First Grade News

It has been a busy week in 1st grade! I enjoyed meeting with half of you this week, and look forward to meeting with the rest of you on Tuesday. 

Coming Up:
Monday, March 19: Dress like a book or movie character
Tuesday, March 20: Parent/Teacher Conferences (look for notes in folders today)
Wednesday, March 21: Book Fair Shopping
Monday, March 19: Finish The BFG at home
Thursday, March 22: The BFG Book Club Lunch 
Friday, March 23: Hudsonville Eagles or Bauer t-shirt 
Thursday, March 29: Read and Feed, pajama day - look for a list of food items we are in need of next week
Friday, March 30: No School, Spring Break Begins
Friday, April 13: Early Release Day, Wear your Bauer shirt

The BFG:
It has been fun to see students come in with such excitement after finishing The BFG. While Monday is the goal, our lunch will be on Thursday, so if you cannot swing Monday, please wrap up by Thursday. 
Students are responsible for their own lunch for our book club lunch on Thursday. Cold lunch may be easier if that is an option, however any students with hot lunch may go to get their lunch. 

Reading:
We have been busy in reading learning and reviewing strategies reader's use. (You have been excellent models of many of these with The BFG!) Some of these include: using our reading finger, matching our voice to punctuation, stopping at confusing parts, reading all the way through a word, and more. 

Writing:
We are nearing the end of our first independent small moment/narrative story. We wrote narrative stories in the fall. It is so exciting to revisit this genre this time of year - it really shows their growth as writers! I am really enjoying reading their stories. 

Math: 
We wrapped up unit 5 with our test this week, and we have moved into unit 6. We will be sorting, counting, recording and comparing data in this unit. 

Social Studies:
As I mentioned to those that had conferences on Wednesday, we will be starting our maps unit after spring break. Your child will be responsible for writing his/her address independently, including last name. Any advanced practice is encouraged.