We had a wonderful, busy first week back at school! Monday was a happy/sad day though. We were happy to be back together again but sad to say goodbye to our part-time student teacher, Ms. Tessa. We celebrated together and gave out lots of surprise cards and gifts!
We jumped into new reading and writing units about elements of fiction and realistic fiction. We began reading Henry and Mudge: The First Book and Henry and Mudge: The Cat by Cynthia Rylant. These are related stories about a boy and his dog. We also began writing our own realistic fiction stories! This week we focused on creating our characters and setting and following the plan we make about what happens in the beginning, what problem happens in the middle, and how it is solved in the end.
We spent this week in math working in station groups to practice the skills and strategies we'd been learning before vacation: solving story problems, using the find 10 strategy, noticing counting patterns, doing combination problems, working with fact families, and putting in the missing number to make equations true.
We reviewed lots of trick words and words with suffix -s in word study. On Thursday we had a "show what you know" about these spelling rules. Next week we'll move on to our next unit!
On Tuesday we got to visit a Science Fair put on by a St. Mike's class right here at JFK! There were tons of cool science projects and stations to visit and explore. We were sad when our time was up--it was amazing!
Tomorrow, Friday, the first grade will be leading the All School Meeting! Our Fox Kits are excited to demonstrate the butterfly greeting for the whole school! Ms. Jackie will also be with us on Friday instead of Mrs. Fox. I hope to hear that everyone had a HEARTfilled day while I was away! I'll be back on Monday.
Dates to Remember:
Wednesday May 9 - Early Dismissal 12:15 - Teacher Inservice (activities available)
Friday May 11 - Scholastic Book Order Due 8:00 a.m.
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
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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