Dear first grade families,
I hope you all had a nice spring break. It’s been a busy first week back at school with spirit week and assessing for report cards. Students learned about biomimicry in science, wrote opinion pieces about The Rough-Faced Girl, worked on comparing and contrasting with the mentor text Same, Same, Different, and compared numbers in math. Remember, there is no school Friday, as it’s a teacher planning day for report cards.
Book from home
Next week we will wrap up opinion writing with “book reviews”. Students are invited to bring a book from home to use for this project. I’ll have books available at school as well for first graders to choose from. Any book brought from home should be at your child’s independent reading level and something that has already been read. Please bring these books in on Monday.
Clothing Drive
The PTA Clothing Drive goes April 3-10. Thank you to families who have already donated. Click here for more information.
Helpful Links
April Homework can be found here.
Volunteer opportunities can be found here.
What we are learning next week (after Spring Break):
- Phonics skills: long i digraphs ie and igh (i.e. pie and night) and silent letters kn and wr
- Comprehension skills: main idea and details
- Mentor texts: Bigfoot Cinderrrrrellla by Tony Johnston, and Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai, and The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad
- Grammar skill: personal pronouns
- High frequency words: together, become, write, night, walk
- Writing: Opinion writing focusing on a favorite book
- Math: Week 23; telling time to the hour and half hour
- Science: Continuing with biomimicry, students will choose a problem and plan possible solutions using ideas inspired from nature.
Dates to note
- April 3-10: PTA Clothing Drive (see link above for more details)
- April 4: Last day of the third quarter; report cards mailed home after 4/12
If you have any questions or concerns regarding your child, please feel free to reach out. Have a great week!
Best,
Nicole Hunt
Ms. Hunt's First Grade 