Families,

We are approaching our last week of April! It is starting to feel like the end of the year will be here before we know it! We have lots of things ahead for us in 1st grade so take a look:

Important Dates/Reminders:

• Field Trip money and permission slips are due Friday, May 3rd. If you have an issue with the cost of the field trip please email me.
• Our next Early Release Day is Friday, May 10th. Dismissal will be at 12:15.
• There will be no school on Monday, May 27th because of Memorial Day.
• Our field trip to John Ball Zoo will be on Wednesday, May 29th.

Reading: We will learn how to solve tricky words by thinking of our topic and looking at the syllables, using whats happening in the pictures and story to figure out tricky words, and practice reading fluently.

Writing: We will continue to use Mo Willems as our mentor author and practice adding the 3 W’s, speech bubbles (thinking vs. talking), bold words, and a variety of punctuation marks.

Math: We will look at different shapes and identify their attributes (2D and 3D) and separate shapes into equal shares.

Science: We will continue to make observations in our butterfly journals and learn about the frog life cycle.

Social Studies: We will learn the importance of rules and responsibilities and how to take a position on an issue (ex: should students be allowed to run in the hall).

Have a great weekend!

Miss Reisdorff