1. Our 1st Grade Classroom News
Week of February 19th – 23rd
Important Information
Dates to know
* We are so excited for Hatch Day this Tuesday!! Embryology is so much fun!
* We will celebrate Read Across America NEXT week with the following activities:
Monday: Character Dress Up
Tuesday: Top Hat Tuesday-Wear a hat
Wednesday: Wacky socks, mismatched shoes, or clothes inside out/backward
Thursday: Wear pajamas
Friday: Green Eggs & Ham Day – wear green
2/19: Early Dismissal
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: Learning about our Presidents
Math: Using tens and ones to represent a number, equivalent expressions, strategies for adding larger numbers
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 + Embryology
Words to Remember
WWW: but, part, them, can, only, these
Word Families: -oy, -oil, -out, -owl