We had another fantastic week in first grade. Thank you for sending the signed report card envelopes back promptly! I have almost received all envelopes. Here is a look at what we will be doing this week:
REMINDERS
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please return signed Tuesday folders on Wednesday morning.
Wednesday: Caraway Science Fair; Library Day-- All library books are due by 8:00 AM
Friday: Homework is due.
READING
This week we will learn how to research, in order to find information about topics we are interested in. Researchers choose a topic they are interested in and they ask questions about what specific information they want to know about their topic. Researches look at different books to find information and they record important information in an organized way.
WRITING
In writing, we will continue writing expository texts. We will think about topics that we are expert at and write factual information about our topics. Our main purpose is to teach others. So we will make sure to include any details that we know about our topics.
MATH
This week we will start geometry. We will identify two-dimensional shapes, including circles, triangles, rectangles, squares (special rectangles), rhombuses, and hexagons. We will describe their attributes/characteristics. We will create two-dimensional shapes with different manipulatives and also compose shapes by joining two, three, or four, figures to produce a target shape.
SCIENCE
In science we will continue to learn about different seasons. We will focus on the different weather patterns in each season including relative temperature, such as hot or cold, clear or cloudy, calm or windy, rainy or icy. We will discuss types of weather and ways that scientists gather and record weather data.