Please mark your calendar for Tuesday, February 3rd. Our P.E coaches along with our fantastic first graders have planned a great performance for all of us! Please meet in the cafeteria at at 6:15. If possible, girls wear red shirts and boys wear white shirts. All children must wear tennis shoes. I hope to see you there!
VALENTINES PARTY
Our Valentine's Day Party will be on Friday, February 13th (1:15-2:15). Please check your child's Tuesday Folder for a class list and have your child make a small valentine for each classmate. You may choose to buy these from the store or have your child make their own valentines. The students can start bringing their valentines to school starting the week of Feb 9th.
HOMEWORK
Today in the homework bag you will find your student’s reading notebook. This notebook is to record responses to the books read. Inside the front cover, you will find different ways to respond to fiction books. Inside the back cover, you will find different ways to respond to nonfiction books. You and your child may choose to respond to one or both books sent home. Please choose one response topic to draw and/or write about. (Each response should include writing. Many students like to draw to plan their thinking.) Please add the book title and the date on the next clean page of the response notebook. Please keep the reading notebook in the homework bag and in your child’s backpack. It is also used to respond to lessons at school.
REMINDERS
Monday: Reading homework bags come home.
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Look for math homework. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning.
Wednesday: Early Release Day. Dismissal is at 12:45. Library Day. All library books are due by 8:00 AM
Friday: Homework is due.
READING and WRITING
This week we will continue our unit on research. As we ask questions about a topic and find out some information in books, magazines and internet, we realize that sometimes have more questions. We record things that we learn and questions that we still wonder about. We are also learning about the importance of recording the information in our own words. We will also learn what information is important. Sometimes authors add some interesting facts, but not all are important for us to remember.
MATH
This week we will wrap up our unit on 2-D shapes. We have learned so much about different shapes such as squares, rectangles, triangles, trapezoids, circles, ovals diamonds and rhombuses. We have learned about their attributes such as the number of straight sides, corners, curves and so on. This week, we will learn about dividing our two-dimensional figures into two and four and decide whether or not the parts are equal or fair share. We will use vocabulary words such as equal parts, fair, not fair, same size pieces, half, fourth, fourths, quarters or a quarter of.
SCIENCES
This week we will learn about the natural world including rocks, soil and water. We will learn about the physical properties of soil and sort different types of soil based on particle size, color and texture. We will explore and discover about some useful products that we can make using rocks, soil, and water.
THANK YOU!