Dear Families,
We have had a great week! Please ask your children about what they have learned about biographies and timelines, parallelograms, inferring, and writing small moments. Your children have been busy learners! Along with learning in the classroom, we also learned a few things on the playground. For instance, we learned that Mrs. Leyva indeed CAN play basketball while wearing high-heel boots and that Jacob can kick a ball with power! Ahhh... we have so much fun in first grade!
Reading Workshop:
We will learn about how Media Literacy communicates messages to us. We will examine newspapers, magazines and advertisements, along with reading and thinking about the message the author is trying to send the reader. At the end of our unit we will make our own advertisements in the classroom and in the computer lab! Be looking for our work!
Writer’s Workshop:
Small Moments take practice! We will continue to write stories while learning how to pinpoint the most important part of the story. Then we will focus on using describing words to recreate that part of the story that shows the reader exactly what happened.
Math:
During math this week we will continue our unit on Geometry. We will focus on 3D shapes. We will learn about the attributes of 3D shapes and what makes them special. We will focus on vocabulary such as flat surfaces, vertex, and vertices.
Social Studies:
In Science we will begin our Earth Science unit on Natural Resources, Rocks and Minerals. A note and a baggie went home on Friday for your child to bring back an artifact. We will compare characteristics of natural vs. man-made resources. We will discuss how natural resources are used and how we can help conserve them.
Reminders:
Monday, January 21st – Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Tuesday, January 22nd – Return science baggie to school
Tuesday, February 5th- 1st grade P.E. program
Wednesday, February 6th – Early Release
Thank you!
Tuesday Folders - Suzanne Tappe
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