Important
Dates
May 10 – Ide Movie
Night
17
– Early Dismissal – 12:00
22 – Blackberry Farm Field Trip
24 – Patriotic Day – Wear red, white, & blue
27 – No School – Memorial Day
31 – School Picnic
June 5 –
Last Day of School
Chick Embryology Unit
Our chick unit is coming to an end and was
very successful. We had 7 chicks hatch
in our classroom and a total of 33 chicks
in the entire first grade. Mrs. Fish
will be taking them home with her and will be returning with a few chicks on
Fridays so the children can see how much they have grown and the changes in
their appearances.
We received eggs from 3 different sources
so we had a variety of breeds this year.
We had Brahmas, Leghorns, Wyandottes, and Rhode Island Reds. These chicks already have homes waiting for
them once they get a little bigger.
5/6 - "E" - Exercise Day
5/7 – “F” – Freeze Pop Day
5/8 - “G” – Game
Day
5/9 - “H” – Hula
Hoop Day (in gym class)
5/10 - “I” – “I
Spy” Day
Reading
In our anthology we will read Fireflies
for Nathan and The Firefly.
Comprehension
Strategies
We will be working on summarizing,
sequencing, and reading a poem.
Vocabulary
Words
Next week’s vocabulary words are: appear,
beacon, favorite, journey, monarch, promises, warn & whispers.
Phonics
Skills
We
will be working on the sound of /nk/ and also r-controlled vowels, such as -or,
-er, -ar, -ur, & -ir.
Grammar
Skills
We will be working on dictionary skills.
Spelling
Words
Our spelling words for next week are:
Fin, sob, left, sink, pink, drink, thank, once, upon, thinking
Thank you for attending last week’s open
house. It was good seeing everyone. This year sure went by fast! I apologize if I didn’t get a chance to visit
with all of you. It was a very busy place,
which is a good thing.
Thank
you also for the donations to our classroom.
We were able to get several new books.
