Wow! We are
almost to 101 days of 1st grade! It’s so hard to believe how far
everyone has come and I am super excited to see where we go from here!
Don't forget about the 1st grade PE performance tomorrow night. The kids need to be in the cafeteria by 6:50. See you then!
Here are
our learning goals for the week…
Math: This week in math we will be comparing 2
dimensional shapes to 3 dimensional shapes.
We will discuss the attributes and explore 3 dimensional shapes. Do they roll? Can you stack them? What do
their faces look like?
Reading Workshop: This
week we will introduce the students to biographies. They
will learn that biographies are true stories about a real person. Our
focus will be on three characteristics of biographies: 1. Take place during a
real historical time period. 2. Tell about a person's life in chronological
order. 3. Written about people who have made a significant contribution to
society.
Writing Workshop: This week in Writing Workshop, we will begin
writing Small Moments. We will work on
writing what we hear when we don’t know how to spell a word and it isn’t on our
Word Wall, and sketching a picture instead of drawing before you write. We will plan and add details to our stories
so our readers can get a clear picture in their mind. We will also work on planning our story as a
beginning, middle, end story before we begin writing.
Social Studies: This week, we will finish up our Texas unit. We will then begin to read Biographies about
a leader in our Community (Sam Houston) and Inventors (Alexander Graham Bell
and Thomas Edison). We will talk about
what a timeline is and we will create a timeline of Alexander Graham Bell’s
life as well.
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:
February
4: 1st Grade PE Program
February
5: Early Release Day
February
7: 101st Day
February
14: Chocolate Fever Day
Valentine’s
Day Party
February
17: Bad Weather Make Up Day- We will
have school this day!
March
1: Family Dinner Night
March
3-4: Turkey Trot
March
10-14: Spring Break
March
19: Early Release Day
Family
Skate Night
March
24: Turkey Trot Make-up
April
2: Spirit Night
May
1: Talent Show (K-3)
May
2: Field Day
Talent Show (4-5)
May
5-9: Teacher Appreciation Week
May
7: Early Release Day
May
9: Career Day
May
12-16: Book Fair
May
29: End of the Year Party
May
30: Last day of school!
