ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SHENANIGANS
We are getting very egg-cited around 1st grade. We have been tracking what is happening with our eggs and how the chicks are growing and developing. We had a great time on our field trip to Callahan’s General Store on Monday. We learned so much from them and feel confident that we can now take care of these chicks when they finally hatch. Thank you to Molly Sylestine, Ricki Ahearn, Sarah Schneider and Prafulla Nellutla for helping chaperone our field trip!
This week we started designing our brooders for them to built on Friday, April 12th. We could still use some volunteers so please let me know if you are available next Friday to help build our brooders. We had 4 groups build a model brooder and then each group presented to the class. Once the presentations were finished we voted and we are so excited to see the brooder we voted on get built.
Quinn was our superstar this week and we loved learning more about her!
PARENT HELP NEEDED:
For our upcoming chick unit, we need parent help! Now that we’ve launched this project, we need a few parents willing to help cut wood and assemble our class brooder. Some of the wood cutting may need to happen before our build day at your house due to heaviness of tools. The building time will take place during school hours (from 8:00- 11:30ish) on Friday, April 12th. Email me if you are available to help out on this date. Thanks so much!
SAVE THE DATE:
Stay tuned for information coming from the first graders on a “Sip and See” on Wednesday, April 24th from 3:00-3:30 in our classroom!
PARENT INPUT FORMS:
Parent Input forms for 2nd grade came home in last week’s Tuesday folder. They are due back to the office by Monday, April 15th.
NIGHTLY HOMEWORK:
This is the start of our final quarter together in first grade. Spring is in the air and I know lots of students will be involved in many activities. Please remind your first grader that we still have lots of learning to do (as well as fun events planned) and our expectations will be raised as we work on our final preparations for Second Grade. I appreciate your continued support at home with nightly reading homework!
SUPERSTAR:
Our superstar for this week is Tyler! We are excited to learn more about Tyler and his family!
HERE’S A PEEK INTO OUR WEEK:
READING AND WRITING:
-Prepare invitations and posters for PBL Chick project.
-Draft Stories
-Continue research about chicks
-Continue to develop our accuracy, fluency, and comprehension through the stories we read
MATH:
-Use objects and pictorial models to solve problems involving the separation of two numbers
-Subtraction strategies (number -0, number -itself, number -1, count back, count up, using a number line to count back & count up, doubles, neighbors, etc.)
-Decide on most efficient subtraction strategy based on the numbers given
SCIENCE:
-Prepare for the sip and see event
-Observe our brooder getting built
-Record the life cycle of chicks as they develop inside the eggs
HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK
1. Read 10-15 minutes every day. Record in the student planner about their favorite part of the story.
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
April 12: Brooder Building
April 12: Parent Reader (Luke’s family)
April 19: Holiday-No school
April 24: Sip and See
April 29-May 3: Book Fair