April 17th-21st

Here’s a peek at next week!

Phonics Family Words: helpless, useless, careless, playful, restful, hopeful, fastest, newest, smartest, sillier

Phonics: review

Reading: Daily 5 with emphasis on beginning, middle, and ending, finding evidence in text to support answer and retelling the story. What was the author's purpose? This week we will be reviewing skills we have already learned (comprehension strategies, parts of information text, things to learn from pictures, questioning strategies).We will also review suffixes, story elements, cause and effect, problem and solution. 

L.Arts:  We will review skills already covered this year. 

Writing Workshop: Students will review and begin a new small moment piece of writing. What do I feel comfortable sharing with others? What is the difference between a watermelon and seed story? Why do I want to tell seed stories? How can I hook my reader?

Math: Students will begin a week long project related to goods and services. They will have the opportunity to create a project to sell, name their business, create ads, and even a business card. On the final day we will try to convince our audience to "buy" our product.

Social Studies: Students will begin to learn about goods and services that people provide for each other as well as what producers and consumers do. Who are producers and consumers? How does each person play a role in the lives of the other? What goods do we buy? What are some services we use? 

Positive Discipline: We will continue to model ways to solve our problems independently and review the difference between tattling and telling.

Reading Passage – Earth Day

Math - Making Change

Read 

“Wheel Rise Above Cancer, Working Together”

Rocket Relay

Our school will have our very own Relay event much like Relay for Life. On Friday, April 21^st, all first graders are asked to wear PINK. Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing everyone in PINK on Friday! 

Our field trip to Bear Hollow Zoo is scheduled for Wednesday, May 3^rd from 9:15-1:00. If your child does not have a permission form turned in, they will be unable to attend. We are asking that lunches be sent in a disposablebag with items that can be tossed or recycledafter lunch. If you would like to purchase a sack lunch from school, please email me by 4/19. Thank you for your help!

We have snack every day. Please encourage your student to pack a snack each day. Lunch time can be a long time to wait to eat.

MAP Math

Our class will be taking the last MAP Math test for this school year on Tuesday, April 18^th from 8:00-10:00. To help your child prepare for this test, please be sure your child gets a good night’s rest and has a good breakfast the morning of the test. Testing will begin promptly at 8:00, so be sure to have your child here on time. I can’t wait to see all of the progress made!

Upcoming Events

MAP Math – April 19^th (8:00-10:00am)

Rocket Relay (students and faculty wear PINK) – 1:00-2:15pm

iMom – April 24^th

Sonic Night – April 27^th

Relay for Life at OCHS – April 28^th (6:00pm-12:00am)

Bear Hollow Field Trip – May 3^rd

K-2 Field Day – May 11^th

Last Day of School (parties start at 1:30) – May 19^th

Have a great weekend!