Notes for Parents:

• For our next early release day on May 21st, we will be making ice cream sundaes! Please sign up here if you are interested in donating an item.

CELEBRATIONS:

Quote of the Week – Last week’s quote of the week went to SABRINA for being a great friend and classmate! This week’s quote of the week went to HUNTER for always showing kindness to all!

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

School Lunch Hero Day – To celebrate all of our amazing lunch heroes, we made this special display in the cafeteria.

OUR LEARNING:

Writing – In writing this week we added some new tools to our writing toolboxes! We learned how to “show not tell” by adding tiny realistic details. Later we learned all about repetition and the importance of patterns in writing. Next week we will wrap up our realistic fiction writing unit and students will publish their very own boxed book series!

Word Study – In first grade, one of the best ways for students to learn something new is through play and practice! We practiced proper use of capital letters through lots of different word games this week. Please encourage your child to capitalize proper nouns and the start of each sentence when they’re writing at home!

Reading–  This week in reading we learned about main characters and supporting characters too! This was a great tie in to our writing as it has been so fun creating our own characters. We also talked about changing our voices when our character’s feelings change and looked for clues on how to read our stories.

Math- This week we focused on time in our day and the tasks we carry out at specific times. We also learned how to tell and write time in half-hours which you saw on the first quick quiz that came home! The remainder of the week was dedicated to shapes and their attributes. On Friday, we learned about equal shares and how to create equal shares with various shapes.

Upcoming Dates:

• Monday, May 10
  •  ART
• Tuesday, May 11
  • STEAM
• Wednesday, May 12
  • MUSIC
• Thursday, May 13
  • PE
• Friday, May 14
  • ART
  • Library