Hi Parents!
We had a beautiful picnic today! The sun was shining, we ate outside, and played too. Please ask your child about it!
Reading, Reading, and Reading!
As the days grow longer and the sunshine beckons, please be sure your child is reading everyday (even on weekends!), practicing retelling stories, and talking about what he/she is reading. Our end of year benchmark testing will begin next week, so we are in the critical home stretch of practicing our good reader strategies!
Quarter 3 Report Cards:
Quarter 3 report cards went home Wednesday. If you haven't done so, please review the report card, sign the slip at the bottom of the last page, detach the slip, and return it in the report card envelope. (We do reuse the report card envelopes!)
American Symbols Performance:
We hope you will join us for our American Symbols performance on Tuesday, May 23rd at 6:30 pm in the gym at school. I already sent your child's speaking part home. Please ensure your child is practicing saying his/her speaking part from memory. Please encourage your child to practice using a clear, confident voice.
Save the Date for Our Poet's Tea:
Mark your calendar! Our Poet's Tea will be Friday, May 26th from 9:45 - 10:30 am in our classroom. All families are welcome. This is the culminating activity for our current writing unit (Poetry), and one of my favorite events of the entire year! The students will share their poems, and I will serve light refreshments. More details to follow.
Guest Readers Welcome:
If you would like to be a guest reader in our class during May, please send me an email. Our guest reader time will be from 10:15 am - 10:30 am (right before lunch). Dates are flexible.
Focus Areas for the Coming Week:
We had a beautiful picnic today! The sun was shining, we ate outside, and played too. Please ask your child about it!
Reading, Reading, and Reading!
As the days grow longer and the sunshine beckons, please be sure your child is reading everyday (even on weekends!), practicing retelling stories, and talking about what he/she is reading. Our end of year benchmark testing will begin next week, so we are in the critical home stretch of practicing our good reader strategies!
Quarter 3 Report Cards:
Quarter 3 report cards went home Wednesday. If you haven't done so, please review the report card, sign the slip at the bottom of the last page, detach the slip, and return it in the report card envelope. (We do reuse the report card envelopes!)
American Symbols Performance:
We hope you will join us for our American Symbols performance on Tuesday, May 23rd at 6:30 pm in the gym at school. I already sent your child's speaking part home. Please ensure your child is practicing saying his/her speaking part from memory. Please encourage your child to practice using a clear, confident voice.
Save the Date for Our Poet's Tea:
Mark your calendar! Our Poet's Tea will be Friday, May 26th from 9:45 - 10:30 am in our classroom. All families are welcome. This is the culminating activity for our current writing unit (Poetry), and one of my favorite events of the entire year! The students will share their poems, and I will serve light refreshments. More details to follow.
Guest Readers Welcome:
If you would like to be a guest reader in our class during May, please send me an email. Our guest reader time will be from 10:15 am - 10:30 am (right before lunch). Dates are flexible.
Focus Areas for the Coming Week:
- Reading: We will examine fiction stories with circular structures. These are stories that end and start with the same event. (For example...If You Give a Mouse a Cookie)
- Writing: We will continue our Poetry Unit. We will edit our writing for capitalization, punctuation, mechanics, and proper sight word spelling.
- Math: We will continue our Money unit. We are practicing counting groups of coins, and we are learning about coin equivalencies. You can help! Have your child practice counting groups of coins at home. Say an amount of money less than $1.00, and have your child practice showing that amount in different ways.
- Social Studies: We will begin preparing for our 1st Grade American Symbols performance by learning about famous American symbols, such as the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Statue of Liberty, American Flag, bald eagle, and more.
Please reach out with comments, questions, or feedback. :)
I am going on a retreat this weekend, and am looking forward to some quiet soul-searching. I hope you have a wonderful weekend too!
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