What a Week!

It was a long, fun, week. First graders have worked very hard on their Music/Art Show and their hard work paid off. They gave two great performances, one during the day and one at night. They had their artwork displayed  and did a great job explaining their favorite piece to family. Here are a few music show highlights I took.

Star Leader

This week's Star leader did not disappoint. She kept us guessing with her Mystery Bag, she read a great story and showed us how cartwheels are really done. 

Discovery Education

Students were introduced to a new learning site on their iPad called Discovery Education. We will be using this site to enhance our learning of grammar, math and science. Below some students are listening to a video on shapes.

Math

Some students played a fun but challenging game called Set. Set is a game about attributes. If you are looking for something fun to challenge your child's thinking. I highly recommend this card game.

This Week!

5-2 to 5-6

Cinderella After the Ball take two!

I appreciate everyone's understanding about the field trip last week. This Thursday, our class will be going to the Marriott Lincolnshire to see the Cinderella play. Thank you to Mrs. Varnado and Mrs. Hernandez for being so flexible with their schedules and taking time off from their busy day again to help chaperone our students. 

ELA

Grammar

We will work on reviewing the following:

• short vowels
• blends and digraphs
• r conrolled vowels ar, er, ir, ur, or
• words ending in y and ey

Reading

We will continue reading Cinderella stories. Last week we ended up reading Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella instead of Ye Shen and The Korean Cinderella. So this week we will read and then compare and contrast just Ye Shen.

Writing

We will continue writing in our journal focusing on including a topic sentence, details and a closing sentence. Students will write about their favorite April memory.

Math

This week in math we will focus on. . . 

• Partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares.
• describe the shares using the words halves, fourths and quarters.

Science

We will have an in school field trip that will end our unit on light and sound. We will begin our last science unit on sky patterns. Students will begin with learning about the sun.

Leader in Me

Students will continue to focus on identifying our plus/deltas each day. We will brainstorm ideas for a school wide Leader in Me theme for next school year.

Specials Schedule

Monday - Day 3 - PE and Spanish 
Tuesday - Day 4 - LMC - Remember your books

Wednesday - Day 5 - Art and Music

Thursday - Day 1 - PE and Spanish

Friday - Day 2 - Music and Art

Have a great week!