First grade will begin our first Project Based Learning activity! We want to help keep our Earth clean and beautiful! We will participate in the Crayola ColorCycle project. This is a fantastic program where you can send plastic markers to Crayola and they will recycle them! All you have to do is send in any used, markers, dry erase markers, or highlighters. (They do NOT have to be Crayola brand. ANY brand is accepted.) We will have boxes to collect the used products. First grade will ship off all the products to Crayola for recycling eliminating placing hundreds of markers into landfills.
Dreambox will be available soon! Dreambox will replace IXL. I will be sending more information soon. We will start Dreambox in class and then it will be available for home use. Classes will be at different points of getting starting so please be patient.
This week…
Monday (12/04): Life Skill Award in Cafeteria
Tuesday (12/05): Tuesday folders come home
Wednesday (12/06): Library Book Fair Preview Video (checkout)
Thursday (12/07):
Friday (12/08):
This week in Reading and Writing Workshop…
We will continue exploring different genres. This week, we will wrap up fairy tales and start reading different Folktales. We will read Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, The Little Red Hen, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and more! We will discuss the characters, setting, plot (beginning, middle and end) and the problem and solution in the story.
This week in Math workshop…
We will continue learning about 3-D shapes. We will identify and sort the different 3-D shapes. We will analyze and compare them as well. We will discuss which 2-D shapes have been put together to make the 3-D shapes, and we will think about where we can find 3-D shapes in our real world. As we wrap up this unit, we start focusing on fractions. (In first grade, we focus on one whole, halves, and fourths.)
This week in Science…
We will continue learning about rocks, soil, and bodies of water. We will observe, compare, describe and gather evidence of how rocks, soil and water help to make useful products.
This week in Social Studies…
We will also be learning about different cultures and holiday traditions.
Our Life Skill of the week is Cooperation! We use cooperation To work together toward a common goal or purpose. This is perfect timing for our PBL project.
Have a great week!
Dates to Remember:
Dec. 10-14th– Book Fair
Dec. 13- International Fair
Dec 19th– Winter Party @ 1:30-2:30
Dec 20-Jan 7th– Winter break
Jan 8th– Students return to School
Friday, January 11th - Fairy tale Parade at 8:10 AM (First Grade students will dress up as their favorite fairytale character.)