APRIL MCMONTHLY NEWS

***Mark Your Calendars for some Family Activities nearing the end of this school year***

Fri., May 11 – 1^st grade Musical

Thurs., May 31 – 1^st grade Field Day

Wed., June 6 – Our Class Memory Share & Final Celebration

IN LIKE A LAMB, OUT LIKE A LION

Wow, the weather expression was a little opposite this month after such nice, warm days turned into recent rainy, cold weather and weekend flurries!

LANGUAGE ARTS

We have been paying more attention to using expression and smooth words in our just right reading, so we understand the great stories we enjoy!  With Word Study, please remember to keep reading and writing with old spelling patterns as we learn new patterns.  We have been recently focusing on Authors as Mentors in our writing endeavors.  Starting with Dr. Seuss, we continue to investigate the “craft” and techniques of many authors and what makes us enjoy books so much!

MATH

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!  

We soon return to shapes, attributes and measurement, and we anticipate some cool activities working with symmetry. 

BIRTHDAYS

Monday, April 2:            Anna Debano

Thursday, April 5:             Olivia DeVicaris

Thursday, April 12:    Axel Tabaschek

REMINDERS

Thursday, April 5:         Scholastic orders due

Friday, April 6:        No School, Good Friday

Monday, April 9:               No School, Staff Dev.

Wed., April 11:         Safe Talk Program

Thurs., April 12:            Recycle Program

April 16 - 20: School closed, April vacation

April 23-27:              After-Earth-Day Week:

Save energy by keeping lights off as much as possible

Wed., April 25:         In-school enrichment

The Bruce Mobile (Bruce Museum Butterfly Program)

Fri., April 27:          Author Visit, Stephanie Green

UPCOMING DATES

Monday, April 30 – Thurs., May 3:

The Road to Reading Book Fair

(Scholastic orders will go home the next week)

Friday, May 11:     1^st Grade Music Performance

Thursday, May 31:   Field Day, 1:00 - 2:30

Friday, June 1:  Raindate for Field Day

Wednesday, June 6: Memory Share/End Year Celebration

Thursday, June 14:  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.

A TON OF THANKS

• Thanks for your support for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society with the "Pennies for Patients" fundraiser!  The fundraiser will continue up until April break.  
• 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.

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