Happy Cinco de Mayo!
We had a great fiesta on Friday complete with a pinata, food, music, and crafts.
Monday is free dress day with the theme being Glo-Dress.
Friday is dress like your teacher!
Super Kids Day pizza lunch forms and money are due back by Friday.
Wednesday is 1st grade ice cream day!
We have received an overstock of reading materials that I will begin sending home with your child. These would be great to use with your child over the summer to keep their skills sharp for second grade.
Thank you for the cereal box donations for Catholic Charities and the Day Center. We sure enjoyed watching them fall.
Monday the children finished completing their landform island. The students worked with a partner from the other first grade class.
Key Concepts for the Week:
Religion--We are going to learn about Mary. On Wednesday we will go to Mass with our buddies.
Language Arts/Phonics--This week the main story selection is a famous book by Ezra Keets, "Peter's Chair." The phonics skills will be compound words and digraphs /ew, ui/. The spelling words will need extra practice time. Decodable story homework will be on Wednesday. Our grammar skill will be using adjectives to show how many.
Handwriting--The spelling words are coming home on Monday. Practice test on Wednesday and final test on Friday. Tuesday and Thursday we will be working from the Handwriting book.
Math--Monday we will begin our new chapter about telling time. Students will learn to tell time to the hour and half hour.
Social Studies--We are going to be making a special project for Mother's Day.
SPELLING WORDS: backpack, outside, baseball, herself, flashlight, bluebird, lunchbox, suitcase, inside, brainstorm
WORDS TO PRACTICE READING: picture, remember, room, stood, thought, would
