February 20th Newsletter

Important Dates
February
26 – Pictures
27 – Reading Books Are Due Back
28 – Snowflake Ball
March
2 – No School – Casimir Pulaski Day
6 – End of the trimester
10 – Report Cards
12 – Early Dismissal/Conferences
13 – No School
25 - 1st Grade Music Concert – 7:00
28 – Spring Break Begins

Robert Crown Health Center
On Thursday, all 1st graders went to Robert Crown Health Center and learned about the 5 different food groups, our 5 senses, germs, parts of the body, & what they do. Have your child tell you about what he/she learned.

Paper Making Assembly
On Friday, we had a paper making and recycling assembly. Each child got to make their own piece of paper by tearing up old paper, adding water and glitter to it, and then straining off the excess water. The importance of recycling was also discussed. Ask your child to tell you about it.

Reading Books
We just finished reading our anthology entitled Surprises. I sent it home on Wednesday for students to practice reading the stories. Please send them back to school by February 27th.

I also sent home a pink list of words from the last 3 stories. Please go over this list of words with your child. I will be checking to see if they can read these words in the next few weeks. Thanks.

Reading
We have a story and two poems in our anthology next week. The story is That Toad is Mine. The poems are Hug O’ War and Sharing.

Comprehension Strategies
The children will work on summarizing, problem solving, using rhyme and how to read a poem.

Vocabulary Words
The vocabulary words for next week are: agree, book, books, candy bars, fault, food, hop, toad, lemonade, shared, & toys.

Phonics Skills
The children will work on the following skills: vowel pairs oa, ow, ai, & ay. They will also begin to learn about dividing words into syllables.

Grammar Lesson
We will work on proper nouns for people and animals.

Spelling Words
The spelling words for next week are: boat, slow, coat, grow, show, toad, coast, know, coach, & throat.

Have a great weekend!