Week 24 Highlights

Notes for Parents:

  • March is Reading Month will begin next week! Please continue to fill out your student’s reading log each time you read together. Students who read 20 minutes each night (100 minutes a week) will be entered into a book raffle.
  • Thank you so much for everyone who signed up to donate an item for our classroom pizza parlor next Friday! Please remember to send $1 in an envelope labeled “Mrs. Kuiper” in your child’s blue folder by next Friday, March 5th.

CELEBRATIONS:

Quote of the Week – This week’s quote went to HARRISON for always seeing each day as a fresh start and an opportunity to grow!


First Grade Family Time
– Here are our Family Time award winners from this week!

Star Prize – Our class earned another 10 star prize this week and celebrated with a pajama day on Friday!

OUR LEARNING:

Writing – We began our final bend, book reviews! Students picked their favorite books and started writing convincing book reviews. 

Word Study – We learned about the two sounds that the vowel team ‘oo’ can make. Sometimes it says /oo/ as in ‘school’ and other times it says /oo/ as in ‘book.’ Our class mascot, Rasheed, returned from his construction adventures this week. The students were so excited to see him again.

Reading–  We tried making movies in our minds as a strategy to help us think about what is happening in the book. Focusing on who’s talking in our book, we looked at dialogue. We made sure we were reading the best words and getting the job done quickly. 

Math- We learned how to add a 2-digit + 1-digit number together (e.g. 49+7) by grabbing the bigger number and counting on the smaller partner. Next week we will be taking our Unit 4 test!

Black History Month- This week we learned about Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden. These female African American mathematicians worked as computers and helped put US astronauts on the moon.

Upcoming Dates:

  • Monday, March 1
    •  MUSIC
  • Tuesday, March 2
    • PE
  • Wednesday, March 3
    • ART
    • Pizza Parlor supplies due
  • Thursday, March 4
    • STEAM
  • Friday, March 5
    • PE
    • Fast Friday
    • Wear a cowboy hat, bandana, or handkerchief

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