Important Dates
March
6 – Papermaking Assembly
13 – Report Cards Go Home
19 – Early Dismissal – 12:00
26
- First Grade Music Concert
30 – 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.
Rainbow Fish Field Trip
Our field trip to see The
Rainbow Fish went very well. It took us a while to get there due to the snow, but we made it there just in time. The children enjoyed it and were well-behaved.
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
This week we read Adelita by
Tomie dePaola. It is the Mexican version
of the story of Cinderella. We worked on questioning before, during, and after
reading the story.
The vocabulary words for this
week were:
fiesta, stunning, company, unison, whim, meager, and vamanos
Comprehension Strategies
We will be working on questioning
and visualizing what they are reading.
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
Caleb
will be our “student of the week” for the week of March 2nd.
Have a relaxing weekend!
