Welcome back! I hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable winter break! We had lovely weather for being outside. I was so happy to see all of those smiling faces this morning! We will be reviewing expectations this week as we remember the responsibilities we have as first graders.
Reminders:
Tuesday (1/3): Welcome back! We will have Library check-out! (if students forgot books they may check out tomorrow!)
Tuesday folder comes home. Please return on Wednesday. Look for Tic-Tac-Toe homework and books to read. Due Friday.
Wednesday (1/4):
Thursday (1/5):
Friday (1/6): Fairy Tale Parade at 8:30am
First grade Fairy Tale Parade
First Grade will be having a Fairy Tale Parade on Friday, January 6th at 8:30am to celebrate the end of our Fairy Tale Unit. Please have your child come to school dressed as their favorite fairy tale character. Your child may wear their costume over their clothes. Please do not go out and buy a costume for your child. You and your child can make a homemade mask and/or costume with items you have at home. This should be fun….not stressful!
The parade will start at 8:30am and we will walk all around the school. We would love for you to come and cheer us on!
Looking ahead:
January 18th: Science Fair
February 7th: First grade P.E. program at 5:45
This week in Reading Workshop...
We will review the expectations for Reading Workshop such as how to pick a quiet spot for reading and how to stay focused on your book. We will review the elements of a Fairy Tale and Folktales before our big parade this Friday.
This week in Writer's Workshop...
We will learn to write a friendly letter. We will learn the parts of a letter and the purpose of each part. Then we will write a friendly letter to someone we know.
This week in Math...
We will be working on graphing. We will be reading graphs, answering questions about graphs and comparing things with graphs. We will review how to collect data and display it in an organized way.
This week in Science...
We will be studying the seasons. We will discuss characteristics of each season before we move on to why we have seasons. Then we will move on to learning about objects in our sky. We will study and sun and the moon.
Have a great week!
Note from Library...
S.O.S.! The library needs your help!
We are so happy that all 750+ children at Caraway check out books like crazy but we are drowning in books to reshelve. : ) As you know we do so much more than just checking in and out in our library and spending most of the day shelving is making it hard for us to keep up!
If you could spare even a few minutes in the morning one day a week after you bring your child to school it would be greatly appreciated.
We're looking for just 1-3 people to help for maybe 20-30 minutes each morning when students turn in book after the news. It would change our library lives!
Of course we would love for you to pop in any time you have a few minutes since independent students turn in books all day and we are happy to have help with checkout as well.
Thank you for all that you do for our school community! Please contact me at [email protected] or 512-464-5508 for more info.
Melanie Letendre
Librarian
Kathy Caraway Elementary
Round Rock ISD
http://carawaylibrary.weebly.com/
[email protected]
(512) 464-5522