May 06th - 10th

Dear Families,,

We have finished up with another fantastic week! There is lots of energy in the air as Austin is calling us outdoors with this beautiful weather and sunshine! Field Day was a huge success! Even though the weather was chilllly at first, it wasn't long before the sun was shining brightly and the wind had subsided. I had so much fun watching your children and cheering for them! We all had LOTS of fun and friendly competition! Speaking of ... a few people have sent emails inquiring about my leg. It is the knee that was twisted, and we're not sure what the prognosis is quite yet. I have another doctor's appointment on Wednesday for an MRI with a follow up on Friday. So I'll be able to tell you all more after that. Meanwhile, thank you for asking about me and I will be at school on Monday. Crutches and a brace will be accompanying me, so I'm a little, itty bitty bit nervous about being bumped into or having random toes stepped on... but with these tiny fears aside, let's continue our learning! :)

Reading Workshop:

We will continue our unit on Fiction, while identifying the elements of fiction and exploring a variety of literary genres.  We will also discuss the sequence of a story and character traits.  Students will respond in their Reader’s Response notebook as we read books as a class, independently and with partners.

Writer’s Workshop:

In Writer’s Workshop, we will continue the process of editing and revising.  As a class we will learn strategies of revision such as adding dialogue, revising by adding to the middle of our stories and revising by taking things away from our stories.  We will continue to write a variety of stories and use the writing process. 

 Math:

Patterns are on the agenda for the week.  At this time of the year we look for patterns in all of our math processes, from skip counting, to making a graph, and addition and subtraction.  We will use concrete models to show our thinking and record our ideas in our math notebooks.

Science:

This week we will finish our unit on plants.  We’ve observed seeds, learned about their parts and planted seeds.  We will learn about the parts of a plant and it’s functions as we wrap our unit up.  We will learn about the symbols of Texas and why it’s great to be a Texan when we begin our Texas Unit for Social Studies later this week!

 Thank you!!

 Tuesday Folders - Mrs. Horsey

Parent Reader - Mrs. Rodsari-Sayyer

Classroom Helper -  Ms. Wright

Homework Helpers - Mrs. Van Metre and Mrs. Bhatia

Reminders:

Friday, May 17^th  Career Day

Thursday, May 30th  End of Year party

Friday, May 31^st Last day of First grade

*Cafeteria note:  As of April 29^th students will not be allowed to charge their lunch.  Lunch accounts must have a balance that will pay for their lunch purchase each day.  Cheese sandwiches will be served to students who do not have enough money in their account.