1. Our 1st Grade Classroom News
Week of February 11th – 15th
Important Information
Dates to know
* Thank you so much to everyone who is contributing to our Valentine’s Day snack. You’re the best! Feel free to join us at 2:30 this Thursday too!
* Thanks for sending in your child’s Valentines once they are ready!
* The kids continue to do an amazing job with homework each night! Thanks so much for allowing your child to read to you to practice fluency/comprehension.
* Wish List items: band-aids
2/12: Donuts & Disney at 7:45-8:45 for last names A-K
2/13: Donuts & Disney at 7:45-8:45 for last names L-Z
2/14: Valentine’s Day Snack at 2:30
2/18: Make-Up Day
2/26: Early Release-1:45 & Math Night at Food Lion for PreK-2nd from 5:30-7:30
3/1: RES Spirit Day
3/6: Spring Pictures & Class Pictures
3/8: End of 3rd Quarter
3/11: No School
3/18: Report Cards
3/19: Early Release-1:45
3/28: Field trip to
Marbles & IMAX
4/5: RES Spirit Day
4/9: Early Release-1:45
Our Learning Focus
Theme: Valentine’s Day
Math: Money & Data/Graphing
Phonics: Closed vs. Open Syllables and Vowel Teams (ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy)
Reading Focus: Comparing/contrasting adventures and experiences of characters
Writing Focus: Opinion writings that state opinion, give reasons, and provide closure
Science: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Words to Remember
WWW: then, smart, give, went, play, saw
Word Families: -ust, -ind, -one