Weekly Update: March 4th

 

What's Happening in First Grade?

Ask your child the following questions to hear all about our learning this week!

 

Writing: 

• What is your favorite part of your animal research book?

Reading: 

• What is non-fiction?
• What does "Bossy R" do to the vowel /a/?
• Can you read the following Bossy R words?
• part
• farm
• shark

Vocabulary:

• What do you know about the words collect, inspect, dump, and landfill?

Math:

• What time do the following clocks show?

• How much money do you see?

• Which two numbers in each box will get you closest to 20?

Things to Know:

• Snacks: Please remember to send your child to school with a snack each day. We have been going through a lot of our extra snacks lately. If you are able to donate any extra snacks for our classroom, it would be much appreciated! Thank you!

• Read Across America: Please look at the following calendar to find out when our upcoming dress-up dates occur!

• Yearbooks: 
  
  
  
• Somerset Food Drive: 

Important Dates:

• Monday, March 7th- Hats off to Reading (Wear a hat to school!)
• Tuesday, March 8th- Reading is no Sweat (Wear sweats!)
• Wednesday, March 9th- Reading Rocks (Wear a shirt with words!)
• Thursday March 10th- Reading is Wild (Crazy sock and neon color day!)
• Friday, March 11th- Cozy up with a Good Book (PJ Day!)
• Friday March 25th- No School (End of Quarter) 
• Monday March 28th-Friday April 1st- No School (Spring Break)

Picture Time!