Important Dates
February
28 – No School – Teacher’s Institute
March
11 – Report Cards Go Home
17 – No School - Due to Conferences
18 – No School – Teacher’s Institute
27
- First Grade Music Concert – 7:00
28
– Papermaking Assembly
29 – Spring Break Begins
April 7 – Classes resume
Author of the Month
Patricia
Polacco is our author for the month of March.
Many of her books are about events that happened to her and her family
when she was growing up. These books
discuss problems & feelings that many children have but may be afraid to
talk about, such as being bullied, not being able to read, and sibling
rivalry. The children enjoy listening to
these books and discussing them as we go along.
Our next field trip, which is to
Blackberry Farm in Aurora, is tentatively set for the beginning of June. I will send home more information on that
once our plans are finalized and the date gets closer.
Reading
The story from
our Making Meaning curriculum for next week is Throw
Your Tooth on the Roof by Selby B. Beeler.
Comprehension Strategies
We will be working on wondering,
visualizing, and identifying what they learn from nonfiction text.
Vocabulary Words
The vocabulary
words for next week are:
Mushy, form, and chew
Phonics Skills
We will be
working on vowel pairs ow and ou.
Grammar Lesson
We will be
learning about final blends.
Spelling Words
The spelling
words for next week are:
Box, job, bulb,
own, grow, elbow, yellow, other, were, snowman
Angelise
will be our “student of the week” for the week of March 3rd.
