We've had another great week of learning together. The fluctuating spring weather has kept us on our toes. Please make sure to send your kids with a sweater or sweatshirt on chilly mornings--it's often still chilly at recess for us!
This week we began a new math unit about geometry. We are reviewing some shapes and their attributes. These are the shapes we are focusing on: square, rectangle, circle, oval, triangle, rhombus, trapezoid, hexagon. We are learning to describe shapes by their attributes: straight or curved sides; short, long or equal sides; the number of sides; the number of vertices; small, big, or square angles. We are using shapes to compose other shapes and noticing how to fill a shape in multiple ways by decomposing shapes as well.
Writers continue working steadily on their fiction series. Many of our classroom authors have written 3 or more books in a series! We are focusing on using our own life experiences to make our stories exciting and believable. We are also adding transitional words to make our writing sound smooth when read aloud.
We began a new word study unit about welded sounds (or chunks). This week we focused on the -ng chunks: ang, ing, ong, ung. We also practiced a team of 4 trick words: why, by, my, try.
In our readers workshop students continue to dive into fiction books. This week we looked for clues about how the characters feel in order to read expressively. We also tried to find lessons or morals in our stories to learn from.
We also read from the Little Critter series this week. Together we read: Just a Mess, Just Me and My Mom, Just Helping Dad, Just Go to Bed, and Just a Toy.
Dates to Remember:
Friday May 25 - Early Dismissal 12:15 - Senior Expo (no activities)
Monday May 28 - NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day
Thursday June 7 - 1st Grade Fun Day: Big Blue Trunk (sunscreen and hats recommended)
Monday June 11 - All School Celebration (sunscreen and hats recommended)
Friday June 15 - Last Student Day - 11 am dismissal
Have a great weekend!
❤ Mrs. Fox
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