March 28th Newsletter

 Important Dates

March

     28 – Papermaking Assembly

          29 – Spring Break Begins

April    7 – Classes resume

          17 – Early Dismissal – 12:00

          18 – No School

          24 – Open House

Chick Embryology Unit

       We will begin our “Chick Unit” the week of April 7th.  We will have eggs incubating in our room from April 22nd until they hatch approximately 21 days later on May 13th.  This is an exciting unit for the children. You will be amazed at how much they learn about chickens. Please remember to ask your child what he/she learned each day. Many of our projects will be available for you to see at our Open House on Thursday, April 24. 

Book-It Reading Incentive Program

     March was the last month that the children will receive a pizza coupon for returning their monthly reading chart. The Book-It program technically ends at the end of March.   We will still be sending an April & May calendar home to record what books the children have read.  Keep on reading!

Reading

             The story from our Making Meaning curriculum for next week is An Elephant Grows Up.

Phonics Skills

   We will work on the /oi/ sound.

Grammar Skills

     We will work on using adverbs correctly.

Spelling Words

    The spelling words for next week are: bug, had, film, oil, coin, noisy, spoiled, would, right, boiling

Author of the Month

            Mary Jane Auch is our new author for the month of April.  Many of her books are based around fairy tales, such as Chickerella, Peeping Beauty, & The Princess and the Pizza.  We will be comparing these stories to the original fairy tales that they are based upon.

    Our musical was a great success as always!  Thank you to Ms. Wyse for putting in a lot of time (and patience) into this performance.  The children did a great job also!

Have a nice Spring Break!

March 21st Newsletter

          

 Important Dates

March

27 - First Grade Music Concert – 7:00

28 – Papermaking Assembly

     29 – Spring Break Begins

April

7 – Classes resume

*THERE IS NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEKJ

   Ayah will be our “student of the week” for the week of March 24-28.

S.C.A.R.C.E Papermaking Assembly

          On Friday, March 28, several people from SCARCE will be coming to our school to talk with the first graders about the 3Rs – Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle.  They will be doing a papermaking activity with the children and will also show them many items that have been made out of recycled materials.  Ask your child to tell you about it next week.

First Grade Music Concert

     Our 1^st grade musical, SWAMPED!, will be on Thursday, March 27th at 7:00pm in the Lakeview Junior High gymnasium.  Students should arrive at 6:45pm and meet their teacher in the auxiliary gym. Thanks.

Reading

             The story from our Making Meaning curriculum for next week is A Day in the Life of a Garbage Collector by Nate LeBoutillier.

Comprehension Strategies

    We will be working on exploring text features, such as a glossary, a table of contents, and an index.

Vocabulary Words

    Next week’s vocabulary words are: swipe, time card, bin, routes, recycled, landfill, holding area

Phonics Skills

   We will work on the /ow/ sound. We will also work on base words and endings –es, and –ies.  We will discuss the prefixes un- & re-, and will review sounds for y.

Grammar Skills

     We will review verbs.

Spelling Words

    The spelling words for next week are: big, milk, owl, town, fox, how, brown, could, should, flowerpot

March 14th Newsletter

Important Dates

March

          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

         

Bar Graphs/Show and Tell

        This week we worked on using picture graphs and bar graphs in math.  The children used their own pictures to vote on what they wanted to do for earning 10 marbles due to good behavior.  They came up with 5 different reward choices. Then, one-by-one, each student placed his/her picture next to the reward they wanted.  The class chose to have “show and tell” on Friday, March 14.  They may bring in a picture, a special toy or stuffed animal, or any other special item (no electronics or live pets).  We will take some time in the morning to have this special “show & tell” time.

There won’t be a student of the week next week since there is no school on Monday and Tuesday.

Phonics Skills

          We will be learning about the /ou/ sound.  We will also review base words and the endings –ed and –ing.

Grammar Skills

We will be reviewing alphabetical order.

Spelling Words

The spelling words for next week are:

Bat, pet, self, out, our, round, mouth, saw, put, outside

Math

       Last week we worked on making our own story problem booklets.  Each child worked with a partner to make up a couple of story problems to go into our book.  When they finished, they read the problem to me and I typed it into the computer.  We stapled it into a booklet and the children can work on it during math centers.  They did a nice job on it.

Have a Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

March 7th Newsletter

                    

Important Dates

March

            9 – Market Day Pick-up @ LV

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

         

First Grade Music Concert

     Our 1^st grade musical, SWAMPED!, will be on Thursday, March 27th at 7:00pm in the Lakeview Junior High gymnasium.  Students should arrive at 6:45pm and meet their teacher in the auxiliary gym. Thanks.

  

  Oscar will be the “student of the week” for the week of March 10^th.

Computers

   Since March 2^nd was Dr. Suess’ birthday, we explored his official website, www.seussville.com , during computer time.  You may access this website at home also.  There are many activities for the children to explore on this site.  They really enjoyed it.

Reading

             The story from our Making Meaning curriculum for next week is Raptors by Lisa McCourt.

Comprehension Strategies

   The following comprehension strategies will be covered next week: exploring text features, identifying what they learn from nonfiction texts, and visualizing

Vocabulary Words

The vocabulary words for next week are: 

fierce, pounced, slash, prey, cunning, predators, extinct, mates, and packs

Phonics Skills

    We will work on base words and endings, the vowel pair “ew”” and syllabication (VCCV Pattern).

Grammar Lesson

We will work on compound words.

Spelling Words

     Our spelling words will be:

Bud, sun, held, few, flew, grew, chew, because, want, newspaper

Remember to change your clocks this weekend and also the batteries in your smoke detectors.