Our 1st Grade Classroom News Week of May 7th – 11th Important Information Dates to Know * We are almost finished with mClass assessments!! Thank you so much for all of your hard work with Reading Journal homework this year. We are officially done with writing homework!! (I know you must be sad! Ha ha!) Feel free to cross off the writing homework for this week on the calendar. We will continue to READ and record our time read on the Reading Log every night for homework though! Reader’s Theatre is also beginning very soon! * Please plan to attend our End-of-Year Celebration on Thurs., May 31st beginning at 12:15! 5/9: Progress Reports 5/11: Talent Show at 6:00pm 5/17: Papa John’s Family Dinner (all day) 5/28: Holiday - No School 5/31: 1st Grade Awards at 1:30 6/1: 1st Grade Field Day & RES Spirit Day 6/7: Early Dismissal at 1:45, Last Day of School, & Pelican’s PTA Event from 1:00-5:00 x Our Learning Focus Theme: Reptiles Math: Understanding place value, comparing bigger numbers based on tens and ones, & mentally determining ten more/ten less Phonics: Compound Words & Syllable Division Reading Focus: Identify reasons an author gives to support points in a text Writing Focus: Participate in shared research & writing projects Science: Compare properties of soil & animal life cycles Social Studies: Map Skills & Landforms Words to Remember WWW: oat, even, show, snow, grow, brown Word Families: -art, -ark, -ort, -orn