Our 1st Grade Classroom News Week of February 26th – March 2nd Email: valorietrombley@johnston.k12.nc.us Important Information Dates to know * We will celebrate Read Across America this week with the following UPDATED activities (changed b/c of picture day): Monday: Character Dress Up Tuesday: Wear pajamas Wednesday: Wacky socks, mismatched shoes, or clothes inside out/backward Thursday: Dress in your best for pics! Friday: Green Eggs & Ham Day – wear green 2/23: Field Trip $ is due!! 2/26 – 3/2: Read Across America Week 2/27: Food Lion Family Math Night 2/28: Progress Reports go home! 3/1: Spring Pictures 3/2: RES Spirit Day 3/8: Field Trip 3/22: Spring Fling 3/28: Early Release & End of 3rd Quarter 3/29 – 4/8: No School for students 4/13: RES Spirit Day 4/16: Report Cards 4/16 – 5/4: i-Ready end-of-year testing 4/23 – 5/15: mClass end-of-year testing Our Learning Focus Theme: Dr. Seuss & Read Across America Math: Composing 10 to add, determining equivalent expressions, & fluency with addition and subtraction Phonics: Closed Syllables & Vowel teams (ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy) Reading Focus: Compare/contrast adventures and experiences of characters Writing Focus: Opinion pieces that state an opinion & provide supporting reasons Science: Earth, Moon, & Sun Words to Remember WWW: then, smart, give, went, play, saw Word Families: -ail, -each, -eal