May 1 is the start of first grade ABC Countdown to summer. Each day we will have a special way to celebrate. The paperwork came home in the backpacks today for you to plan ahead. I will post each week's info on Mondays.
Wednesday, May 1 -Animal Day - Bring a small stuffed animal Thursday, May 2 - Beach Day - Bring a towel and some sunglasses Friday, May 3 - Career Day - Dress up for your future career This week we will read a story called "The Surprise Family" and continue talking about our families and our places in them. We are focusing on telling time to the hour, half hour, and quarter hour. Our writing will be a personal letter.
Music on the Green is coming up and the First Grade is responsible for a Beach Themed Basket for the silent auction. Please send any donations for this basket with your child this week. The play is this Thursday, April 25th. We will have a sack lunch picnic at school before we leave at 10:30am. We will return from the play at 12:45. For this special event, I invite the students to dress to impress in their picture day attire for this special arts experience at the Avo Theater.
This Thursday is our field trip to The Lion King Jr play at the Avo. We will enjoy our sack lunch picnic prior to leaving for the play. There are two notes coming home today - Altitude Fundraiser and Yearbook order form. Please check the backpacks for the information.
This week we continue addition, subtraction and fraction practice while introducing time. Please encourage your child to explain the difference between seconds, minutes and hours. Talking about 15 minutes ahead and 30 minutes after is a very helpful conversation. They will bring clock homes today to practice with you. In reading, we finished our story about grandparents. This week we focus on new friends and will be writing a letter to a new friend at a different school. Thank you to everyone who visited during the Open House last week. The kids were so excited to show off their projects. Just a reminder, I sent a Remind Text to share that we drew names for the TWO chaperones for our field trip - Mila's Parent and Ryan's Parent were drawn.
The homework folders have seen better days so they have been retired for the remainder of the year., The writing journals are most durable and will be the only thing going back and forth for homework now. This week, children can write 4-6 sentences describing what makes a grandparent(s) special to them. They can draw a picture when the writing is completed. The math paper is folded inside the journal. Please continue Lexia and RazKids reading practice daily. The energy on campus is electric! We are so excited to show off our Leadership and Learning this Thursday evening. Please join us from 6:00-7:00pm.
**Please have your child wear his or her Leadership Academy shirt or Jogathon shirt on Thursday. ** The blue and pink re-enrollment cards were sent home to all T.H.E. students today. Please fill them out and send them back tomorrow. The office needs them immediately.
This week we have a special homework packet coming home. We began our animals reports in the classroom and the children will complete their notes for homework this week. Please remind them to use complete sentences. We will use the notes your child takes at home to complete the final product here in class next week.
You will also find the last field trip permission slip in the homework folder today. Please send $10 CASH (no checks) with the signed permission slip for your child to attend. If you are interested in attending, email me or send a note and I will draw 2 PARENT NAMES on Wednesday. |
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