IN LIKE A LAMB, OUT LIKE A LION
Wow, the weather expression was a little opposite this month with the flurries and cold weather we’ve been having!
LANGUAGE ARTS
We are focusing on comprehension strategies in our stories, as we continue to review short and long vowels, blends, and sight words. We have also been enjoying paying more attention to the characters in our just right reading. Next week, we will have our "All About" project celebration that follows our non-fiction writing unit! Our next writing unit focuses on Realistic Fiction where stories are true to life, but may not have happened. With our Word Study, please remember to keep practicing our old spelling patterns as we keep learning new patterns.
READING HOMEWORK INFO
In addition to our “paper” homework that we do almost daily, we should be reading approximately 15 minutes on our own, so that we can continue to build fluency and understanding – even on the weekends! (Thanks for encouraging your children.)
MATH
We soon return to shapes, attributes and measurement, and we anticipate some cool activities working with symmetry. To help us understand bigger math problems, we are also using counting strategies in a much more advanced way than we did earlier in first grade!
BIRTHDAYS
Thursday, April 21: Freddie Persia
Monday, April 25: Andrew Popson
Tuesday, April 26: Peter Durkovic
REMINDERS
Friday, April 1: Class Spirit Day, Clothing Clash day
April 1 – May 31: “Let’s make change for Japan” fundraiser
Wednesday, April 6: Character project due
Thursday, April 7: Scholastic orders due
Friday, April 15: No School, Staff Dev.
April 18 - 22: School closed, April vacation
April 25 - 29: After-Earth-Day Week, save energy by keeping lights off as much as possible
UPCOMING DATES
Wednesday, May 4: In-school enrichment, The Bruce Mobile (Bruce Museum)
Mon – Wed, May 9-11: The-Hunt-for-a-Good-Book Book Fair
(Scholastic orders will go home the next week)
Thursday, May 26: Field Day, 12:45 - 2:15
Friday, May 27:Raindate for Field Day
Wednesday, June 8: Memory Share/Ice Cream Celebration
Friday, June 17: Last day of school for students
The Springtime gets so busy at Ox Ridge with a myriad of activities. Please be on the lookout for schedule changes and additions.
Our class reporters have been such hard workers and have been doing their best to blog our class highlights weekly. Keep an eye out on our class website!
A TON OF THANKS
• Thanks for encouraging your child to participate in March Math Madness!
• Thanks for your support for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society with the "Pennies for Patients" fundraiser!
• Keeping in mind the importance of every penny, we will continue collecting spare change through May. Student Council will send along the proceeds for Japan-relief efforts. Thank you so much if you’re able to contribute. Every penny does really count!
• Thanks for your support for "Box Tops for Education!"
• Thanks for your support with the Daffodil Drive!
• Thank you, Volunteers, at school and with your home support!
• We are one very lucky classroom.
MONTHLY WORDS
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every
get
good
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how
look
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round
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thank
that
them
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think
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