Thank you!
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday: Library Day. All library books are due by 8:00 AM
Tuesday: Spring Photo Orders are due. Tuesday folders come home. Please sign and return it the next day. Thank you!
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday: Library Day. All library books are due by 8:00 AM
Homework folder is due.
READING and WRITING
This week we will begin a new genre, a favorite among teachers and past first grade students, Poetry. We will learn about the features of poetry. Poems have short lines with no punctuation most of the times. There are repeating words or phrases in poetry. Poems sometimes rhyme and sometimes they don't. Poems have rhythms, some are songs and some could be silly and funny. We will think about how poets see the world in different, fresh and unusual ways. The students will make inferences with poetry as a strategy to comprehend the poem. We will also discover sensory language in poetry and understand that sensory images help us visualize the poem and make it more interesting for readers. In writing we will “See with Poets’ Eyes” as we begin writing about ordinary objects in different ways. We will learn that poems are big thoughts in little packages.
Homework this week will be free choice reading from a variety of genres. This is a great time to encourage your child to read their Library books or take a family trip to the library. I've checked the Reading Logs and they will come home today.
This week we will begin a new genre, a favorite among teachers and past first grade students, Poetry. We will learn about the features of poetry. Poems have short lines with no punctuation most of the times. There are repeating words or phrases in poetry. Poems sometimes rhyme and sometimes they don't. Poems have rhythms, some are songs and some could be silly and funny. We will think about how poets see the world in different, fresh and unusual ways. The students will make inferences with poetry as a strategy to comprehend the poem. We will also discover sensory language in poetry and understand that sensory images help us visualize the poem and make it more interesting for readers. In writing we will “See with Poets’ Eyes” as we begin writing about ordinary objects in different ways. We will learn that poems are big thoughts in little packages.
Homework this week will be free choice reading from a variety of genres. This is a great time to encourage your child to read their Library books or take a family trip to the library. I've checked the Reading Logs and they will come home today.
MATH
This week we will learn about 3D shapes. We will identify three-dimensional figures such as spheres, cones, cylinders, rectangular prisms (including cubes), and triangular prisms and describe their attributes using geometric language such as flat surface, curved surface, having corners or not any corners, being able to stack or not. We will look at everyday objects around us and compare them to the 3D shapes that we are learning about.
SCIENCE
Our Deer project was a success! We researched great ideas to keep the deer away from our plants and flowers. The kids created great posters to educate the community about their findings! Please look for their posters in the hall (on Friday) or around the school.
This week we will learn about plants, their parts and the function of each part. We will compare and contrast the parts of one plant to another and find the similarities and differences. For example, we will compare the roots of carrots and radish and see how the stem of celery and parsley can be different.
This week we will learn about 3D shapes. We will identify three-dimensional figures such as spheres, cones, cylinders, rectangular prisms (including cubes), and triangular prisms and describe their attributes using geometric language such as flat surface, curved surface, having corners or not any corners, being able to stack or not. We will look at everyday objects around us and compare them to the 3D shapes that we are learning about.
SCIENCE
Our Deer project was a success! We researched great ideas to keep the deer away from our plants and flowers. The kids created great posters to educate the community about their findings! Please look for their posters in the hall (on Friday) or around the school.
This week we will learn about plants, their parts and the function of each part. We will compare and contrast the parts of one plant to another and find the similarities and differences. For example, we will compare the roots of carrots and radish and see how the stem of celery and parsley can be different.
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