Please mark your calendars for the first grade Field Day!
The new date will be Tuesday, June 8th from 12:30-2:00.
The rain date will be Thursday, June 10th from 12:30-2:00.
Thank you!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
DATE CHANGE FOR MAY
Monday, March 29, 2010
FIRST GRADE APRIL MCMONTHLY NEWS
Wow, the weather expression held very true this month. We hope all families are back on track after our unexpected hurricane-like storm. The children had many stories to share, and we are so glad to all be safe!
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. This 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. Be on the lookout for Spelling Bee news. As we keep learning new patterns, remember to keep practicing our old spelling 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 1: Grant McIntyre
Wednesday, April 21: Ava Comey
Thursday, April 29: Michal Depczyk
REMINDERS
Wednesday, March 31: Overtime Athletics makeup class (for the 2/10 snow day)
Wednesday, March 31: In-school enrichment, Space author, Andrew Chaikin
Thursday, April 1: School lunch: Hamburger/Cheeseburger and Managers' Choice
Thursday, April 1: March Math Madness ends
Thursday, April 1: Class Spirit Day, Clothing Clash day
Thursday, April 1: School in session storm make-up day (Staff Development postponed)
Friday, April 2: No School, Good Friday
Monday, April 5: Library author visit, Pat Hubble
Wednesday, April 7: Character project due
Friday, April 9: Library author visit, Anthony Coccia
Friday, April 9: Scholastic orders due (going home on 4/5)
April 12 - 16: School closed, April vacation
April 19 - 23: Earth Day Week, save energy by keeping lights off as much as possible
UPCOMING DATES
Mon - Wed, May 3-5 Dive Into Reading Book Fair
Thursday, May 6: In-school enrichment, The Bruce Mobile (Bruce Museum)
Friday, May 14: Music Performance, 9:30 tentative
Tuesday, June 1: Field Day, 12:30 - 2:00, (PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE)
Tuesday, June 8: Raindate for Field Day, 12:30 - 2:00 (PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE)
Monday, June 21: Last day of school for students
OTHER NEWS
The Springtime gets so busy at Ox Ridge with a myriad of activities. Please be on the lookout for a classroom survey coming home soon regarding our final classroom culminating activity. I will try my best to schedule the "Memory Share" on the date the majority chooses. I'll let you know as soon as we confirm the dates for our Memory Share and end-year on-site picnic.
We have been such hard workers that we have decided to write in our "Highlight of the Week" journal once a month but will try our best to blog our highlights weekly. Keep an eye out!
Our first grade will help support Miss Blake's Earth Day efforts in saving as much electricity as possible while we are in the classroom during the week after April vacation. Let's hope the entire school participates. We can make a difference!
A TON OF THANKS
- Thanks for helping to participate in Trash-Free Tuesdays. What a great way to recognize Earth Day every week.
- Thanks for your support for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society with the "Pennies for Patients" fundraiser coming up in April!
- 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
could
every
get
good
her
look
ran
start
that
there
think
under
warm
when
white
APRIL SPELLING WORDS
outside
house
flower
shower
how
#22 The Sorry Sisters au/aw/a
August
draw
tall
crawl
autumn
#23 Ahoy Mates oy/oi
foil
enjoy
oyster
spoil
choice
#24 - Contractions
can't
I'm
wasn't
it's
you're
APRIL SIGHT WORDS
(an edge of our playground after the storm)
again
as
because
call
don't
draw
had
him
how
just
once
round
thank
them
then
walk
wash
were
why
Saturday, February 27, 2010
FIRST GRADE MARCH MCMONTHLY NEWS
GO FOR THE GOLD!
March is definitely coming in like a lion this year. Let's hope some warm, lamb weather arrives soon! We have been thoroughly enjoying the Olympic feel of our school this winter, and you will be amazed at how fast time will fly in first grade this spring! We will enjoy learning some map skills as we navigate through these Spring months. We also kick off this month with Dr. Seuss' birthday! If your child has red, white, and black clothing, he or she should wear them on Tuesday as "Cats in the Hat" as we participate in "Read Across America" in honor of Dr. Seuss. If your child has some crazy or mismatched socks, he or she should wear them on Wednesday as we continue with our Dr. Seuss celebration with a "Green Eggs and Ham" Activity Afternoon! In addition, if your child has any favorite Dr. Seuss books, he or she should feel free to bring them in to enjoy with their classmates throughout this week!
LANGUAGE ARTS
We continue to review short vowels, long vowels, and we are learning tricky sounds that look a little different and "don't follow the rules." Paying close attention to the longer stories we are now reading helps us to figure our what to do when words are tricky, and it also helps us to "jump" right into books with characters! We are increasing our writing skills and focusing on complete sentences, proper punctuation, and story details. We have been enjoying non-fiction writing and were excited to write many "How-To" stories. We realized that we are experts at many activities! We are certainly becoming "Olympic Writers" as we officially move into writing our own "All-About" stories.
MATH
We now begin to enjoy a new understanding of geometric shapes and fun with different units of measurement (perhaps we can help cook more now!) By the middle of the month, we will return to focus on the parts and total in addition and subtraction stories such as doubling, counting on, counting back, and more.
BIRTHDAYS
Sunday, March 7th: Casey Warble
REMINDERS
Tuesday, March 2 Darien Nature Center Enrichment Program
on Animal Movement
Tuesday, March 2: Red, white and black clothing day
(Class Spirit Day in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday and Read Across America Day)
Wednesday, March 3: Crazy Socks Day
Friday, March 5: Scholastic orders due
Monday, March 22: Progress Reports home
March 24 - 26: Conferences, 1:30 dismissal
(conference sheets coming home soon)
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Friday, May 14: Music Performance in the Common Room,
9:30 a.m. tentative time
Tuesday, May 25: Field Day, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 1: Field Day Raindate, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
SPECIAL NOTES
Thanks for the continued box tops. The collection continues through May.
Thanks for your generous support in the Daffodil Drive.
Continued thanks to our Room Moms, Christina Passaretti and Brooke Kennedy, and all families for all the work you do with your children supporting our first grade learning!
MARCH SPELLING WORDS
#18 The H Brothers
phone
think
wish
white
much
# 19 Bossy R
after
start
bird
were
church
# 20 "oo"
look
book
tooth
school
foot
#21 The Ouch Brothers
outside
house
flower
shower
how
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