Good Afternoon First Grade Families,
We enjoyed another wonderful week (almost) at school. The beautiful wintery weather provided us with some interesting conditions on the playground. But it was nice to have indoor recess in the new classrooms. Lots of room to play!
Reminders:
*Parent Teacher Conferences: March 1 and 3. Sign-up information was sent in an email from Mrs. Gust a few weeks ago. If you have not already done so, please signup at your earliest convenience.
*1/2 day for students on Friday, March 4.
CURRICULUM NEWS
Language Arts Unit 4 Treasures Week 2
Focus Story: The Dot ~
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Comprehension Strategy:
- Using a Graphic Organizer
Phonics: vowel sounds of -ea, inflected endings; -er, -ed and est
Words to Read and Spell:
clean, each, treat, please, head, bread, bear, great, over, show, draw, two
Writing: Handwriting, writing in complete sentences and Personal Narratives
Grammar: more Adjectives
Math: Place Value, adding and subtracting within 40 and addition and subtraction fact fluency within 10
Social Studies: All About Places
- absolute location
- map features (land and water)
Science:
- Seasonal Observations
- Daylight Throughout the Year
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow,
Lisa Vanden Berg
We enjoyed another wonderful week (almost) at school. The beautiful wintery weather provided us with some interesting conditions on the playground. But it was nice to have indoor recess in the new classrooms. Lots of room to play!
Reminders:
*Parent Teacher Conferences: March 1 and 3. Sign-up information was sent in an email from Mrs. Gust a few weeks ago. If you have not already done so, please signup at your earliest convenience.
*1/2 day for students on Friday, March 4.
CURRICULUM NEWS
Language Arts Unit 4 Treasures Week 2
Focus Story: The Dot ~
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Comprehension Strategy:
- Using a Graphic Organizer
Phonics: vowel sounds of -ea, inflected endings; -er, -ed and est
Words to Read and Spell:
clean, each, treat, please, head, bread, bear, great, over, show, draw, two
Writing: Handwriting, writing in complete sentences and Personal Narratives
Grammar: more Adjectives
Math: Place Value, adding and subtracting within 40 and addition and subtraction fact fluency within 10
Social Studies: All About Places
- absolute location
- map features (land and water)
Science:
- Seasonal Observations
- Daylight Throughout the Year
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow,
Lisa Vanden Berg