Highlights of the Week!

Hello families,
What a week we've had! We celebrated filling our heart jar with a pajamas and creation day. It's amazing what these fox kits can make using mostly recycled materials and their imaginations!

In reading we are working on retelling stories by telling important information about the characters, setting, problem or trouble, solution, lesson learned, and reason the author may have written the book. Some students are also extending their thinking by comparing and contrasting the book they read to other books they have read. It's been fun to share about what we are reading with one another.

We continue writing fictional narratives and some students are writing a second story about the same characters--starting a series! Together we are reading another book in the Henry and Mudge series, this time it's The Bedtime Thumps. We analyze the story elements together to help us see how the author includes important details about character and setting development. We are trying to add these into our own writing to make a better beginning for our stories.

In math we are still working with story problems and fact families. We are reviewing the "Find 10" strategy and relating this to equations with 3 addends. Some students are applying this strategy to story problems too! We also played a few fun games, Horse Race and Egg Head.

On Monday we will have an All School Celebration since our heart monitor was full! Your child may wear their favorite hat and/or t-shirt to school and be ready to "Drop Everything and Move!" Throughout the day different movement activities will be announced over the loudspeaker and no matter what class you are in you will stop what you're doing and do a movement break!

Dates to Remember:

• Wednesday 5/22 - CLiF Family Literacy Night 5-7 pm
• Friday 5/24 - early dismissal at 12:15 pm
• Monday 5/27 - No School - Memorial Day
• Tuesday 6/4 - 1st Grade Big Blue Trunk 9-11 am
• Tuesday 6/18 - All School Celebration
• Wednesday 6/19 - Last Day of School - 11:00 dismissal

Have a great weekend!
❤ Mrs. Fox