Brignac's Brightest: May 2026

Friday, May 1, 2026

Weekly Update: 4/27-5/1

Take a peek at our week:

Want to hear about our week? Ask your child the following questions!

Reading:

Can you find these non-fiction text features in a book from home?

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What did you enjoy about reading The Napping House?

Can you read and spell these Super Words?

give
always
done
here

Can you read these words to me?

Vocabulary:

What do you remember about these vocabulary words?

Math:

Can you match these circles with their fraction?

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Writing:

We started a unit on Poetry. As part of this unit, students will listen to a variety of poems and vote for their favorites. In addition, students will learn about different types of poetry. This week the students learned about Acrostic Poems and wrote their own.

Social Studies Update:

Our Scholastic News was “Hanging Out in my Habitat” which focused on how tiny frogs survive in a rainforest habitat.

Things To Know:

LIFE CYCLE LEARNING:

Through our reading curriculum, Being a Reader, first graders have been learning about life cycles in our non-fiction text unit. We have studied how various animals change from baby to adult, including house spiders, turtles, elephants, and butterflies. We also examined a non-fiction text about the life cycle of seeds.

Dating back to our previous Foss Science curriculum (that we no longer use), it has become a tradition in first grade to study the life cycle of a chicken - in real life! Even if our science curriculum has changed, we welcome the opportunity to tie our new literacy curriculum with hands-on learning and continue the tradition! Every year, we incubate chicken eggs in our classrooms and watch the magic happen. All first grade classrooms have 4 chicken eggs each, incubating for 21 days. They are set to hatch SOON!

MINNESOTA SPRING IS HERE!

Rain, snow, heat, cold…It’s hard to know what kind of weather to expect this time of year! Thank you for helping your child select the right gear for being outside at recess every day. If it is wet outside, please send boots with your child as the playground gets very muddy. This helps keep our classroom carpet clean! Thank you!