1st Grade News

With only 8 weeks of school left, there will be a lot we are packing into the weeks ahead to be ready for 2nd grade!

Coming up: 

• Friday, May 7: Neon Day
• Friday, May 12: Early Release Day
• Thursday, May 25: 1st grade field trip (more details coming this Friday - be sure to check your child's folder!)
• June 9: Last day of school

Reading:
We started a new reading unit this week. We are are becoming researchers where we are diving into both fiction and non-fiction books about a single topic. We spent some time this week sorting and organizing our classroom library. We found books specific to animals, and by the end of the week, we all selected an animal to read and learn more about. Ask your child what animal he/she is studying. You may encourage checking out books from the library about their animal, or helping them search online for more information. We will be crossing over from reading about their animal to writing about them in the coming weeks.

Writing: 
We wrapped up our narrative unit, or small moment stories, this week. Students selected one final topic (spring break gave us many ideas!), and spent the week producing their best work. It is so exciting to see the growth students have made in writing!

Math: 
We are continuing to work through unit 6 in math, Comparisons and Data. We are working through comparison story problems currently (identifying more and fewer, etc.).

Science:
Spring is definitely a great time of year to study the weather, and students are always exciting to engage in conversations on the topic! We began our weather unit last Monday and have learned about temperature and clouds. We will focus on precipitation this week and being weather watchers.