Monday, April 26, 2021

Weekly Update: 4/26-4/29

What's Happening in First Grade?

Ask your child the following questions to review what we learned last week!

Writing:

Can you show me your Earth Day book?

Reading:

What sound does Y make at the end of these words?
by, fly, cry
happy, baby, pretty

Vocabulary:

What do you know about the words feast, journey, gulp, and store?

Math:

Can you help me solve these "Change Box" problems?

Things to Know:

REMINDER: No school on Friday, April 30th (Professional Development

Animals 2x2: For our final science unit, we will be learning about the life cycles of animals! We will also be comparing and contrasting two species each week. We are fortunate to have been able to partner with a farm in Owatonna for the past few years. We usually hatch only chicks in first grade, but our friend Farmer Bailey wanted us to have an extra exciting science unit this year. She also had ducks and turkeys lay eggs for the first time this year and she was kind enough to share them with us! We kicked off the unit TODAY by incubating 12 chicken eggs, 12 duck eggs, and 9 turkey eggs- WOW!

Week of April 26: Frogs vs Toads & incubate eggs
Week of May 3: Ladybugs vs Beetles
Week of May 10: Chicks vs. Ducks
Week of May 17: Chicks Hatch! & All about Turkeys
Week of May 24: Ducks and Turkeys Hatch!
May 28th: Animals return to Farmer Bailey

Somerset E-News: For some reason, the E-News can default to the spam folder of an email address. This email is sent out every Friday afternoon and contains information about special events and things to know. You can find the latest E-News HERE. If you haven't been receiving it, check that spam folder!

Virtual Project Fair:

Our 1st ever Virtual Project Fair was Thursday evening. Thank you so much to those that participated and spent time viewing and commenting on projects!

The Project Fair Videos are still available and will be up through Sunday, May 2. Head over to the Seesaw Blogs for each grade level and view projects and comment on your classmates' hard work!

Project Fair Blog Links:

Skip-Counting: Don't forget to encourage your child to practice skip counting! We've been singing songs and dancing to skip counting all week. Want to support your child in skip-counting at home? Try some of these ideas!