Two
full weeks of school and three days is all we have left together in first
grade. We have been working extremely
hard on using our seven habits and have read stories about how to use
self-control and use the seven habits.
We are working really hard on being proactive and doing the right thing
even when nobody is watching. If you
would like to know a little more, ask your students about RJ and his bad day
and Louis and his volcano.
Reading/Phonics/Spelling-
This week we will be reading the last set of stories from our reading
series. All of our stories this week are
centered on the theme of “Building Things”.
This will lead perfectly into second grade as we build on things in
first grade in order to prepare them for second grade. We will also be making connections as well as
talking about cause and effect. The
stories that we will be reading this week are “The Town that Grew” p 278, “Sand
Castle” p 280, and “Build with Sand
and Ice” p 306. To go along with
these stories we will be studying the following words as they are our high
frequency words and vocabulary words for the week; circle, toward, leave, grew, toppled, wreck, welcoming. Our phonics
lesson this week will be centered on the OI, and OY sounds. We will be doing several activities this week
to reinforce these sounds. Our spelling
words, which can also be found on our blog, are all centered on the OY and OI
sounds.
Math-
This week in math we will take our knowledge of adding three numbers fact
families one step further. We will be
discussing and find out how to find a missing addend. (ex. 8 + ? = 11 ?=3)
We have a couple of great games that involve some cards in order for
students to think outside of the box in order to find the missing numbers. If you are looking for an extra thing to do
over the week you could practice addition problems, fact families, and
subtraction.
Grammar/Writing-
This week in grammar we will be talking about how to combine sentences in order
to make our thoughts sound more fitting.
For example; Steve walks to school.
Steve runs to school. We will be
able to say Steve walks and runs to school.
This will involve a little bit of writing. We will also be writing about things that we
can build and be making connections to our stories that we are reading
throughout the week.
Science-
We will be finishing up our solids and liquids this week and make some more
comparisons and briefly discuss gases.
We will then switch gears to discussing what we might see on our field
trip to Wesselman woods. We will be
talking a little bit about nature and habitats.
Related
Arts Rotations for 5/6-5/10
Group A- Computer, Gym,
Music, Art, Computer
Group B- Music, Art,
Computer, Gym, Music
Group C- Gym, Music,
Art, Computer, Gym
Group D-
Art, Computer, Gym, Music, Art
Please
return your library books on Monday. Remember to bring those library books back if they are at home. The librarian is wrapping up the year and
will be sending home notices for anyone who still has a book out. Please be sure to return them.
Field Trip-
We are going to take a field trip to Wesselman Woods on Friday. Please be sure to return the form ASAP with
the $8. This field trip is a great one
for parents to attend as well. If you
would like to attend, the best way is either to follow us in the morning when
we leave from school or meet us there.
If you do plan on attending the only thing we ask is that you make sure
you have filled out the EVSC volunteer form.
It is just a formality that we all must go through. If you are not sure let me know and I can
check the list for you as well as get you a form. I am looking forward to seeing some animals
and a nature walk! This week we will
talk a lot about animals and then we will get to see them come to life.
Field
Day-Field
Day will be on May 21st 2013. This is the Tuesday before the last day of school.
This change will allow teachers to spend their last day of class with their
students and also allow us a "rain day" if it were to rain on field
day. The first grade activities will take place from 8:15-8:45. I know we will have more information to come
as this much anticipated event draws near.
Enjoy
your weekend!
Thanks,
Robert Moreland
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