Good afternoon First Grade Families,
We had a wonderful week in 1st Grade last week. From my perspective; I was finishing assessments with everyone and I am loving the progress that everyone is making! This is a great group of students and they are working hard to learn what they need to learn!
Reminders:
May 6: Another 5th Grade market Day (information will go home a few days prior)
May 25: Field Trip to John Ball Zoo
- Bus will leave at 9:15 and return to school by 2:15
- we will need 4 adults to help supervise small groups of students throughout the day. We have an itinerary prepared for the day. Please let me know if you are interested in helping us with this outing.
CURRICULUM NEWS
Language Arts Unit 5 Week 2
Story: Mole and Baby Bird ~
Genre: Animal Fantasy
Comprehension Strategy: Sequence of Events; being able to predict what comes next as you read.
Phonics: the sound of ou, the sound of final -le
*Words to Read and Spell
round, count, shout, mouth, ouch, ground, seven, door, wood, gave, its, off
Writing: Non-Fiction/Informational
- Using text features
- Did I teach about a topic?
- We are interviewing a few of the GDK Construction Workers on Wednesday. We hope to learn more about our construction site and then write a nonfiction book about the process do far.
Math: Adding and Subtracting within 120, continued practice with Addition and Subtraction Fact Fluency within 10 and on-going learning about Place Value; practice composing and decomposing any number within 240.
Social Studies: How do we get what we Need or Want?
Life Science: How do plants and animals survive in the wild?
- Plants: (completed last week)
- Animals
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow,
Lisa Vanden Berg
We had a wonderful week in 1st Grade last week. From my perspective; I was finishing assessments with everyone and I am loving the progress that everyone is making! This is a great group of students and they are working hard to learn what they need to learn!
Reminders:
May 6: Another 5th Grade market Day (information will go home a few days prior)
May 25: Field Trip to John Ball Zoo
- Bus will leave at 9:15 and return to school by 2:15
- we will need 4 adults to help supervise small groups of students throughout the day. We have an itinerary prepared for the day. Please let me know if you are interested in helping us with this outing.
CURRICULUM NEWS
Language Arts Unit 5 Week 2
Story: Mole and Baby Bird ~
Genre: Animal Fantasy
Comprehension Strategy: Sequence of Events; being able to predict what comes next as you read.
Phonics: the sound of ou, the sound of final -le
*Words to Read and Spell
round, count, shout, mouth, ouch, ground, seven, door, wood, gave, its, off
Writing: Non-Fiction/Informational
- Using text features
- Did I teach about a topic?
- We are interviewing a few of the GDK Construction Workers on Wednesday. We hope to learn more about our construction site and then write a nonfiction book about the process do far.
Math: Adding and Subtracting within 120, continued practice with Addition and Subtraction Fact Fluency within 10 and on-going learning about Place Value; practice composing and decomposing any number within 240.
Social Studies: How do we get what we Need or Want?
Life Science: How do plants and animals survive in the wild?
- Plants: (completed last week)
- Animals
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow,
Lisa Vanden Berg