Our 1st Grade Classroom News Week of October 23rd – 27th Email: valorietrombley@johnston.k12.nc.us Important Information Dates to know * Thank you so much to everyone that attended the field trip with us! We had a great time and your help was very appreciated! * Reminder: Girls need one black pillowcase and boys need one tan pillowcase by October 30th please! * Please mark your calendar for Thursday, March 8th. We will be going on a field trip to Morehead Planetarium. Parents are welcome to come too! 10/23: Wear Pajamas! 10/24: Wear fav. sports team! 10/25: Wear red! 10/26: Wear crazy socks! 10/27: Show RAM Pride! 10/31: Early Release/End of 1st Quarter 10/31: Halloween Snack – 12:45 11/1: No School for students 11/3: RES Spirit Day 11/9: Report Cards go home 11/10: No School! 11/17: Thanksgiving Feast- 11:30 11/22-11/24: No School 12/1: RES Spirit Day 12/13: Progress Reports 12/14: Christmas Party at 2:15 12/15: Early Release Our Learning Focus Theme: Pumpkins & Halloween Math: We will wrap up our Geometry this week and begin a new unit on number sense with addition and subtraction. Phonics: Bonus Letters (see additional sheet for more information) Reading Focus: Identifying the main topic and retelling key details of a story Writing Focus: Writing informative/explanatory texts that name a topic, supplies facts about that topic, and provides some sense of closure Science: Balance and Motion Words to Remember WWW: too, her, also, two, some, come Word Families: -ill, -ell, -oss, -ess