Weekly Update: April 11, 2025

   Peek at the Week: 

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

Math:

• What can you tell me about your new Number Corner calendar?

• What are the names of these shapes? 


 

Reading:

• What did you learn about elephants as they grow and change?  
 

 

  

• Can you read the following sight words?
• man
• good
• name
• think
• sentence
• What sounds do ou and ow make in these words?
 
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• What do you remember about these vocabulary words?

    

Writing:  The students started a unit on Opinion Writing. The students learned what an opinion is compared to a fact. They brainstormed their favorite foods and then they wrote a paragraph about their favorite food and their reasons why they love this food.  They ended their paragraph with a closing sentence.

Social Studies: Our Studies Weekly magazine focused on “Communication Over Time” where they learned how communication has changed from long ago to today. Our Amazeworks book was Marvelous Maravilloso-Me and My Beautiful Family. This story is about a girl from a bicultural family and how she appreciates the differences around her--especially the ones that make her family unique and beautiful.

We ended the week with an April Art Project -- raindrops and an umbrella!:)

   Things to Know: 

Dodge Field Trip: We will be heading to Dodge one more time this school year on April 29th for a ”Sounds of Nature” experience. We will leave Somerset at 8:45 and return at 10:25. Thank you to those that volunteered to help chaperone! 

Book Fair:

Wednesday April 30th - Tuesday May 6th 2:30-6pm (no in-school daytime hours)

*Open 2:30-8pm on May 1st during Project Fair

*Open 9-noon on Saturday, May 3rd during Playdate

Visit the book fair website to learn more, set up an eWallet, and sign up to volunteer!  https://www.scholastic.com/bf/somersetelemschool

See the Family Letter for more information below:

Somerset Project Fair - Thursday, May 1 - 6:00-8:00pm 

Come for a fun-filled evening of featured student projects and hands-on STEM activities! Kids of all grades and their families are invited to explore, create, and learn together.
For creating a project: Do you have a passion, hobby, or burning question you've always wanted to explore? Showcase your curiosity by creating a project about anything that excites you — from science topics to creative ideas.
Student projects from previous years: Solar panels, Planets, Sharks, Wildebeests, Climate Change, Lake Superior, Making Guacamole and more.

Please register your project by April 17: https://bit.ly/4hk2WlD
Whether you showcase a project or simply come to enjoy the activities, we’d love to see you there!

Music Concert:

Grade 1 - Day Concert for School

Wednesday, May 21

1:00-1:30 p.m. 

All classes are invited to attend. 

Parents and grandparents who cannot attend the evening concert are welcome to attend this day concert.

Grade 1 - Evening Concert for Parents

Thursday, May 22, 2025

6:00-6:30 p.m. 

First graders arrive in the gym by 5:45.

Children stay with their families until the signal is given.

   Important Dates:

April 25 - No School - Science of Reading Training for Elementary Teachers

April 29 - Dodge Field Trip, 8:45 - 10:25

April 30 - May 6 - Scholastic Book Fair

May 1 - Science Fair - 6:00 - 8:00 pm

May 22 - 1st Grade Music Concert - 6:00 - 6:30 pm.

     Picture Time!