EARLY RELEASE DAY
Wednesday, May 6th: Early Release Day-Dismissal is at 12:45
FIELD TRIP
This Thursday we will be going to Austin Nature Center to learn more about different animal habitats. We will be leaving at 11:00 AM and return around 2:00 PM. Thank you to all of you who sent the permission slips and donation for the transportation. If you have not returned permission forms please do so tomorrow.
Please send a lunch box/lunch sack to school on Thursday. We will be eating lunch at school but will not going to the cafeteria since our lunch schedule will be different.
Also, please have your child wear comfortable tennis shoes and their Caraway shirts if they have one (optional).
REMINDERS
Tuesday: Tuesday folders come home. Please sign and return the next day. Thank you!
Wednesday: Early Release Day-Dismissal is at 12:45 Library Day. All library books are due by 8:00 AM. We will no longer be checking out books and all books are due at this time.
Thursday: Field Trip to Austin Nature Center
HOMEWORK
It is that time of year when all books are to be returned for inventory. Please send all book bags and books to school as soon as possible. Continue reading using RAZkids , Pebblego and favorites from home. Math homework will be IXL. Continue to practice first grade skills. Go to the Caraway home page, click on “students”, click on IXL. Look for username and passwords in the blue daily folder.
READING and WRITING
We are almost done with our poetry unit and I am so proud of my students' beautiful poems. This week we will work on some heartwarming Mother's Day projects. We will use our writing skills, our artistic abilities and all we can do, to say thank you to our wonderful moms! We are still in the middle of reading assessments. This is the time that your child reads to me individually and I get to enjoy the progress that they have made throughout the year. Please make sure, your child gets at least 15 minutes of reading time at home each night. Don’t forget to practice retelling! Thank you!
MATH
We will continue the measurement unit and explore the capacity and weight of 3-D shapes. We will define capacity as the amount that something can hold and use vocabulary such as full, half full, or empty to describe the capacity of various sized containers. We will use non-standard units such as scoops of rice, or glasses of water to measure the capacity of three-dimensional objects. We will also use non-standard units such as linking cubes and balancing tools to compare the weight of 3-D objects.
We will apply our knowledge in solving math problems.
SOCIAL STUDIES
This week we will learn about goods and services. Goods are produced and services are provided in our community. We will identify and discuss examples of goods and services, ways people exchange goods and services and the role of market and services in our community.