Families,

It is hard to believe that we’ve made it to Memorial Day Weekend and only have 2 weeks left of school! I know these weeks will fly by and will be filled with lots of celebrations so please make note of any dates and reminders I might send your way :). I hope you all have a fun, safe, and relaxing weekend!

Important Dates/Reminders:

• Remember there is NO SCHOOL Monday, May 28th due to Memorial Day.
• Our 1st Grade Celebration will be Friday, June 1st from 12:05-12:35. This will be a family picnic lunch so feel free to join us for the fun!
• Our field trip to John Ball Zoo will be on Monday, June 4th. A reminder note will go home but please remember to have your child dressed appropriately, bring a sack lunch, and apply sunscreen that morning :).
• There will be no more homework for the remainder of the year!

Reading: We will spend time looking at story elements such as characters, setting, and the problem/solution.

Writing: We will finish up our poetry unit by writing about an “I like” poem and having a poetry free write where we can write our favorite types of poems!

Math: We will finish up our unit on adding 2-digit numbers and take our math test on Thursday.

Spelling: We will complete some Daily Language Review worksheets and Make-a-Word pages to help us with spelling, grammar, and word families.

Thank you to any of you and/or your family members who are Veterans or are currently serving in the Armed Forces! Happy Memorial Day!

Miss Reisdorff

Families,

Important Dates/Reminders:

• A reminder note is coming home today but field trip money and the chance to have your name put in as a chaperone is due Tuesday, May 15th!
• Scholastic book orders are due Wednesday, May 16th by 4p.m.
• ALL baggie books must be turned in by Friday, May 18th! If you do not have your book in by this day you will need to send in $4 to cover the replacement cost for a new book.
• There is no school on Monday, May 28th because of Memorial Day!

Reading: We will spend time making text to text connections and text to self connections.

Writing: We will have our “writing test” for informational writing to see what we have learned as non-fiction authors! We will begin our next unit on poetry on Thursday.

Math: We will finish our math unit where we will learn about measuring and then take our test on Thursday.

Social Studies: We will be presented with an issue (ex: should kids be allowed to chew gum in school), take a stand, and write why we feel that way.

Have a great weekend! And Happy Mother’s Day to all of our amazing moms!

Miss Reisdorff

Families,

It is finally beginning to feel like summer–not only with the weather but also as we begin to wrap up our year. We are under 30 “wake ups” and it is so fun to start to reflect on everything we have learned this year in 1st grade! I don’t want to get ahead of myself though because we still have the month of May and a little of June left together :). Here is a look at what is coming up this week:

Important Dates/Reminders:

• Alward’s First Annual Literacy Night is Tuesday, May 8th from 6-7:45. I will be in the dunk tank from 6:30-6:45 so I hope to see you there!
• A note went home this week about our field trip to John Ball Zoo on Monday, June 4th. Remember, please have your child’s money and chaperone sign up to school by Tuesday, May 15th!
• We have an Early Release Day on Friday, May 11th.
• Scholastic book orders are due Wednesday, May 16th.
• I have another Donors Choose project I would love to get funded. I know it is near the end of the year and your child will only benefit from it for a short time, but if anyone is looking to donate to a future first grader’s education, please click the link (please do not feel obligated in any way): https://www.donorschoose.org/project/keeping-kids-write-on-track/3153245/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=page&utm_campaign=project&utm_term=teacher_4883141&rf=page-dc-2018-05-project-teacher_4883141&challengeid=21022529

Reading: We will spend a day learning how to read using punctuation (changing our voice if we see an exclamation point or question mark) and will spend the remainder of the week practicing retelling the story (thinking beyond the text).

Writing: We will continue to work on our informational writing and make sure that as good non-fiction writers that we teach our reader about an animal’s body parts, body covering, food, and shelter.

Math: We will talk about 2D and 3D shapes and how to make them.

Have a great weekend!

Miss Reisdorff