Important Dates
April
6 – Classes Resume/Chick Unit Begins
7 – No School – Teacher's Institute
10 – No School – Good Friday
17 – Science Assembly
23 – Open House at Ide
24 – Early Dismissal – 12:00
7 – No School – Teacher's Institute
10 – No School – Good Friday
17 – Science Assembly
23 – Open House at Ide
24 – Early Dismissal – 12:00
Student of the Week
Sean was our last “student of the week.” He did a nice job of taking care of the fish and frogs and helping me to clear off the back table.
We will not have any more “students of the week” this year. Instead, I will choose a different student each day to be my helper for the day. This way everyone will get at least one or two more chances to lead the calendar before the end of the school year.
Volunteers ReceivedThanks to everyone for volunteering their time. I chose the 1st three e-mails I received to be the volunteers for the chick project in April. I will send you more information as the date gets closer.
Barnyard MoosicalAll the 1st grade classes did a nice job at the music concert on Wednesday. Thank you to Ms. Wyse for all of her hard work. I really enjoyed it – I hope you did too.
ReadingWhen we return from Spring Break, we will be reading Johnny Appleseed and Life Cycle of an Apple.
Comprehension Strategies
The following comprehension strategies will be covered next week: predicting, inferring, drawing conclusions, reading a time line, and viewing photographs.
Vocabulary Words
The vocabulary words for next week are: apple, bread, cider, clothes, river, stories, years, & young.
Phonics Skills
We will work on base words and endings, vowel pairs “ou” and “ow” and syllabication (VCCV Pattern).
Grammar Lesson
Action words with -ed endings.
Spelling Words
Our spelling words are: checking, telling, missed, filled, sleeping, bluffing, planted, walked, jumping & landed.
**Our spelling test over these words will be on Thursday, April 9th due to no school on Friday, April 10th.
Have a great Spring Break!
