Week of September 30th

Welcome to our final week of the quarter!

Today we kick off our Read-A-Thon with the assembly and our 4th annual Literacy Night. I hope you are all able to make it out to this fun filled evening. 

Please ensure that you sign up for fall conferences, you should receive an invite to do so by the end of the day today.

We return from fall break on Wednesday October 16th. 

In curriculum this week:

We will continue our study of ancient Egypt. We will be discussing pharaohs and hieroglyphics. In science we will explore the grassland habitat and create a zebra book. We will read the Cinderella stories from China, the Carribean, Native America and Mexico. We will conclude this unit by writing our own version of this classic fairy tale. In math we will discuss ordinal numbers.

Spalding:

some, if, how, her, them, other, baby, well, about

men, man, for, ran, run, was, that, his, led, lay

We wish you all a relaxing and safe fall break! See you at conferences!

The First Grade Team

Week of September 23rd

First grade families,

Thank you so much for partnering with us these past few months as we have gotten to know you and your child. We appreciate the time spent working with your child at home and the hours and supplies that you have donated here at school. We have just two weeks left in the quarter before Fall Break. Please take note of the following dates:

September 27th 

Read-A-Thon begins

Literacy Night

Spirit Wear

September 30th-October 4th

Book Fair

October 7th-October 11th

Fall Break

October 14th-16th

Parent/teacher conferences (students return to school Wednesday October 16th)

AND in curriculum this week we will begin reading Cinderella stories from all over the world. In science we delve deeper into habitats and learn about the desert and the adaptations that plants and animals have made to survive in this unique climate. In history we learn about how pyramids were made and used, and the reason the dead were mummified in ancient Egypt. In math we continue with subtraction memorizing facts and reviewing the different strategies to solve equations. We also will compare two equations to determine if they are equal or not. 

And last, but not least our Spalding Words:

low, soft, stands, stand, yard, bring, tell, five, ball, law

ask, just, way, get, home, much, call, long, love, then

house, year, to, I, as, send, alone, lone, one, has

That's all folks! Wishing you a happy and healthy week ahead,

Your First Grade Team

Week of September 16th

I cannot believe we are already half-way through our first quarter! We have been having so much fun learning many new things in first grade!

Please remember that Monday, September 16th there is no school. Other important dates include:

• Wednesday September 18th- K-1 Coffee Talk
• Wednesday September 18th Food Truck
• Friday September 20th Birthday Book Club
• Friday September 20th 9:00-11:00 Fingerprinting at Lincoln

This week in literature we will continue reading and responding to Owl at Home. Our poem of the month is The Pasture.

The Pasture 

by: Robert Frost

I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;

I'll only stop to rake the leaves away

(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):

I sha'n't be gone long. You come too.

I'm going out to fetch the little calf.

That's standing by the mother. It's so young,

It totters when she licks it with her tongue. 

I sha'n't be gone long. -You come too.

Spalding:

feed, fur, green, oil, paint, pool, tooth, teeth, worm, day

eat, sits, sit, lot, box, school, belong, door, floor, yes

Math:

Subtraction strategies

• missing part
• count back 
• count on 

History:

Ancient Egypt

Pyramids

Have a wonderful week!

The First Grade Team