Wow! What a fun field trip yesterday! I think I was just as tired as the kids! :) Thank you to all the parents who joined us on the field trip yesterday as a chaperone!
Here's your weekly update...
End of the Year Literacy Testing:
I am about to begin our end-of-the year literacy testing next week. Please be sure that your child is reading every day...weekends included. Your child should read out loud to practice decoding and fluency, and then practice retelling the story in sequence using characters' names and providing as many details as possible. Ask your child to make a connection to the story. Ask your child to identify his/her favorite part and say why they liked that part best.
First Grade Music Program:
The students are busy practicing for our First Grade Music Program, which will be held on Tuesday, May 14th at 8:30 am in the Pinebrook gym. Please mark your calendar!
Spring Pictures:
If your child had his/her individual picture taken last month, I sent it home on Wednesday. Please follow the enclosed directions if you would like to purchase any of the portraits. If you do not wish to purchase any pictures, please return all of the pictures to school with your child.
Focus Areas for the Coming Week:
- Reading- We will explore characters in fiction stories.
- Writing- We will continue writing stories for a series
- Math- We will finish our Time unit. We will practice telling time to the hour and half hour. We will discuss the concepts of a.m. and p.m., read schedules, and explore elapsed time.
- Social Studies- We will continue working on our PBL project called the Great Crayon Rescue
Please reach out with questions, comments, and feedback. :)
Donal and I will be hosting my parents who live in PA this weekend. I have not seen them since the holidays in December, so I am very excited to have some quality time with them. We will also be going to Shenandoah National Park for the first park this weekend! I hope you all enjoy the beautiful weather on Saturday!
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