Happy Monday! I cannot believe how crazy the
weather is in Austin- freezing/ice day on Friday, shorts on Sunday! Hopefully
the weather will hold out tonight and we won't have another bad weather day
this year. Knock on wood!
I cannot wait for
the Fairy tale parade this Friday at 8:15. Don't forget that your child's
costume needs to represent a character from a fairy tale or folk tale. I look
forward to seeing their great costumes!
Here are our
learning goals this week. Have a great one!
Math: This week in math we will continue to explore
shapes. We've folded squares to see what other kinds of shapes can be made. We
will sort shapes according to their attributes (sides, corners). We will compare 2 dimensional shapes to 3
dimensional shapes. We will learn the
names of shapes we see all around us. We will identify shapes that make up other shapes such as a
cylinder has 2 circle bases. This discovery based
unit has been a lot of fun so far!!
Reading Workshop: This week in Reading Workshop, we will be
reading Fables. Just like Fairy Tales,
Fables are a type of Folktale. Fables
have animal characters with human attributes and always have a lesson (moral)
to the story. We will read The Lion and
The Mouse, Fox and the Crow, The Ugly Duckling, and The Tortoise and the
Hare. While we are reading these
stories, we will think about the story structure (characters, setting, problem
and solution) and retelling the story by remembering what happened in the beginning,
middle and end of the story.
Writing Workshop: As we turn our focus
back to non fiction writing with personal narratives this week, we will learn
to think about events that have happened in our lives, then focus on only that
event. We will learn that all of the things that lead up to that, as well as
all of the things that happened after it, are not as important as the details
of that single event that we would like to share about with our friends. We
will be learning to "zoom in" on our stories.
Social Studies: Howdy Y’all! This week we
will be learning about the customs and traditions of our community in the great
state of Texas. We will learn about
different state symbols such as the Bluebonnet, Mockingbird, Pecan Tree, State
Flag, and the Texas Pledge. We will also
talk about the capitol of Texas, our home, sweet, home…Austin. We will take a step back in Texas history to
learn about the Alamo. Yee haw!
Reminders:
*Please
remember to send a healthy snack every day. Snack time is @ 9:30am.
*Make sure
your child wears tennis shoes every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
*Library
day is Thursday.
*Please
remember to send back your child’s orange folder every day.
Dates to remember:
January
30: Science Fair
January
31: Fairy Tale/Folktale Parade @8:15
February
4: 1st Grade PE Program
February 5:
Early Release Day
February
6: 101st Day
February
14: Chocolate Fever Day
Valentine’s Day Party
February
17: make up day for bad weather
March
1: Family Dinner Night
March
3-4: Turkey Trot
March
10-14: Spring Break
March
19: Early Release Day
Family
Skate Night
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